Andy Wyenandt, Assistant Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu With the extremely hot weather and hit or miss downpours lately, damping-off can be very common this time of year. Damping-off can kill seedlings before they break the soil… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu and Andy Wyenandt, Assistant Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers University; wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu Downy mildew outbreaks are confined to Florida, southern Georgia and Texas at this time. We hope… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Cucumbers Continue to scout all fields for cucumber beetles and aphids. Fresh market cucumbers are susceptible to bacterial wilt, so treatments should be applied before beetles feed extensively on cotyledons and first true leaves.… Continue Reading
