Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Fall vegetable harvest will begin soon. For best quality and longevity of leafy and heading crops in the fall, it is important to reduce respiration and water loss from crops immediately after… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for late summer and fall harvested vegetables will be underway in the next few weeks. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from early… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As summer crops finish in high tunnels, October and November provides the opportunity to plant a wide range of vegetables for late fall and winter harvest. This is a way to continue… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Normally at this time of year when I talk about any insect problems in crucifers I talk about harlequin bugs that feed by sucking out plant juices and inject toxins into… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In high tunnels and in the field, I have been seeing spinach or beet leaf miner Pegomya hyoscyami and P. betae respectively in swiss chard and spinach. These leafminers are a… Continue Reading
