Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu The red legged winter mite, Penthaleus dorsalis has been found in more high tunnels (HTs) growing leafy greens this past winter for the 4th year in a row. Most of the… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu The Red legged winter mite, Penthaleus dorsalis has been found in more high tunnels (HTs) growing leafy greens this past winter for the 3rd year in a row. Most of the… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu This past April I wrote an article about red legged winter mites, Penthaleus dorsalis, being found in a high tunnel on the eastern shore. I thought this was an odd, one-time thing.… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last three months a few early season high tunnel operations on the Eastern Shore were having problems with some of their seedlings and leaf crops. Crops like spinach would… Continue Reading
