Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu July is the month that we see the highest temperatures and often have cloud free, high light intensity days and long day lengths. Under these conditions, good leaf cover is essential for… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Mona Steele for correctly identifying the problem with my 4th of July pie berries as sunscalding. High temperatures, wind, water stress, and direct sun exposure cause this whitening or bleaching of berry drupelets.… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Sylvie Childress for correctly identifying the leaf issue as sunscald or sunburn. Everyone else who also guessed correctly will also be entered in the end of year raffle. With the hot, dry, and… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu To no one’s surprise this week has seen a great number of problems pop-up in tomato fields throughout our area. The first, of course, has been disease with bacterial and fungal… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I know it may seem odd to see an article about sunscald or sunburn on leaves with the week of rain we just had, but leaves came in over the last… Continue Reading
