Phillip Sylvester, Kent Co., Ag Agent; phillip@udel.edu Location: Art and Keith Wicks Farm, Rt 9, Leipsic, Kent County Greenrow: May 5 Date DSV Total DSV Accumulated P-Days Spray Interval Recommendation 5/15 – 5/20 11 32 5-days 5/20 – 5/23 2… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Early blight is one of the most common tomato diseases in the U.S. It occurs yearly in our region, but is most severe in periods of moderate temperatures… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Late blight has been confirmed on tomatoes in Montgomery County, MD. This is the first positive late blight in Maryland this year. We have sent the sample for… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With the wet, cloudy weather we are seeing some edema on cole crops such as cabbage. Edema is water blistering on cole crop leaves. The most common cause of edema is the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Consultants are reporting that tissue tests of vegetable crops such as watermelons have lower than normal levels of calcium. Fields have been well limed. Calcium moves in the transpirational water flow in… Continue Reading
