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Yellowing of Cantaloupe Leaf Edges

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I have been seeing and receiving a few samples of yellowing (chlorosis) around the margins of cantaloupe leaves (Fig. 1). The marginal chlorosis observed in figure one would indicate salt burn,… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:19, cantaloupe, salt stress

Fall Salt Remediation

September 25, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Salts are a natural component of soils, including our soluble plant nutrients (Ca, NO3, etc.). Excessive levels of any salt can be detrimental to both plant health and soil quality. On the Delmarva Peninsula,… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 28:28, climate change, salinity, salt stress, soluble salts

Old News, But It Pays to Clean Up Your High Tunnel in the Off-Season

September 27, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I know growers are very aware that they should clean up their vegetable fields and high tunnel (HT) of old crops and weeds during the off-season. I also know that growers… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:27, cucumber, high tunnel, pepper, salt stress, sanitation, tomato

Potential Hurricanes and Flooding

September 28, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu We avoided most of the flooding seen in the Carolinas with Florence, but hurricane season lasts until the end of November. Some later planted corn is still drying down, so saturated soils and winds… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 26:27, field corn, flooding, salt stress, soybean

Dealing with Salt Affected Soils

May 25, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu If you have had issues with tidal inundation of soils in the past, or had some flooding this spring, you may be thinking about remediation methods to get the salt content down. While gypsum… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 26:9, abiotic stress, salt stress

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