Wednesday
Jun092010
"Yo-Yo" weather at the farm, but crops generally doing well
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 10:35AM The latest from Zaid on temperatures, rain, and pests:
The yo yo weather continues: We had a good dose of summer over the last 2 weeks which advanced our crops so that we had to start CSA early. Now we are back to high 60s and 40s at night with rain (that was much needed). Upstate NY weather is just so unpredictable and that leaves us guessing as to what is next? Crops in general are doing well and we hoped to not have any cucumber beetles but they too showed up. Cucumber beetles are our worst pest because all stages of the life of this insect effect the cucumber family (cucumbers and squashes). The adults feed on plants and infect them with viruses and bacteria. and the larval stage feeds on the roots.



