Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu There have been problems in our vegetable fields with three pests: striped cucumber beetles, leafhoppers and twospotted spider mites. I think most of the problems we are having with these three… Continue Reading
Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample alfalfa for potato leafhoppers. Sample weekly starting seven days after the first cutting until final harvest. Ten sweep net samples should be taken in 10 random locations… Continue Reading
Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Alfalfa Begin sampling alfalfa for potato leafhoppers weekly until final harvest. Ten sweep net samples should be taken in 10 random locations throughout the field when the alfalfa is dry. The… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I usually do not get the chance to look at many hop fields, as only a few farms have them, but they are becoming a bit more common in the last… Continue Reading
