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Grain Maturity and Dry Conditions

August 19, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu and James Adkins, Agricultural Engineer, adkins@udel.edu It has been drier through the month of July in Georgetown than it has been the last two years (Figure 1). While we may have similar soil moisture… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 30:22

Cover Crop Mixes Will Build Biomass

August 19, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu, and Amy Shober, Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, ashober@udel.edu For cover crops to provide maximum nitrogen or weed suppression for corn crops, building plant biomass is key. Rye is often pushed as… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 30:22

Day Neutral Strawberry Production

August 19, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There is significant interest in the use of repeat blooming strawberries for extended production. These “day neutral” varieties can provide good spring production with continued production into the summer and fall, depending… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 30:22

Resources on Plum Curculio Management

August 19, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu We have a short video dissecting a plum curculio infested peach on our extension webpage. Many thanks to Morgan Malone for recording and Michele Walfred for editing. In the video, I mention an excellent article… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 30:22

Heavy Rains Can Cause Herbicide Damage in Cucurbits

August 19, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu A county educator in Maryland sent in some pumpkin plants that he thought looked like pre-emergent herbicide damage and Karen Rane and I thought so too. Dinitroanilines alter root and shoot… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 30:22

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