Ben Phillips

MSU Bay Area Vegetable Extension Educator

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

@MSUAgBio @MSUExtension Skip 5 minutes of dead air and spend 20 minutes seeing what I have been doing this summer.

[MSU AgBioResearch @MSUAgBio]

Our Bay Area vegetable virtual field day is live on YouTube. Watch to learn about research on pickling cucumbers, sweet corn, cabbage and onions happening in Michigan's Thumb: https://t.co/MG9US9BnvS #MSUVirtualFieldDays

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

Amish email = faxed tomato leaves.

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

@Jud_Reid If it helps broaden your spectrum, I grew an heirloom bell pepper last summer that set its fruit up-side-down.

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

Delicious strawberry, or FOOD SAFETY SCARE? E. coli 0157:H7 lurks. Wash your fruits and vegetables and have a Happy Halloween!

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

It's head rot soup season. Just add dew, rain, bacteria, and alternaria to whole uncut broccoli and cauliflower.

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

That's a lot of nutsedge!

[Marissa Schuh @SchuhMarissa]

Why Your Insecticide May Not Be Working as Well as You Would Like https://t.co/AOb6FbCjrI

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

@npkveg It is one of the better managed iPipe projects

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

As an entomologist, I'm a fly on the wall among master plant pathologists. Awesome interpersonal communication and updates among country-wide collaborators tackling cucurbit and basil downy mildew at the APS meeting in Boston. #downymildew #oomycete #ICPP2018

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

Keeping pickling cucumbers cool without a refrigerator. Stackable totes, 24 bags of ice, soggy shipping blankets, tarp, pallets and a bedsheet.

[Muck Crops IPM @MuckIPM]

Stemphylium leaf blight has now been found in onion transplants in the Holland Marsh, weeks earlier than last year. Watch for tip dieback on the oldest leaves. If you have stemphylium in your field, we've seen the best results with a rotation of Luna Tranquility and Quadris Top.

[Sally A Miller @OhioVeggieDoc]

Pepper Phytophthora blight diagnosed in Huron County, in northern OH. Peppers and cucurbits should be scouted statewide for Phytophthora blight. See https://t.co/PeSAVOXZK1 for recommendations.

[Jason Deveau @Spray_Guy]

Saw an opportunity for a teachable moment while cleaning antifreeze from a new sprayer.
The impact of boom height on drift potential cannot be overstated.
Learn more here: https://t.co/RbtFw70Cbv
#Spray18

[Cheryl Trueman @CherylTrueman]

Report of late blight on tomato in Syracuse area of NY on https://t.co/wYMcHstKdW

[Marissa Schuh @SchuhMarissa]

Vegetable pesticide series: Should I use it during bloom? | MSU Extension https://t.co/psWeNQJ8mm

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

The movie, A Quiet Place, takes place 400+ days after some monsters that use an acute sense of sound to wipe out most of humanity in some rural Midwestern-looking area. But all I can think about is who planted, fertilized and weeded the corn without noisy tractors?

[Ben Phillips @MSUBayVeg]

@Dennis_VanDyk Looks like quite a mulch expense. Is this done commonly?