Strawberries and Caneberries

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Ashes scattered all over the leaves.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Ashes

August 21, 2020
By Mark P Bolda
In case any of you are wondering what the strawberries look like right now with the fires close by (about 30 miles away) burning, I took some pictures of one of the test plots I happened to be harvesting this afternoon. Influence is negligible, a bit of the fruit that can be washed off.
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Softened fruit by heat has rendered it susceptible to vinegar flies, of which a maggot is clearly visible.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Roasting August Heat Creates a Wonderland of Pathologies in Strawberry

August 18, 2020
By Mark P Bolda
Hi folks, I've had some questions lately on how the summer heat has been affecting strawberries, so I thought I'd get some pictures together and accompany them with some comments and insight. Bottom line is that the heat is really killing the berries.
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BDM layout practice June 2020.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Biodegradable Mulch: Beginning to Address Plastic Waste in Berries

July 28, 2020
By Mark P Bolda
When we talk of berry production in the Monterey Bay area, we also talk of using a lot of plastic - from the bed covers for strawberries, to the tunnels for caneberries to the weedmats in the anchor rows of those tunnels. Not to even mention the inputs for clamshells.
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Not my picture, but very much what I saw with our light microscope. Irregular shaped spores, some lemon shapes mixed in and walled and branched mycelium with some color to it.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Cladosporium on Raspberry

July 11, 2020
By Mark P Bolda
I got called out a few weeks by the farm manager and the PCA of a raspberry field suffering from a darkish mold growing on the fruit.
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