WCU Volume 31, Issue 16 – July 14, 2023 PDF of WCU Volume 31:16 – July 14, 2023 WCU Subscription Options for 2023: Mail, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting Irregular Ripening in Watermelon Importance of Leaf… Continue Reading
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David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, we began transplanting a late tomato trial for worms. We made nice large planting holes, transplanted on not an excessively hot day, and watered the plants right after transplant. A few days later… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Chris Burkhart for correctly identifying Gummy stem blight. This pathogen causes girdling stem lesions, red or brown cankers that ooze a reddish gummy substance. Gummy oozing can also be caused by anthracnose and… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Scout whorl stage sweet corn NOW for fall armyworm infestation. Multiple reports of fall armyworm came in this week from small worms just hatching and only causing window-paning to larger worms working in… Continue Reading
