Strawberries and Caneberries

Saw this file shared on Twitter the other day, it comes from a presentation made at a talk for tech start ups. What do you think? Pretty crude characterization of academics, but still made me laugh pretty hard. Sort of hard to deal with us University folk huh.

Great article here from Growing Produce about how researcher Hannah McIntosh out in Wisconsin obtained serious reductions in SWD in raspberries by underlaying the crop with plastic mulch (three colors tested: metallic, black and white).

Good article here from the Wall Street Journal. I provided a good amount of info to Jesse over the past couple of weeks, in particular walking her through some of the financials and cultural practices of the business.

Introduction: As of three years, Lewis mite (Eotetranychus lewisi) has become an issue in Central Coast strawberries, and to some extent on caneberries.

Finally got the shot of twospotted spider mite and Lewis mite close to one another in the same picture for comparison. I've shared this with others, but these two mites tend not to be found together, and rather form colonies on different parts of the leaf. However, here we go.