Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Windbreaks are a very useful tool for producing early vegetables. Most commonly, rye is used because it grows taller than other small grains and elongates in April. Using rye windbreaks requires planning… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Warm season vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and watermelons require special attention when transplanted in April. It is important to plant in your highest elevation fields with the lightest soils first… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This is a quick note to say that after looking at some strawberry fields in which the transplant plugs were wilting it at first looked like there could be some root… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Cover crops that put on significant growth in the fall and then die during the winter can be very useful tools for vegetable cropping systems. These winter-killed cover crops add organic matter,… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu In some years, later planted ‘Chandler’ strawberries have out-yielded earlier plantings. This illustrates the dramatic effects that fall and winter temperatures can have on plasticulture production. ‘Chandler’ has been our main plasticulture… Continue Reading
