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Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

May 9, 2025raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Continue scouting for plum curculio in stone and pome fruits. Look for crescent shaped scars on fruits and shake branches of white drop cloths to assess presence. Late strawberries that are still blooming should be… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 33:9

Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

May 1, 2025raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Continue scouting for plum curculio in stone and pome fruits. Look for crescent shaped scars on fruits and shake branches of white drop cloths to assess presence. Late strawberries that are still blooming should be… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 33:8, tarnished plant bug

Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

April 25, 2025lyndsie

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Watermelon Be sure to check watermelons coming out of the greenhouse or high tunnel for aphids and for spider mites. Both are much easier to deal with before transplantation into a field. Begin also scouting… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 33:7, aphids, spider mites, watermelon

Damage from April 9th Freeze Becoming Apparent

April 25, 2025lyndsie

Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Early morning temperatures on April 9, 2025 were low enough to damage tree fruit and strawberries in some Delaware locations. Minimum temperatures recorded by many DEOS weather stations were above the critical… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 33:7, frost, peaches, pome fruits, strawberries

Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

April 17, 2025raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Plum Curculio Plum curculio has been active. If you have had problems with them in the past, consider scouting for them and treating for them at peach shuck split. Branches can be jarred and jostled… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 33:6, San Jose Scale

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