Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This summer has been unusual in that it has been about normal for temperatures, but we have had a large number of cloudy days and, in some areas of the mid-Atlantic,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Blossom end rot (BER) is showing up again this year in peppers and tomatoes. BER is a disorder where developing fruits do not have enough calcium for cell walls, cells do not… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Commercial determinate tomatoes may require pruning of “suckers”, those shoots that develop at lower nodes. Removal of one or more of these shoots up to the first fork, just below the first… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The extreme heat that just recently ended was exceptionally stressful on plants, especially newly transplanted plants. But even well established plants found in high tunnels or that were planted early in… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This is just a quick reminder that we are in very dry conditions right now and tomato plants are putting on large fruit at the same time they are flowering profusely.… Continue Reading
