Strawberries and Caneberries

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Lewis mite. Photo courtesy Anna Howell, UCCE

Heads Up on Lewis Mite

November 19, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
I had a pretty sharp eyed PCA stop by my office just this morning with a sizable sample of what turned out to be Lewis mite from a newly planted field of strawberries.
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Want to know how to manage this larvae and much, much more? New UC IPM guidelines for strawberry are now available!

Revised UC IPM Guidelines for Strawberry Now Available

November 18, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
It's been a long wait for many I know, but the revised UC IPM Guidelines for strawberry are now available. This is a massive job involving a lot of work from many people, but these are the peer reviewed gold standard for pest management and cultural practices in strawberry: https://www2.ipm.ucanr.
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Note the contrast of these newer leaves to the midtier leaves around them. Not an plant mobile nutrient, like NPK, so what could be the issue?

Farm Call: Yellow Leaves in Substrate Raspberries

November 3, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
Part of my work has come to include substrate production of caneberries. Some of these are easy since they are pest management issues which don't vary that much from field problems, but others, like the nutritional situation depicted below, are far more complex.
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