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Specialty Pumpkins and Winter Squash for Expanded Sales

September 3, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pumpkin growers and retailers are always looking for ways to expand fall sales. To that end, breeders have developed more and more specialty pumpkins and winter squash. We have a demonstration planting… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:24, farm markets, pumpkin, vegetable marketing

Delayed Fruit Set and Pumpkin Color Development in 2020

September 25, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Some pumpkin fields have seen a delay in fruit set due to high temperatures in late June and July in 2020. When set is delayed until August, the question is will the… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 28:28, farm markets, heat stress, pumpkin, vegetable marketing

Sweet Potato Harvest, Curing and Storage

September 25, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Sweet potatoes for processing are being grown on Delmarva in larger acreages. These are dug using a modified potato digger, conveyed to trucks, and then are transported to the processing plant. In… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 28:28, farm markets, postharvest, season extension, sweet potato, vegetable marketing

DDA Guidance for U-Pick Operations

May 22, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

The Delaware Department of Agriculture has issued Guidance for Delaware U-Pick Farm Operations during COVID-19. The guidance is available through DDA’s website. A link to the guidance document is at: https://agriculture.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2020/05/APPROVED_Guidance-for-Delaware-U-Pick-Farm-Operations-During-COVID-19_5.19.pdf.

Fruit Crops 28:10, COVID-19, strawberry, vegetable marketing

Farmers Markets and COVID-19

May 8, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Delaware farmer’s markets will open sometime after May 15, Maryland farmer’s markets are open now and Washington DC farmer’s markets cannot open unless they have an approved social distancing policy. COVID-19 spreads… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops, Vegetable Crops 28:8, COVID-19, farm markets, vegetable marketing

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