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Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

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Indiana’s Processing Tomato Industry in 1928 and 2013.

While visiting my son in Lincoln, Nebraska this past summer, I had the chance to browse in a second hand store.I felt myself drawn to the book section where I [Read More…]

An Update on the Use of Copper Products for Managing Bacterial Spot of Tomato

For 100 years bacterial spot has been causing huge losses for tomato growers worldwide. For 100 years products containing copper have held the key to controlling this devastating tomato disease.[Read More…]

Pumpkins Rotting from the Inside Out

Revised FDA Produce Safety Rule Open for Comments until December 15

Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Grower Meeting

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Tomato Fruit Lesions

The photos that accompany this article are of lesions caused by various diseases that occur on tomato fruit. The list includes diseases I commonly see in Indiana, so the list [Read More…]

Late Season Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon

Over the past few weeks, I have observed several watermelon fields with relatively large areas of wilted plants.There can be several reasons for such symptoms.In the article below, I will [Read More…]

Preparing for Freezing Temperatures in the Tomato High Tunnel

The low tonight is forecasted to be 28 F. In preparation, we placed clear plastic over each row. This type of plastic is not vented. Therefore, one must be very [Read More…]