Michigan Rhizoctonia Nursery 2023
Nursery Trials
Michigan Rhizoctonia Nursery 2023
| May10 |
The Rhizoctonia nursery was planted on 5/10. |
| May24 |
The beets are emerging and looking good so far. They could use some rain. |
| June8 |
The beets are growing well. It has been dry and hot – some rain is needed. |
| June16 |
The beets were thinned. |
| June23 |
The beets are doing pretty well. We received 0.4” of rain last week. Some rain would be helpful – it’s been hot and dry again this week. |
| July18 |
We’ve received 2.2 inches of rain over the past week. The nursery was inoculated today. |
| August2 |
We have had frequent rain and disease is developing. We expect to start rating the nursery in the next two weeks. |
| September1 |
The Rhizoctonia nursery was harvested and rated on August 10, 11, 29, and September 1. We had consistent rain which delayed the last two days of harvesting and rating. |
