Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Early morning temperatures on April 9, 2025 were low enough to damage tree fruit and strawberries in some Delaware locations. Minimum temperatures recorded by many DEOS weather stations were above the critical… Continue Reading
Specialist at University of Delaware; emmalea@udel.edu, Jill Pollok, Extension Plant Diagnostician; jillp@udel.edu A relatively new strawberry disease, Neopestalotiopsis, was present in several nurseries that supplied plug plants to growers in Delaware last year. Growers should be alert to potential presence… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Plum Curculio is active and moving into smaller, or less intensively managed blocks. Peach shuck split is a good time to control them if you are at risk. We caught 17 codling moths last… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Floating row covers are used to protect plasticulture strawberries during the coldest part of the winter, but as temperatures warm, row covers should be removed and reapplied only as needed for freeze… Continue Reading
