Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A number of fruit and fruiting disorders have been observed in summer squash and cucumbers recently including lack of fruit set, bottlenecking, pinched blossom ends, crooks, nubs, hollow centers or cavities, fruit… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In tomatoes I am seeing reduced fruit set with few fruit on some flower clusters. In Figure 1 there was the possibility of nine tomato fruit developing on these two clusters,… Continue Reading
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
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pumpkins have become an important income source for many Delmarva vegetable growers including u-pick, local sales and regional wholesale. Each year we see pumpkin fields with poor fruit set or fruit retention.… Continue Reading
