Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu Each year I put this information out near the end of a growing season in the hopes that growers will take a look in their fields for root knot nematode problems… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There has been an increase in consumer interest in sprouting broccoli (also known as baby broccoli), Gai Lan (Chinese broccoli), Gai Lan x broccoli crosses (broccolini), and sprouting cauliflower (caulilini, Asian sprouting… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Cole Crops Thresholds for cole crops early are 20% infested plants, rising to 30% infested plants during the midseason, and then falling again below 5% infested plants when the plants begin forming the harvested structures.… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu After visiting pumpkin fields over the last few weeks it seems that in some of the fields there could be a reduction in yields of around 15-30%. I reached this very… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As we see wetter weather patterns, Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici (P. cap) is becoming a major limiting disease in watermelons. P. cap is not a fungus – it belongs to… Continue Reading
