Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Apart from recommended NPK fertility programs, growers of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, and collards need to pay attention to sulfur, calcium, and boron in their cole crop fertility programs. In… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist;gcjohn@udel.edu The following are latest planting dates for unprotected culture of vegetable crops on Delmarva: For cucumbers (pickles and slicers), the latest planting date for Delmarva should be August 7. Experience has shown that… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Soft rot, which is a widespread disease of vegetables caused primarily by Pectobacterium spp. (formerly calledErwinia),has been observed this past week in cabbage. Numerous vegetable crops are susceptible… 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
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu While most vegetable growers finish up with fall crops around Thanksgiving, there is potential to produce throughout the fall and winter. There are fall and winter sales potentials with schools, institutions, and… Continue Reading
