Small Fruits

A list of meetings for fruit and vegetable growers.

A list of meetings for Urban Agriculture growers.

Roots in Research - Yield of 2019 - Upper Marlboro CMREC

IpM Scouting Tips posted in the Fruit and Vegetable News.

Botrytis is a major disease threat as harvest approaches. Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many plant species, especially wine grapes, where it is commonly known as Botrytis bunch rot or gray mold.

Over the years I have seen dark spots on the foliage of strawberry plants like the ones in figs. 1 and 2. These spots can look pretty bad at times and are thought to possibly be the start of some disease such as angular leaf spot or anthracnose.

University of Delaware extension and Rutgers both as recently reported seeing a large increase in green stinkbugs (Acrosternum hilare or Chinavia hilaris ) in their black light traps.

This webpage is the production archives of the Women In Agriculture webinars.

Fruit and Vegetable News, Volume 13, Issue 1 (April, 2022). Topic in this issue are: Check for Allium leaf miner in onions and leeks over the next few weeks, Edema problem in high tunnel tomatoes, Using Plant Growth Regulators to Improve Apple Return Bloom, Botryis Fruit Rot (Gray Mold) and Crown Rot in Strawberries, Spring Pest Scouting in Strawberries, and Early Spring Vegetable Insect Scouting Tips.

Fruit and Vegetable News, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 9, 2021)