Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Tomato Late Blight Tomato transplants were found at a garden center in northeast Pennsylvania last Friday (June 8) that were infected with late blight. We don’t know the… Continue Reading
Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland; keverts@umd.edu Downy mildew is active in both Maryland and Delaware on cucumber and cantaloupe (muskmelon). Muskmelon was first reported in the past week. Powdery mildew is also present on… 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 There are many new fungicide products for management of powdery mildew on cucurbits such as pumpkin, squash, cucumber and melon. Last year we conducted a trial at the… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu My unscientific survey of grocery stores, big-box stores, and vegetable markets point to the fact that it was overall a good season for quality pumpkins. Pumpkins may not be as big… Continue Reading
