Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Many of my 2023 field research projects are completed and over the next few months I will be preparing trial reports and presentations for winter meetings. I look forward to sharing some… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Retired Extension Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Current weather patterns and heavy rains have set up conditions for the development of Phytophthora blight in watermelons. Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici (P. cap) is a major limiting disease in watermelons. P. cap is… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Retired Extension Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Irregular ripening is a common problem that occurs in some watermelon fields each year. This is where varieties planted at the same time do not ripen evenly in a field. Fruits that look mature… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Hollow Heart Hollow heart is an internal crack in the flesh of the melon. Hollow heart is generally more severe in seedless varieties and in crown-set fruit. Research at the University of… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu Each year I put this information out near the end of a growing season in the hopes that growers will take a look in their fields for root knot nematode problems… Continue Reading
