James Adkins, Extension Engineer, adkins@udel.edu Field Corn Wednesday night’s rain provided temporary relief for northern Delaware. The forecast for the next few days predicts significant rainfall statewide. Evapotranspiration (ET) for corn planted on April 15 averaged 0.26 inches per day… Continue Reading
Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu The earliest planted full season soybeans across the area are flowering and may be approaching or at R3. The R3 growth stage or “beginning pod” starts when any one of the four… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue scouting for potato leafhopper. Soybean Scout full season bean fields that have reached R3-R5 for stink bugs. Thresholds are 5 bugs per 15 sweeps. If you do not see some leaves in the… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Green stink bug trap captures continue to be high around the west Greenwood area where we keep a blacklight trap. Fortunately, the flight at other locations has not been unusually high. Scout for Japanese beetle… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In the last week several sweet corn fields as well as some watermelon fields have been found with sulfur deficiencies (Figures 1 and 2). In sweet corn symptoms often appear as… Continue Reading
