Cladosporium of Spinach March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Dan Egel Read More While many growers use high tunnels to extend the growing period for warm-season crops such as tomatoes or cucumbers, it is also possible to grow cool-season crops such as spinach[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Spinach Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Lettuce drop May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Dan Egel Read More Although Indiana is not known for lettuce production, an increasing number of growers find that augmenting retail sales with leaf lettuce can be profitable. Since lettuce is a cool season[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Bolting and Blooming in High Tunnels March 14, 2019 - From Issue: 654 By: Liz Maynard Read More Bolting of crops overwintered in high tunnels is common in the spring. ‘Bolting’ refers to lengthening and blooming of the flowering stalk. Bolting is often a problem because the quality[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Greens and Salad Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Production Management
Aphids in High Tunnels April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Laura Ingwell Read More It’s that time of year, where we are prepping high tunnels and getting back into the full swing of production, slowly, here in the Midwest. Many of you have already[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Lettuce Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
Blackheart of Celery September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Blackheart of celery is a physiological disorder that causes significant crop loss in major celery production areas. It is characterized by the breakdown of young leaf tissues in the heart[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Celery Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Facts about Lettuce August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Read More Winter farmers markets are becoming more and more popular. Lettuce is a primary type of vegetables grown for the market. As we are finishing up summer crops, it is a[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Article Tags: Protected Culture and Season Extension
Problems in Overwintered Salad Greens – White Mold and Tip Burn March 15, 2017 - From Issue: 624 By: Liz Maynard Read More Some of the red and green multi-leaf lettuce plants in Figure 1 are wilted and closer inspection reveals death and soft decay at the crown and well as freeze damage[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Spinach Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Plant Disease Management
Aphid Management in Winter Green Production in High Tunnels October 13, 2016 - From Issue: 622 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Aphids can be one of the most damaging and hard to control pests during the winter months in high tunnels. The first step to managing aphids is to develop a[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
Flea Beetles May 26, 2016 - From Issue: 613 By: Rick Foster Read More Many of our vegetable crops are subject to feeding by one or more species of flea beetles (Figure 1). Flea beetles get their name because they have enlarged hind legs[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Eggplant Tomatillos Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Researchers Looking for Spinach and Lettuce from NW Indiana April 28, 2016 - From Issue: 611 By: Lindsay Gielda Do you grow spinach or lettuce in Northwest Indiana? Drs. Lindsay Gielda and Scott Bates in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at Purdue University Northwest would like to collect a[Read More…] Article Categories: Lettuce Spinach Article Tags: Food Safety
