Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu With the recent cold, windy weather as a reminder, it is important to understand the factors that affect success with transplanting early warm season vegetables. Remember that the average date of the… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There have been plant losses in a number of early planted watermelon fields over the last 10 days even though the fields had every-row rye windbreaks. Situation 1. Transplants were set during… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Many growers choose not to produce their own transplants but contract with greenhouse growers locally or in the South. The majority of these transplants are of high quality and perform well in… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have recently seen suspected exhaust damage to greenhouse transplants. This can occur where coal or wood burning stoves are used and exhaust escapes when loading, where temporary unvented heaters are used… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Poor growth, yellow plants, or stunted plants are often due to issues with the greenhouse media. Greenhouse media manufacturers have good quality control measures in place but things can go wrong on… Continue Reading
