Fall Vegetables – Timing Plantings

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for fall harvested vegetables will be underway in the next few weeks. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from early July through the… Continue Reading

Last Planting Dates

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist;gcjohn@udel.edu The following are latest planting dates for unprotected culture of vegetable crops on Delmarva: For cucumbers (pickles and slicers), the latest planting date for Delmarva should be August 7. Experience has shown that… Continue Reading

2014 Fungicide Registration Updates

Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu The 2014 version of the Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations is available in print, for purchase, from you county extension educator. In addition, the “Recommendations” are available online from… Continue Reading

Food Safety Survey for Local Tomato and Leafy Greens Growers

Sasha Marine, University of Maryland Postdoctoral Research Associate, scmarine@umd.edu; Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland, keverts@umd.edu Thanks to a multi-state grant from the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative, researchers at four Mid-Atlantic institutions (the University… Continue Reading

Vegetable Fungicide Update for 2013

Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu and Mason Newark, University of Maryland; mnewark@umd.edu We hope that everyone has purchased the current version of the Commercial Vegetable Recommendation Guide for 2013 (CVRG-2013). The CVRG-2013 includes… Continue Reading