What You Need to Know about Cucumber Varieties for High Tunnel Production March 15, 2018 - From Issue: 639 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Cucumbers are produced with very different production systems. The ideal cucumber variety for process pickling production is not the variety used for greenhouse production. Choosing the suitable variety for a specific production system then becomes[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension Varieties
Are You Interested in Growing Greenhouse Type Cucumbers in High Tunnels, and Targeting for Early Season Production? October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Consumers love cucumbers that are sweet, seedless and have thin skins. They are willing to pay high prices for the long or mini cucumbers sold at grocery stores. These cucumbers[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
Optimal Storage Conditions for Vegetables July 20, 2017 - From Issue: 632 By: Wenjing Guan After harvest, storing vegetables in optimal conditions is important to ensure the whole season’s hard work has paid off. This article discusses the optimum storage conditions for tomato, pepper, cucumber,[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Watermelon Peppers Tomato Sweet Corn Article Tags: Harvesting and Postharvest
Two-Spotted Spider Mite Control July 6, 2017 - From Issue: 631 By: Laura Ingwell Read More It is that time of year again, when the two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae; TSSM, Figure 1), and other mite species, show up in full force and wreak havoc on[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers
2016 Cucumber Variety Evaluation in a High Tunnel at Southwest Indiana October 13, 2016 - From Issue: 622 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Tomato is considered one of the most profitable crops grown in high tunnels, but continually growing one single crop leads to build-up of diseases. In addition, growers are facing more competition in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Aphids in High Tunnels June 8, 2016 - From Issue: 614 By: Rick Foster and Laura Ingwell Read More We have begun to receive the first reports of aphid outbreaks in high tunnels on tomato, pepper, and cucumber (Figure 1). Aphids are a very common problem in high tunnels[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management Pests and Pest Management – General
Establishment Failure of Watermelon and Cucumber Transplants Because of Low Soil Temperatures May 30, 2016 - From Issue: 614 By: Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel Read More Last week, we were called by a few watermelon growers who reported their newly planted watermelon seedlings were dead (Figure 1 ). After closely inspecting the affected plants, we[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Watermelon Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Minimum Temperatures from April 9-11 April 13, 2016 - From Issue: 610 By: Wenjing Guan Read More We went through an unseasonably cold period in early April (Figure 1). In southern Indiana, a few high tunnel tomato growers have already planted their crops. These plants may need[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Cucumbers Tomato Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
Opportunities in Hydroponics March 14, 2016 - From Issue: 609 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Travelling through Indiana last summer, I realized that many growers plant their crops in soil inside their high tunnels or greenhouses. Soilless production offers different benefits and challenges. This is[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Lettuce Tomato Article Tags: Artificial Soils and Hydroponics Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Downy Mildew of Cucurbit Update September 4, 2015 - From Issue: 605 By: Dan Egel Downy mildew has been confirmed on jack-o-lantern pumpkins in Daviess and Jasper Counties and on acorn squash in LaPorte County. These are the first confirmed reports of this disease on Cucurbita pepo in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
