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Establishing Blueberries — Plan Now for a 2023 Planting

February 18, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Emmalea Ernest, Scientist – Vegetable & Fruit Crops; emmalea@udel.edu There has been an increase in interest in growing blueberries on Delmarva and we have had several new plantings in the region… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops blueberry, FEB2022

Reminders for Monitoring and Managing Spotted-Wing Drosophila (SWD)

June 25, 2021kgyoung

Kelly Hamby, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland; kahamby@umd.edu Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) is a small fly that lays its eggs into ripening and ripe soft-skinned fruit. Although they prefer fully colored ripe fruit, they are… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:14, blackberries, blueberry, cherry, raspberry, spotted wing drosophila

Guess The Pest! Week 5 Answer: Radiation Frost

May 7, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Mr. John Hockmuth logged a good guess for last week’s condition as anthracnose. There is an anthracnose that affects sycamore trees, especially in cool, wet years. Anthracnose can keep sycamores from leafing out and giving… Continue Reading →

General 29:7, blueberry, freeze injury, freeze protection, Guess the Pest!, peaches, strawberry

Spotted Wing Drosophila Updated Efficacy Chart

May 7, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Extension entomologists working with spotted wing drosophila, and specifically a group spearheaded by Ash Sial at the University of Georgia, have made updates to insecticide efficacy rankings against SWD. You can find the rankings here:… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:7, blackberries, blueberry, raspberry, spotted wing drosophila

Strawberry and Blueberry Pollination

April 30, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Strawberry Strawberries are aggregate fruits. They have multiple ovules per receptacle where the fruit is formed. The strawberry receptacle may have up to 500 ovules per berry. You will see these as… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:6, blueberry, bumble bee, honeybee, pollination, pollinators, strawberry

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