Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have had widespread flooding in vegetable crops in May due to heavy and extended rains. Soils in some field areas have remained waterlogged for several days. Over a 10-day period from… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With the recent cold, windy weather as a reminder, it is important to understand the factors that affect success with transplanting early warm season vegetables. Remember that the average date of the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Strip-Till, Biological Strip Till, and No-Till Systems Using Cover Crops for Seedless Watermelon Production Seedless watermelons are the most important fresh market vegetable crop on the Delmarva Peninsula with over 5,000 acres… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The next 10 days are the optimum period for planting strawberries in the plasticulture system. The variety Chandler, which has the most acreage in our region, is very sensitive to planting date.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Each year we see problems with vegetable crops related to low pH in plastic mulched beds. A common scenario is a field with sandy soil (loamy sand, sandy loam) that has not… Continue Reading
