Monilinia Blight risk is rapidly decreasing across the province. At most monitoring sites, spore cups have dried up and plant development is moving into early bloom.
The only places where a low to moderate disease risk might still remain would be traditionally very late fields in mainland Nova Scotia and late fields in Cape Breton.
If farmers have applied a control measure on those late fields this week, they should be protected through the end of the Monilinia season.
Sites that are still reporting some active cups are:
South Hampton - 1 nearly Mature cup
Fenwick Hill - 1 pin, 1 nearly mature cup
Westchester (Kennel field) - 3 mature cups
This will be the last Monilinia Update of the season. I will continue to make periodic crop updates on this blog and on the Blightline through the harvest, including "SWD" monitoring.
