Ten Suggestions for Vegetable Disease Management May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 Read More Here are 10 suggestions to help keep your vegetable crop healthy. Get plant problems accurately diagnosed. Before deciding on a control measure, are you sure you know what the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Planning for Fall and Winter Production in High Tunnels May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 By: Liz Maynard Read More When we surveyed Indiana high tunnel producers eight years ago, about two-thirds of the operations grew cool season crops for harvest from November to March. Although spring field planting season[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Kale Radishes Spinach Article Tags: Cool Season Vegetables High Tunnels
From the Editor’s Desk May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. This issue features articles on planning for fall and winter production[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
From the Editor’s Desk May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. This issue features articles on integrated insect management strategies, spotlight articles[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
April Ends Warm and Wet May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Austin Pearson Read More It’s gonna be… I mean… it’s already May! How can this be? Early spring flowers have already cycled through, I’m on record pace for mowing my yard, and field activity[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Clearspring Produce Auction Price Update May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Farm Market Wholesale Markets
Weed Spotlight: Dandelion May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Dandelion, lions-tooth, blow-ball, cankerwort, Irish daisy, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed Latin name: Taraxacum officinale Family: Asteraceae (Aster family, sunflower family) Life Cycle Dandelion is a perennial weed that reproduces by[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
The US Market for Salad Mixes May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Ariana Torres Read More Americans are eating more greens, and salad mixes (i.e., spring mix, salad kits, packaged salad) are among the top drivers of this increased consumption. Salad mixes include different varieties of[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Consumers Marketing
Insect Spotlight: Cucumber Beetles May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More Striped (Acalymma vitattum; StCB) and, to a lesser extent, spotted (Diabrotica undecimpunctata; SpCB) cucumber beetles are damaging pests on crops in the family Cucurbitaceae (e.g., cucumber, squash, pumpkin, watermelon). These[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Integrated Insect Management Strategies for Vegetable Farms May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Laura Ingwell and Samantha Willden Read More What is integrated management? Regardless of the size of a farm, crops grown, or growing practices, integrated pest management (IPM) is a framework that can be used by all growers.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management IPM
