Insect Spotlight: Seedcorn Maggot May 30, 2025 - From Issue: 754 By: Tucker Cade LaRue and Laura Ingwell Read More Description The seedcorn maggot, or Delia platura, is a frequent pest in the Anthomyiidae family that can affect both specialty and agronomic crops, including corn, melons, onions, pumpkins, and many[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Spotlight: Seedcorn Maggot March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, is one of the first pests that will cause damage to vegetables in the spring in our region. This fly, which resembles a house fly[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Watermelon Garlic Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day – Registration Now Open May 1, 2023 - From Issue: 718 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day is presented on July 27, 2023, at the Purdue Student Farm in West Lafayette, IN. Registration for the field day is now open.[Read More…] Article Categories: Beans (Green, Wax, Snap) Dry Beans Beets Carrots Garlic Leeks Onions Radishes Cabbage Collards Kale Swiss Chard Eggplant Peppers Potatoes Tomato Article Tags: Education Field Day Small Farms
Even Minimal Herbicide Use Can Reduce Hand-Weeding Time April 18, 2023 - From Issue: 717 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Onions are poor competitors with weeds. Their narrow leaves do not compete well for light, and their shallow root system makes them poor competitors for water. Tight in-row and between-row[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Onions Article Tags: Herbicide Weed Management
Threats to Early Seedlings April 18, 2023 - From Issue: 717 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The warm weather of late did not only pull us out of our winter slumber but definitely awoke some of our overwintering pests as well. Cucumber beetles and seedcorn maggots[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Garlic Onions Article Tags: Cucumber beetle Insect and Mite Management Seedcorn maggot
Small Farm Education Field Day, July 27, 2023 April 5, 2023 - From Issue: 716 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The 2022 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was a big success. Nearly 72% of attendees reported that they learned something new. Nearly half indicated they plan to adopt recommended[Read More…] Article Categories: Beans (Green, Wax, Snap) Beets Carrots Onions Cabbage Cucumbers Squash Eggplant Peppers Potatoes Tomato Lettuce Article Tags: Education Field Day Small Farms
Small Farm Education Field Day – July 27, 2023 March 15, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The 2022 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was a big success. Nearly 72% of attendees reported that they learned something new. Nearly half indicated they plan to adopt recommended[Read More…] Article Categories: Beans (Green, Wax, Snap) Beets Carrots Garlic Onions Cabbage Cucumbers Squash Eggplant Peppers Potatoes Tomato Swiss Chard Article Tags: Field Day Small Farms
Optogen®- a New Herbicide Available in Select Vegetables and Strawberry February 22, 2023 - From Issue: 714 By: Stephen Meyers Read More What is Optogen®? The active ingredient in Optogen® (Figure 1) is bicyclopyrone. Corn growers may recognize bicyclopyrone as one of the four ingredients in Acuron® herbicide. Bicyclopyrone is a Group[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Broccoli Horseradish Onions Sweet Potato Strawberry Watermelon Article Tags: Herbicide
Black Mold of Onions April 21, 2022 - From Issue: 702 By: Dan Egel Read More In November of last year, a grower brought onion samples to my attention. The samples had been stored on a greenhouse bench after harvest. A black mold had developed on[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Onions Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Seedling Damage by Maggot Pests May 6, 2020 - From Issues: 673 / 735 By: Ashley Leach, Elizabeth Long and Laura Ingwell Read More Each and every spring we get reports of poor seed emergence, seedling and transplant damage in early planted crops of all sorts. Most recently in untreated sweet corn, home gardens[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
