Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu When poultry growers lose a contract to grow chickens for an integrator, these poultry houses are retired or are left unused, and income is lost. There are over 1200 such houses on… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Growers with CSAs, sales to schools and institutions, or restaurant customers should consider storing and marketing winter squash. Winter squash include a wide range of types including butternuts and neck pumpkins, acorns,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Hurricane Ian is expected to bring heavy rains to Delmarva and flooding can be expected. With late summer crops such as lima beans still in the fields, fall crops such as broccoli… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Now is the time to wipe out all weeds growing in and immediately around greenhouses. Weeds in the greenhouse and winter annuals such as chickweed, henbit, dead nettle, and speedwell serve as spider mite hosts… Continue Reading
This is the last weekly issue of Weekly Crop Update for the 2022 season. I hope that this newsletter has been a useful resource to you as you dealt with the challenges of this past growing season. There will be… Continue Reading
