At the Meigs Horticultural facility we are harvesting Strawberries, planting Melons, and cover spraying our grapes and fruit trees. We did notice anywhere from a 30-80% fruit loss on our fruit trees from a combination of the frost on April 24th and poor pollination from a cool spring.
Watermelon
What is Optogen®? The active ingredient in Optogen® (Figure 1) is bicyclopyrone. Corn growers may recognize bicyclopyrone as one of the four herbicide ingredients in Acuron® herbicide. Bicyclopyrone is a Group 27 herbicide with both pre-emergence and post-emergence activity on select weed species. Group 27 herbicides inhibit an enzyme known as “HPPD”, resulting in an…Read more about Optogen®- a new herbicide available in select vegetables and strawberry.[Read More]