University of Delaware
Weekly Crop Update
  • UD Cooperative Extension Home
Weekly Crop Update
from UD Cooperative Extension
Menu Close
  • Current Issue
  • About WCU
  • Issue & Weather Archive
  • Subscribe

fruit

Quality Problems in Fruiting Vegetables

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We are seeing quality problems in many fruiting vegetables.  Often this is due to poor pollination. Signs of incomplete pollination in cucurbits include bottlenecked fruit or fruit with a pinched end, crooked… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:19, Cucurbits, fruit, poor pollination, pumpkin, watermelon

Fruit and Fruiting Disorders in Summer Squash and Cucumbers

July 14, 2017cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A number of fruit and fruiting disorders have been observed in summer squash and cucumbers over the last two weeks including lack of fruit set, bottlenecking, pinched blossom ends, crooks, nubs, hollow… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops cucumber, fruit, fruit set, summer squash

Improving Early Fruit Set in Seedless Watermelons

April 28, 2017cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The first watermelon plantings have gone in across the region. Markets for early watermelons are normally the strongest so early planting is often more profitable. However, fruit set is often below desired… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 25:5, fruit, pollination, pollinators, watermelon, watermelon pollenizers

Plastic Mulch Beds and Dry Soils

April 21, 2017cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Due to dry weather, a significant amount of plastic mulch has been laid this year in dry soils and in soils with more clods than normal. This can be problematic for a… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops, Vegetable Crops fruit, irrigation, mulch, plasticulture, vegetable crop management, vegetable irrigation

Sourcing Quality Transplants

April 21, 2017cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Many growers choose not to produce their own transplants but contract with greenhouse growers locally or in the South. The majority of these transplants are of high quality and perform well in… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops, Vegetable Crops fruit, transplant production, transplanting, vegetable crop management

Post navigation

← Older Articles

Additional Resources

  • Cooperative Extension Home
  • Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations
  • Insect Sampling and Action Thresholds
  • Insect Trapping Programs
  • Integrated Weed Management
  • Extension Vegetable & Fruit Program
  • UD Extension Factsheets
  • DEOS Weather Station Data
  • NEWA Weather & Models

Join us on social media!

 

 

Admin

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress at UD
© 2023 Weekly Crop Update. All rights reserved.
Fashionista by aThemes
UD
  • Go to the UD twitter page (external link)>
  • Go to the UD facebook page (external link)>
  • Go to the UD instagram page (external link)>
  • Go to the UD youtube page (external link)>
  • Go to the UD pintrest page (external link)>
  • Go to the UD linkedin page (external link)>
  • ©   University of Delaware
  • Comments
  • Legal Notices
  • Accessibility Notice