Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu
Currently, growing degree day (GDD) accumulation in March and April is at 26.6. This is still a long way from the over 80 GDD you need to see flowering. Remember that in 2012 we had ripe fruit the second week in April in the earliest plasticulture varieties and on average in recent years we expected to start in late April or the first week in May. This year, expect later May starts to plasticulture berries and significant delays to matted row berries.