Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Fruit trees commonly set more fruit than they will carry and chemical, mechanical, or hand thinning is done to reduce fruit loads, increase fruit size, and limit alternate year bearing. Natural fruit… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Our Section 18 request for the use of three bifenthrin products (Brigade WSB – FMC Corporation; Bifenture EC and Bifenture 10DF – both from United Phosphorus) to control BMSB on apples, peaches and nectarines… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu Losses in tree fruits due to the late freeze are now more obvious. As one grower put it “a light crop becomes even… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu On Wednesday, April 6, I evaluated a mixed orchard for damage from several freeze events below 25 over the last 3 weeks. Apricots and Pluots were in the post bloom stage and… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There has been an increase in interest in planting fruits in Delaware. This is a positive trend that matches the interest in buying local and can also provide local fruit to the… Continue Reading
