Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu and Karen Rane, Plant Diagnostician, University of Maryland rane@umd.edu Over the past few weeks, we have seen several greenhouse (GH) and high tunnel (HT) vegetable (basil and tomato mostly, but also… Continue Reading
Ogutu, Horticulture Specialist, Delaware State University rogutu@desu.edu The cold months are over and you are probably thinking in terms of the major 3 planting cycles for your high tunnels: early spring, summer and early fall. It is always a good… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last month I have received reports from high tunnel (HT) growers that were seeing flower abscission due to poor pollination in their tomatoes (Fig. 1). Some of these reports… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The Red legged winter mite, Penthaleus dorsalis has been found in more high tunnels (HTs) growing leafy greens this past winter for the 3rd year in a row. Most of the… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I know growers are very aware that they should clean up their vegetable fields and high tunnel (HT) of old crops and weeds during the off-season. I also know that growers… Continue Reading
