Do June-bearing Strawberries Harvest in June? June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This year, the strawberry season throughout Indiana seems to be early by about 10 days to 2 weeks, regardless of the production system. In southern Indiana, I heard the harvest[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Harvesting and Postharvest
Diagnosing Herbicide Injury is Easy… Sometimes. May 31, 2023 - From Issue: 720 By: Stephen Meyers Read More This time of year, my email inbox and phone text messages are filled with ugly photos of fruit and vegetable crops affected by suspected herbicide exposure. Sometimes the symptomology points[Read More…] Article Categories: Cabbage Strawberry Article Tags: Herbicide Injury
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day – July 20, 2023 April 5, 2023 - From Issue: 716 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Purdue Extension presented its first Fruit, Vegetable and Hemp Field Day post-pandemic at the Meigs Ag Center in July 2022. Extension Specialists and Graduate Students presented specialty crop research to[Read More…] Article Categories: Carrots Sweet Potato Collards Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins Watermelon Strawberry Article Tags: Field Day Fruit Meigs PAC Research Vegetables
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports. A Great Resource for Growers. April 4, 2023 - From Issue: 716 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The Midwest Vegetable Trial Report series includes reports of applied research relevant to vegetable and melon production in the midwestern U.S. The purpose of the series is to publish results[Read More…] Article Categories: Lettuce Peppers Tomato Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Strawberry Article Tags: Artificial Soils and Hydroponics Greenhouses & High Tunnels Reports Trials Varieties
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day – July 20, 2023 March 15, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Purdue Extension presented its first Fruit, Vegetable and Hemp Field Day post-pandemic at the Meigs Ag Center in July 2022. Extension Specialists and Graduate Students presented specialty crop research to[Read More…] Article Categories: Carrots Sweet Potato Collards Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins Watermelon Strawberry Article Tags: Field Day Fruit Meigs PAC Research Vegetables
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
Getting Ready to Plant Strawberries in a Plasticulture System – Planting Date July 28, 2021 - From Issue: 694 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Growers interested in growing strawberries on a plasticulture system can choose to use plug plants or bare-root plants. The pros and cons of using each of the planting materials was[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Getting Ready to Plant Strawberries in a Plasticulture System — Planting Materials June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Read More In Indiana, strawberry is traditionally grown as a perennial crop using a matted-row system, in which strawberry bare-root plants (Figure 1) are planted in spring on bare soil. Each year,[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Strawberry Update May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberry harvest is right around the corner. We visited a few fields last week, things are generally looking good at the farm visited. Damage from the freeze event about two[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Strawberry Frost Protection April 7, 2021 - From Issue: 686 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Last week when the heavy frost hit us, air temperature at Southwest Purdue Ag Center (SWPAC) in Vincennes, IN dropped to 24°F. We did not take action for frost protection[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
