Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Water testing for microbial indicators is a recommended Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for irrigation water and Good Handling Practice (GHP) for packing house water and is part of a produce food safety… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu One principle of managing for improved soil health is that you should always have a crop growing on the soil. This will maintain or add organic matter, provide benefits from the action… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Many vegetable growers plant windbreaks between areas where plastic mulch will be laid and vegetables will be transplanted. Windbreaks are often planted between every bed, every 2 or 3 beds, or in… Continue Reading
Seed Corn Maggots (SCM) Control in Spring Planted Vegetables We continue to observe flies actively laying eggs in a number of situations including recently plowed fields, especially when a cover crop is plowed under or when manure was applied to… Continue Reading
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:00 – 8:00 pm Wye Research & Education Center 211 Farm Lane, Queenstown, MD 21658 (meet at the Farm Operations Complex) **Rain or Shine** Hear: University of Maryland and USDA specialists discuss current research and other… Continue Reading
