Are organically grown vegetables better – The real truth behind it all
There is a hype about organically grown vegetables or any other foodstuff for that matter. Here is the irony in it all, the people that...
What is the nutritional value of vegetables
The nutritional value of vegetables is easily answered by the popular media, just slam a couple of very average numbers next to a couple of...
Quality of vegetable crops
Quality is one of those elusive characteristics upon which so much depends but about which is so little known. The number of definitions for quality...
Tomato russet mite
Description Russet mites (Aculops lycopersici, Aculus lycopersici) are so small that a 14X hand lens is needed to see them. Because of their size, these...
Plusia looper
Plusia looper description Plusia looper, also known as Cabbage looper or more correctly Trichoplusia ni are light green caterpillars with white or pale yellow stripes...
American Bollworm
Bollworm description Bollworm, also known as tomato fruit worm or American Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, are small caterpillars (about 30mm long, slightly more than 1 inch)...
Common physiological disorders in cucumbers
Physiological disorders caused by low temperatures Low temperatures injury only occurs with fruit that are in storage (either in transit or in storage rooms). Small...
Pruning cucumbers in greenhouses
Selecting a cucumber pruning system The question arises which system should be used. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages according to the ability and...
Sweet potato whitefly
Sweet potato whitefly description Sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, order Hemiptera and family Aleyrodidae) is a sap feeder. The adults are about 4-5mm long with...
Red spider mite
Red spider mite description Red spider mite, of the genus Tetranychus urticae, are sap feeders. Although there are several species of spider mites which attack...
Green bean fertigation – a delicate matter
Green bean fertigation must be controlled carefully since they are extremely fast growing. There are pro’s and con’s of fast growing crops. An advantage can...
Leaf hopper
Leaf hopper description Leaf hoppers are usually less then 13mm in length, with long slender tapered bodies. They tend to be pale green to tan...
Leaf miner
Leaf miner description The adult leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae) is a 1-1.8mm long shiny black fly with a prominent yellow triangle between the bases of...
Downy mildew on lettuce
Downy mildew is a serious problem in greenhouses especially under cold humid conditions. It is caused by the casual organism Bremia lactucae. Of the commercial...
Sclerotinia or watery soft rot
Sclerotinia symptoms Leaves, especially the older ones, start to wilt during any stage of growth. The wilting continuous until the plant collapses completely. The...
