Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Windstorms across the state last week caused significant damage to vegetable crops. Signs of this damage included torn leaves, dessicated (wind burnt) leaves and stems, broken or lodged stems and sandblasted and… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu I have had several growers and consultants report watermelon transplants that have poor root growth. They wondered if a disease was causing the damage. In several cases there… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have had large losses of cantaloupe and watermelon transplants this spring due to the cold, rainy, and cloudy conditions and several WCU articles have been written on the subject (see Dr.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Weather conditions have been unfavorable for early transplanted warm season vegetables. We have not had any consistent warming trends to heat the soil under black plastic mulch. As a result, plant losses… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Windbreaks are a very useful tool for producing early vegetables. Most commonly, rye is used because it grows taller than other small grains and elongates in April. Using rye windbreaks requires planning… Continue Reading
