Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber was confirmed in Dorchester County, MD on Wednesday. The cucumber crop should be protected with a fungicide that targets downy mildew. There are several… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With the expected high temperatures this weekend and next week, there is high potential for sunburn in fruits and fruiting vegetables. Growers may need to consider ways to protect against sunburn. Sunburn… 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
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber on the eastern shore of Maryland last week. No new reports of downy mildew have been received. However, continue to spray cucumber… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew on cucumber was confirmed in Caroline County, MD on Tuesday, June 28. The cucumber crop should be covered with a fungicide that targets downy mildew. Cantaloupes… Continue Reading
