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Alternative Vegetable Gardening Options for Delaware

October 18, 2023raharris

Kalpalatha Melmaiee, kmelmaiee@desu.edu, Amaranatha R. Vennapusa, avennapusa@desu.edu, Rose A. Ogutu, rogutu@desu.edu. The DSU Cooperative Small Farms Extension Staff and Plant Molecular Breeding Lab held a tour that showcased production of alternative vegetables at the DSU Outreach and Research Center.  Local… Continue Reading →

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Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

September 29, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Cole crops Cabbage aphid populations are increasing. Imported cabbageworm is very active, along with lower populations of many other cabbage pests. We even had a cutworm destroy the growing point in one of our plot… Continue Reading →

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2023 Vegetable Research Photo Retrospective

September 29, 2023raharris

Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Many of my 2023 field research projects are completed and over the next few months I will be preparing trial reports and presentations for winter meetings. I look forward to sharing some… Continue Reading →

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Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

September 24, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Spinach and Beets Beet webworm activity is unusually high this year. In Georgetown, they have stripped a lot of foliage off pigweeds. In addition, beet armyworm activity is also getting into oddball places, just like… Continue Reading →

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Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

September 15, 2023raharris

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn This is the last pheromone trap and blacklight trap update of the 2023 season. Many thanks to Dick Monaco for checking traps every Monday and Thursday since May, and Morgan Malone for entering… Continue Reading →

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