Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu and Amy Shober, Extension Nutrient Management and Environmental Quality Specialist; ashober@udel.edu Along with nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), potassium (K) is a primary macronutrient that is needed by crops in greater amounts. As a… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Tissue tests taken in tomato fields over the last 6 weeks show that fields with good levels of potassium (K) (>3.2%) have overall lower levels of fruit ripening problems than fields… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Normally at this time of year I’d be writing about how bad yellow shoulders and other fruit ripening problems are in Maryland tomatoes (Fig. 1). But this has been a strange… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There are a number of fruit disorders in watermelons that are being found in Delmarva fields at this time. One of the most common is sunscald or sunburn on fruits. This occurs… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu May was a very cool, cloudy and wet month, which is having all kinds of repercussions now and into the summer for field crops. Gordon Johnson and Kate Everts talked about… Continue Reading
