Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With the recent hot temperatures and more predicted, there is high potential for sunburn in fruits and fruiting vegetables. Growers may need to consider ways to protect against sunburn. Sunburn is most… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I was at a farm the other day that had a wide variety of crops on it and the grower showed me what we at first thought were odd looking Colorado… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu As this growing season winds down, and for the next few weeks, it is a good time to examine vegetable roots for root knot nematode (RKN). I would be suspicious of… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Vegetables that have been transplanted in the last week risk significant losses due to the cold, rainy, and cloudy conditions. To more fully explain this problem, it is necessary to understand how… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Vegetable growers that direct market or that target marketing programs to entice buyers should be on the leading edge of food trends. Food trends are driven by many factors such as health… Continue Reading
