Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education News March 15, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Petrus Langenhoven and Lais McCartney The 2023 cover crop survey is underway Adopted from NCR SARE news release, “Farmers: Share Your Thoughts on Cover Crops in the National Cover Crop Survey!“, March 1, 2023 Farmers[Read More…] Article Categories: Beets Carrots Lettuce Article Tags: CSA Mushrooms SARE soil health Veggie Box
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
Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels, Revisited October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard Read More 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…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels April 21, 2022 - From Issue: 702 By: Liz Maynard Read More 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…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Kale Lettuce Mustard Spinach Swiss Chard Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Beets Carrots Leeks Radishes Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Production Management Protected Culture and Season Extension
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
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 Read More 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…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Carrots Article Tags: 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 Read More 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…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Kale Lettuce Mustard Spinach Swiss Chard Beets Radishes Broccoli Cabbage Article Tags: Protected Culture and Season Extension
Cercospora Leaf Spot of Beet June 18, 2020 - From Issue: 676 By: Dan Egel Read More 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…] Article Categories: Beets Swiss Chard 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
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 Read More 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…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Garlic Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
