Using Low Tunnel is Promising to Increase Yield of Annual Plasticulture Strawberry Production August 27, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries are primarily grown in matted row system in Indiana, in which bare-root strawberry plants are set in the spring. Runners are established. Fruit is first harvested in the second[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
What Factors Affect Strawberry Flavor? June 17, 2020 - From Issue: 676 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries have a rich flavor; sugar, acid, phenolic content, and aroma all together make the wonderful fruit. Many factors are assumed to affect strawberry flavor. Some are supported by scientific[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Organic Aphid Control Update June 17, 2020 - From Issue: 676 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Aphids have been a particularly challenging pest to get under control in our high tunnel strawberries this year. They quickly colonized the strawberries we had growing all winter and took[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Abiotic Factors may Cause Deformed Strawberry Fruit June 3, 2020 - From Issue: 675 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This article discusses the abiotic factors that may cause deformed strawberry fruit. unevenly developed strawberry fruit (Figure 1): Frost damage is probably the most common abiotic factor causing misshapen strawberry[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Quality
Question for the Issue (5-21-2020) May 21, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Wenjing Guan Read More What is wrong with these strawberries? Article Categories: Strawberry
Organic Aphid Control Options May 20, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Aphids have been a particularly challenging pest to get under control this spring. They quickly colonized the strawberries we had growing all winter in our high tunnels, and took off[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry
Botrytis Gray Mold May 20, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Dan Egel and Wenjing Guan Read More Botrytis gray mold can cause disease on many different host plants, enabling the fungus to easily survive and disperse between crops. Host crops include flowers such as geraniums, vegetables such[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Strawberry Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Using Row Cover or Sprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Strawberries May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries growing in the matted-row system are in the blooming stage. Open flowers cannot tolerate temperatures lower than 30°F (Figure 1). Strawberry growers should be prepared for the coming low[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Climate and Weather Cool Temperature Protected Culture and Season Extension
Annual Plasticulture Strawberry Update at Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center April 22, 2020 - From Issue: 672 By: Wenjing Guan At Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center in Vincennes, IN. We are conducting trials to evaluate annual plasticulture strawberry production systems. Here are the updates of strawberries from different production systems. In[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Strawberry Observations from an Entomologist April 22, 2020 - From Issue: 672 By: Laura Ingwell Read More This winter-spring has been my first excursion into growing strawberries in a high tunnel. It didn’t take much for our own Wenjing Guan to convince me to plant some; who[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
