Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Cyclamen mites have been found in a few mid-Atlantic strawberry fields as well as more widespread to the south of us in North Carolina. So once we start to really warm… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Over the last few weeks, I have been sent pictures of and have seen dark spots on the foliage of strawberry plants (Fig. 1). These spots can look pretty bad at… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Mr. John Hockmuth logged a good guess for last week’s condition as anthracnose. There is an anthracnose that affects sycamore trees, especially in cool, wet years. Anthracnose can keep sycamores from leafing out and giving… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I visited some strawberry fields over the last few days in Maryland and while most of the fields were on plastic, some were matted row production. Overall, I found low levels… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Strawberry Strawberries are aggregate fruits. They have multiple ovules per receptacle where the fruit is formed. The strawberry receptacle may have up to 500 ovules per berry. You will see these as… Continue Reading
