Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu Figure 1. Pumpkin Field Enterprise budgets for producing pumpkins using either plastic and drip irrigation or no-till have been created for the 2023 growing year. Returns for pumpkins are given in either pounds… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Wheat anthesis (flowering) is wrapping up. If you have fields that are still flowering, we are currently tracking at high risk for very susceptible (Figure 1) and medium-high risk for varieties with some… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Scientist – Vegetable & Fruit Crops; emmalea@udel.edu and Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Many specialty pumpkin varieties are available and perhaps you are still considering which varieties to plant in 2023. In 2021 and 2022… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Honeybees A female watermelon flower will need around 500-1000 pollen grains to be fertilized effectively. This will require a minimum of 8 visits by a honeybee for seeded watermelons. In seedless watermelon… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu A grower was having symptoms of twisted foliar growth and browning/bronzing of their tomato leaves and fruit. The problem was broad mites (Polyphagotarsonemus latus). Usually, we do not see broad mites… Continue Reading
