Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu I was recently asked about irrigating snap beans prior to harvest. Irrigation is a critical management tool for producing high yielding and high-quality vegetable crops. Scheduling irrigation for different vegetables grown… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Irrigation is a critical management tool for producing high yielding and high-quality vegetable crops. Direct seeded vegetables such as peas, lima beans, sweet corn, spinach, cucumbers, and snap beans require adequate soil… Continue Reading
Kevin Brinson, Associate State Climatologist and DEOS Director; kbrinson@udel.edu Since 2011, the Delaware Irrigation Management System (DIMS) has been available to Delaware farmers to help manage their daily irrigation scheduling needs for a number of different crops, including: corn, soybean,… Continue Reading
Mayhah Roma Suri, Faculty Specialist Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland; msuri1@umd.edu The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers possible nontraditional sources of irrigation water to include recycled, brackish, desalinated, fracking, agricultural runoff, aquaculture, livestock wastewater, and process waters.… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Due to dry weather, a significant amount of plastic mulch has been laid this year in dry soils and in soils with more clods than normal. This can be problematic for a… Continue Reading
