Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As pea harvest enters the last 2 weeks, reports are that yields are down significantly this year. Average yields are below 3000 lbs. in many fields. While weather variability has been a… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Pea powdery mildew is currently widespread on Delmarva. This disease occurs throughout the US. The pathogen can overwinter in debris, on alternate hosts, or (less commonly) be seedborne.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There have been a number of early pea fields with reduced seed set. Pods developed but only one or two seeds were formed. Reduced seed set is often related to flower development… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The processing pea harvest season started on May 17 this year, about one week early than normal with February planted peas. Some of these early fields had freeze damage that resulted in… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pea planting is nearing 75% across Delmarva and planting will continue through the first week in May. The first plantings were made at the end of February in 2017 and progress is… Continue Reading
