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
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
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
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
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
