Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A bioassay is the best way to determine potential injury from Root Knot Nematode on vegetable crops, such as lima beans, from spring sampling. It can also be used to survey the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Lima bean harvest is about one third completed on Delmarva. Early planted yields have been variable, as is often the case. Dryland lima fields have been yielding similar to irrigated fields and… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Late plantings of summer vegetables will go in the field in July and early August. Cool season crops will also be planted at this time for fall harvest. The following are some… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Identification of the first find of the Kudzu bug in Delaware was recently confirmed as the result of a collaborative effort between the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension and consultants (who found the first bugs),… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Each year there are some lima bean fields that end up with lower stands than expected due to poor field conditions such as crusting after heavy rains, planter malfunctions, seed quality issues,… Continue Reading
