PDF Version of WCU 22:15 – July 4, 2014 WCU Subscription Options for 2014: Mail, Fax, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Poor Watermelon Crown Fruit Set Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed on Delmarva Fruit Crops Section 18 for… Continue Reading
Hot Water Seed Treatment is a cultural practice that prevents disease causing organisms to be carried within or on the seed. Seed Treatment can also be useful to reduce the amount pesticide needed to manage your crops. This is especially… Continue Reading
Saturday, July 12, 2014 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sussex County Extension Office 16483 County Seat Hwy. Georgetown, DE 19947 (Rain or Shine) 100th Anniversary Celebration for Cooperative Extension—Door Prizes, Miniature Garden display, Bonsai display, Ask an Expert—bring your plant… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist;jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample for potato leafhoppers on a weekly basis. We continue to see a few fields with yellowing. Once plants are yellow, yield loss has already occurred. The treatment thresholds are 20 per… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew was confirmed June 2 in Maryland (Caroline County). In addition, I have unconfirmed, but credible, reports from Wicomico County. I believe that the strain that is… Continue Reading
