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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops

Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels, Revisited

October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713

By: Liz Maynard

In April we announced a new bulletin “Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels”, available from the Purdue Education store at https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=HO-330-W . With the fall/winter high tunnel [Read More…]

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Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels

April 21, 2022 - From Issue: 702

By: Liz Maynard

Cover and chart excerpt from bulletin HO 330-W

A new bulletin “Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels” is available from the Purdue Education store at https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=HO-330-W . The publication brings together information collected on farms [Read More…]

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Greens and Salad Crops
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mustard
- Spinach
- Swiss Chard
Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Beets
- Carrots
- Leeks
- Radishes

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Black Rot of Onions

April 21, 2022 - From Issue: 702

By: Dan Egel

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…]

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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Onions

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Plant Disease Management

Evaluating Insect Communities on Seven Varieties of Carrots During the 2021 Growing Season

September 16, 2021 - From Issue: 697

By: Emily Justus and Elizabeth Long

Carrots are a wonderfully diverse crop with a wide array of varieties available to growers. Within this diversity lies the potential for identifying varieties that have higher natural resistance to [Read More…]

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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Carrots

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Insect and Mite Management

Is This the Year to Try Fall Crops?

July 30, 2020 - From Issue: 679

By: Liz Maynard, Christopher Adair and Michael J O'Donnell

A lot of things are different this year. With the changes come opportunities to try something new. Liz Brownlee with Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition mentioned to me that some markets,[Read More…]

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Greens and Salad Crops
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mustard
- Spinach
- Swiss Chard
Beets
Radishes
Broccoli
Cabbage

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Protected Culture and Season Extension

Cercospora Leaf Spot of Beet

June 18, 2020 - From Issue: 676

By: Dan Egel

This disease was observed in a home garden recently on table beet (Figure 1). I was surprised considering how dry it has been. Cercospora leaf spot also affects swiss chard. Symptoms include circular leaf spots that [Read More…]

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Plant Disease Management

Seedling Damage by Maggot Pests

May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673

By: Ashley Leach, Elizabeth Long and Laura Ingwell

Fig. 2 Maggot in young onion transplant with a penny referenced for size. Photo by John Obermeyer.

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…]

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Insect and Mite Management

Anthracnose of Garlic a New Disease to Indiana

July 22, 2019 - From Issue: 662

By: Dan Egel, Tom Creswell, John Bonkowski and Michael J O'Donnell

Anthracnose of garlic, a new disease to Indiana, may cause sunken, orange lesions on scapes.

Earlier this summer, sunken lesions were observed on garlic scapes on a small farm in east central Indiana. Lesions started out a cream or tan color (Figure 1), however under [Read More…]

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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Garlic

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Plant Disease Management

Cercospora Leaf Spot of Beet

August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635

By: Dan Egel

Figure 1: Cercospora leaf spot of garden beet causes bray/brown lesions with reddish margins.

This disease was observed in southern Indiana recently. Cercospora leaf spot affects table beets and swiss chard. Symptoms include circular leaf spots that may have a reddish margin. The center [Read More…]

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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops
- Beets

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Plant Disease Management

Daikon Radish

January 24, 2017 - Veggie Extras Article

By: Wenjing Guan

Daikon radish is a member of Brassica family. It forms a large white tap root like a giant carrot. The tap root (12 to 20 inches long and 2 to [Read More…]

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- Radishes

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Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops

Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels, Revisited

Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels

Black Rot of Onions

Evaluating Insect Communities on Seven Varieties of Carrots During the 2021 Growing Season

Is This the Year to Try Fall Crops?

Cercospora Leaf Spot of Beet

Seedling Damage by Maggot Pests

Anthracnose of Garlic a New Disease to Indiana

Cercospora Leaf Spot of Beet

Daikon Radish

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