biofumigant | Weekly Crop Update

Mustard Seed Meal as a Chemical Fumigation Alternative

August 4, 2011cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With September strawberry planting season approaching for the annual plasticulture system, growers will be preparing beds and fumigating in the next 2 weeks. While several chemical fumigants are registered for strawberries, new… Continue Reading →

Biofumigant Mustards for Spring Vegetable Plantings

March 11, 2011cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu In fields with heavy vegetable rotations that have built up diseases (including nematodes), or fields known to have problems in the past, use of a biofumigant mustard crop planted in March ahead… Continue Reading →