Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Each year, the ASHS has an annual meeting bringing together scientists working with specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, ornamentals). This year the meeting is in Washington DC. The following are some notes from… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Some mid-Atlantic growers are seeing excessive tomato blossom drop in their high tunnels (HTs). Flowers are forming but then abscising from the plant (Fig. 1). In a few of the high… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last three months a few early season high tunnel operations on the Eastern Shore were having problems with some of their seedlings and leaf crops. Crops like spinach would… Continue Reading
Coverdale Farm Preserve is a 356-acre farm and nature preserve located in Greenville, DE. We are pleased to offer a series of free hands-on workshops for farmers of all levels of experience and scale of operation. Registration is required. To… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Last week Gordon Johnson had an article about exhaust problems for greenhouse transplants. In Maryland we have seen a few problems with ethylene interactions with tomatoes in high tunnels. Ethylene (C2H4)… Continue Reading
