Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew has been confirmed on watermelon in Wicomico County and pumpkin in Wicomico and Sussex counties this past week. All watermelon and pumpkin fields on the shore… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pumpkins have become an important income source for many Delmarva vegetable growers including u-pick, local sales and regional wholesale. Each year we see pumpkin fields with poor fruit set or fruit retention.… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Pumpkins are attacked by many diseases, which makes designing a spray program very difficult. Below are some guiding ideas for management of pumpkins. There are three areas that… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for fall harvested vegetables are underway and will continue through August. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from early July through the beginning… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber is now present in Sussex County, Delaware and in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Several additional late blight outbreaks were confirmed in Maryland over the… Continue Reading
