Emmalea Ernest, Scientist – Vegetable & Fruit Crops; emmalea@udel.edu It is soon time to apply nitrogen fertilizer to blueberries. Urea or ammonium sulfate are the recommended materials. Use urea if your soil pH is in the recommended range of 4.5… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu FMC and Delaware Department of Agriculture has extended the state local needs label (24C) for use of Spartan Charge as a preemergence herbicide in lima bean. The label has been extended through the 2026… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu I recently received an inquiry from a high tunnel grower about unusual symptoms on tomato leaves. The tomatoes were planted in early March, and in the past few weeks developed blisters… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Each year I field questions from vegetable and strawberry growers on the use of compost for their production systems. The availability of commercial compost has fluctuated over the years based on the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The first sweet corn has been planted on plastic and bare ground plantings will be starting soon. This is a good time to revisit starter fertilizer use in sweet corn. Sweet corn… Continue Reading
