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Downy Mildew of Spinach

May 5, 2022 - From Issue: 703

Figure 1: Downy mildew of spinach can cause bright yellow lesions with irregular margins.

Downy mildew of spinach can be an important disease of spinach. The lesions are often a bright yellow with irregular margins (Figure 1). With time, these lesions can become a [Read More…]

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Greens and Salad Crops
- Spinach

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Plant Disease Management

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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Is This the Year to Try Fall Crops?

July 30, 2020 - From Issue: 679

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

Bok choy with wooden stake.

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

Cladosporium of Spinach

March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669

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…]

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Greens and Salad Crops
- Spinach

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Plant Disease Management

Problems in Overwintered Salad Greens – White Mold and Tip Burn

March 15, 2017 - From Issue: 624

By: Liz Maynard

Figure 1. Lettuce in high tunnel showing symptoms of lettuce drop caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiurum. Photo by Erin Bluhm.

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…]

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Greens and Salad Crops
- Lettuce
- Spinach

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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…]

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Food Safety