Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist; emmalea@udel.edu We are seeing heat effects on pod set in lima beans again in 2019. Affected plantings had heavy flower drop in late July and early August… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for late summer and 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… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Vegetable growers that direct market or that target marketing programs to entice buyers should be on the leading edge of food trends. Food trends are driven by many factors such as health… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu The Extension Vegetable and Fruit Program conducted several variety trials in 2018. Crops that we evaluated for yield and quality characteristics were: seedless watermelon, mini seedless watermelon, baby lima beans, peas, beets… Continue Reading
Kevin Brinson, Associate State Climatologist and DEOS Director; kbrinson@udel.edu It’s getting wet again; time to keep an eye on downy mildew in lima beans. The theme for July’s weather was feast or famine. What started off looking like it would… Continue Reading
