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Good Time to Check for Root Knot Nematodes in Vegetables

September 24, 2021kgyoung

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 →

Vegetable Crops 29:27, cucumber, root knot nematode, tomato, watermelon

Phytophthora Blight Becoming a Major Limiting Disease in Watermelon

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As we see wetter weather patterns, Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici (P. cap) is becoming a major limiting disease in watermelons. P. cap is not a fungus – it belongs to… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:26, climate change, phytophthora capsici, watermelon, watermelon phytophthora blight

Ladino (White) Clover for Row Middles in Plasticulture

September 17, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Researchers at Clemson University showed that the use of ladino clover can be an effective living row middle cover crop for row middles in plasticulture in organic production. We believe this system… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:26, clover, cover crops, plasticulture, watermelon

Quality Problems in Fruiting Vegetables

July 30, 2021cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We are seeing quality problems in many fruiting vegetables.  Often this is due to poor pollination. Signs of incomplete pollination in cucurbits include bottlenecked fruit or fruit with a pinched end, crooked… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:19, Cucurbits, fruit, poor pollination, pumpkin, watermelon

Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

July 30, 2021cmanneri

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Scout pre-tassel push sweet corn for fall armyworm now. Processing thresholds are 15% infested whorls early; mid-late whorl stages 30%, and tassel push thresholds are 15%. New Jersey recommends slightly lower whorl and… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:19, Cucurbits, Fall Brassicas, insect scouting, sweet corn, trap catches, vegetable crops, watermelon

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