Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The pumpkin crop has been reduced and is later this year. The reductions and delays are due to several factors: fewer acres were planted because of wet June conditions, areas of fields… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland There have been new reports of cucumber downy mildew from Wicomico, Cecil, and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland. These reports add to previous reports from Caroline county, Maryland 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
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber has been reported in Delaware and Maryland as of July 3. However, our region remains at high risk for onset of downy mildew on… Continue Reading
Meg McGrath (Cornell), Beth Gugino (Penn State), Kate Everts (Univ. Maryland), Steve Rideout (Virginia Tech), Nathan Kleczewski (Univ. Delaware), and Andy Wyenandt (Rutgers) Producing a high-quality cucurbit crop necessitates effectively managing downy mildew. This foliar disease is common in the… Continue Reading
