WCU Volume 31, Issue 19 – August 4, 2023 PDF of WCU Volume 31:19 – August 4, 2023 WCU Subscription Options for 2023: Mail, Email or Text Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting Planting Dates for Fall Biofumigants Squash Vine… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu On a recent visit to a farm, I saw bright yellow leaves in a pumpkin field (Fig. 1) and wondered if this could be cucurbit yellow vine decline that was first… Continue Reading
Thursday August 31, 2023, 5:00 -7:00 p.m. UD Cooperative Extension Research Demonstration Area 617 Marl Pit Road, Middletown DE 19709 Join your fellow producers and the UD Extension team for an in-person discussion of this year’s current production issues. Other topics will… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Biofumigation is a technique for managing soil-borne pathogens. The biofumigation process involves growing specific cover crops (mustard or sorghum species), then mowing the cover crop and incorporating the green cover crop material… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Retired Extension Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As we approach late summer, Vineyard managers should take care to control birds when sugar contents are peaking in grapes, making them a highly desirable food source. Netting is probably the most effective control… Continue Reading
