Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center Field Day _Registration Now Open! May 1, 2023 - From Issues: 718 / 719 / 720 By: Wenjing Guan Read More We are excited to announce that the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center Field Day is scheduled for June 28, 2023, at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC), 4669 N. Purdue Rd.[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Cantaloupe Watermelon Peppers Article Tags: Education Field Day
Strawberry Podcasts on Spring Weed and Disease Management April 19, 2023 - From Issue: 717 By: Wenjing Guan and Miranda Purcell Read More The most recent two podcast episodes of the Strawberry Chat focus on spring weed and disease management. Spring Weed Management Podcast Kevin Schooley and Stephen Meyers joined the discussion to[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Education Plant Disease Management Podcast Weed Management
Strawberry Chat Podcast — Strawberry Spring Diseases and Management March 15, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Wenjing Guan Dr. Janna Beckerman, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist in the Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology joined our discussion to talk about Spring Diseases and Management. Our discussion focused on[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Strawberry Spring Frost Protection—Considerations in March March 13, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Wenjing Guan Read More We are concerned about frost/freeze damage to the crops at this time of year. As I am writing this article, we had forecasted low temperatures in the lower 20sºF on[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
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
Plasticulture Strawberry Crop Status: Are Additional Protections Needed to Encourage Fall Growth? October 19, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Wenjing Guan Read More 5I have heard concerns about the size of strawberry plants this year. To provide a timely update of crop status, we created a blog site where there will be frequent[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Applying Row Covers for Winter Protection in Plasticulture Strawberry Production October 18, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Row covers are used in plasticulture strawberry production for winter protection. There is also interest in using row covers to encourage fall growth. The different purposes of using row covers[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Strawberry Chat Update September 15, 2022 - From Issue: 712 By: Wenjing Guan and Miranda Purcell Read More Strawberry Chat in Sept. is about substrate production. You will learn the basics of substrate production and hear about two substrate strawberry production systems. Dr. Chieri Kubota and Mark Kroggel[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry
Strawberry Chat Plasticulture Production August 25, 2022 - From Issue: 711 By: Wenjing Guan The Aug. topic of Strawberry Chat is about plasticulture strawberry production. Our special guests were Brad Bergefurd, former Horticulture Specialist at The Ohio State University, Calvin Beasley from Beasley Orchard[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Events
Strawberry Chat Aug. 10 Plasticulture Production July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709 By: Wenjing Guan Read More August Strawberry Chat will be about plasticulture production. Our guests are Brad Bergefurd, a former horticulture specialist at The Ohio State University; Calvin Beasley from Beasley Orchard in Danville, IN,[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Events
