Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Wet seasons are always a challenge for potato growers. Several disorders are seen on potatoes when soils stay saturated. Blackheart is often a problem in potatoes in wet years. This is a… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have has some flooding in vegetable crops due to heavy rains on June 3 and there is a potential for heavy rains again on June 7. The majority of watermelons and… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Hurricane Irene caused less damage than expected in the region. However, there were still significant impacts on crops in Delaware. The most obvious is lodging in field corn. On the vegetable side,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With heavy rain expected this weekend, flooding can be expected in some vegetable fields. In addition to nitrate leaching, there is potential for significant denitrification losses in saturated soils. In fields that… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There is still considerable acreage of watermelons, sweet corn, pumpkins, beans, cabbage, potatoes, and other fresh market vegetable crops in the field on Delmarva. On the processing side, the majority of lima… Continue Reading
