Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu The recommended planting rate for snap beans is 6-10 seeds per foot (2.0-1.2 inch spacing) which works out to 104,540 to 174,240 seeds per acre. In past years I have been asked… Continue Reading
Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu Enterprise budgets for processing vegetables have been updated with prices and information for 2022. You can use these budgets to estimate your production costs and returns for several different crops: pickling cucumbers, sweet… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Scientist – Vegetable & Fruit Crops; emmalea@udel.edu Snap beans are sensitive to high night temperatures during flowering. Sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit (68 °F) is considered the threshold temperature for damage to anthers and pollen, which leads to poor pod… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Root knot nematodes (RKN) are plant pathogenic roundworms that live in the soil. The southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) is common across Delaware and can be yield limiting to soybeans, lima beans, snap… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The current heat wave is causing losses in vegetables and fruits. The following are some effects of high temperatures on vegetable and fruit crops. The plant temperature at which tissue dies is… Continue Reading
