Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for fall harvested vegetables will be underway in the next few weeks. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from early July through the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Apart from recommended NPK fertility programs, growers of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, and collards need to pay attention to sulfur, calcium, and boron in their cole crop fertility programs. In… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist;gcjohn@udel.edu Produce buyers in the region have expressed an interest in buying more fresh greens demonstrating the potential for expanding fresh market production for local and regional distribution. In particular, there has been an… Continue Reading
Sasha Marine, University of Maryland Postdoctoral Research Associate, scmarine@umd.edu; Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland, keverts@umd.edu Thanks to a multi-state grant from the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative, researchers at four Mid-Atlantic institutions (the University… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Plantings for fall harvested vegetables are underway. Timing these plantings can be a challenge, especially where multiple harvests are needed. Plantings from mid-July through the end of August may be made, with… Continue Reading
