Photos

Stalk Borer Damage in Corn

Stalk Borer

In this photo you see what is called a stalk borer. It will get into the stalk of corn and eat through it at the bottom. You can tell that you have these by having wilting whorls but the rest of the plant will be fine. If you pull out the wilted whorl and unroll it you will either find the feeding or the borer itself.

 

Black Cutworm Damage

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This is the type of damage a black cutworm can do. In the photo is a cutworm that is near, or already in it’s last instar, being the 7th. The cutworm is being compared to a V2 stage corn stalk that is somewhere between 2 and 3″ tall. The cutworms like the smaller corn because it is easier for them to shew through. Once they have chewed through the stalk they will then carry it back to their hole, which is where one of the scouts dug this one from. These shouldn’t be around much longer considering the size of this guy but it’s just something to watch for.

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Diseases Found In Tomato Plants

Botrytis ghost spot, Sally Miller photo

In this photo you will see small, darker green spots on these tomatoes. These spots are a disease called Botrytis.

Buckeye Rot

Buckeye Rot

timber rot on tomato

This is a photo of timber rot on a tomato plant.

timber rot, sclerotia inside tomato stem
This comes along with the timber rot. It is called Sclerotinia. The small black seed like figures you see inside the stem are the Sclerotia. This is a soil born disease and can stay in your soil for as many as 10 years or longer.

early blight in high tunnel tomatoes

What you see in this photo is called Early Blight.

   Click here for more information on these diseases and a few others

Chemical Thinning In Apple Trees

chemical thinning of apples, 2 fruit aborting

In this photo you will see that two of the fruits are going to fall off of this apple tree. These trees were sprayed with a chemical that thins trees of some fruit. This helps cut down on overpopulation and the competing of nutrients so the apples will grow larger.