Gordon Johnson, Extension Ag Agent, Kent Co.; gcjohn@udel.edu Double cropping season is here and many vegetables will be planted as a second crop behind barley, wheat, peas, early sweet corn, early snap beans, other spring vegetables, and even strawberries. The… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Disease Severity Value (DSV) Accumulation as of June 18, 2008 is as follows: Location: Broad Acres, Zimmerman Farm, Rt. 9, Kent County Greenrow: April 27 LATE BLIGHT EARLY BLIGHT Date Daily DSV… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have been working with researchers from Virginia Tech on thrips identification in their crops. They had a severe problem with thrips, especially Western flower thrips (WFT) Frankliniella occidentalis, last summer… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Many of the pumpkin fields in the Delmarva area I have visited in the last two weeks were just coming up or had 2-5 leaves on them. I was surprised to… 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
