Japanese Beetles Emerging June 30, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: John Obermeyer Read More A quick glance at my vegetable garden on Thursday, June 17, revealed a lonely Japanese beetle… I dutifully squished it! This does indicate that emergence is beginning in west central[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Southwest Purdue Ag Center Virtual Field Day Research Highlight June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Southwest Purdue Ag Center held a virtual field day on June 24, 2021. Multiple projects are highlighted at the virtual field day. If you are interested in learning more about[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Events
Plants Recovering from Waterlogging Damage June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Read More After the heavy rains in the past a few days, flooding/waterlogging injury stands out in my farm visit this week. Regardless of tomato or cucumber, the injured plants showed leaf[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Irrigation and Drainage Plant Nutrition
Summer Cover Crops for Vegetables June 17, 2021 - From Issue: 691 By: Liz Maynard Read More As spring crops finish up, areas where no crop is planned for a month or more are good candidates for a summer cover crop. A number of species reliably establish[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General
Spray Pressure, Nozzle Type and Vegetable Disease June 3, 2021 - From Issue: 690 By: Dan Egel Many years ago, I was told that to successfully use fungicides on vegetables, one must use high spray pressures and hollow cone nozzles. However, I had trouble finding any research[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Growing Degree-day Accumulations Still Lag While Dry Conditions Linger May 20, 2021 - From Issue: 689 By: Beth Hall Read More Abnormally dry conditions are still lingering in parts of Indiana (Figure 1) with interest growing on how much the warmer weather might exacerbate the situation. Fortunately, the climate outlooks for[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Vegetable Seedlings with Emergence Issues? Seed Corn Maggot may be to Blame. May 20, 2021 - From Issue: 689 By: Elizabeth Long Read More Whether the focal crops are vegetables, field corn, or soybeans, we’re hearing from growers that poor germination has been an issue this season. The cool, wet conditions we’ve had this[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Sweet Corn Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Cover Crops in May: Soil Health Podcast on Spring Management and Observations of Winter Rye at Pinney Purdue May 19, 2021 - From Issue: 689 By: Liz Maynard and Joe Rorick Read More In a recent Hoosier Ag Today/CCSI Soil Health Podcast, Stephen Meyers of Purdue Horticulture and Dan Perkins of Perkins Good Earth Farm covered spring management of cover crops on vegetable[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Crop Culture
More Observers Needed to Monitor Precipitation Across Indiana May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Beth Hall Read More It seems the weather pattern may have shifted toward wetter conditions. Over the past week, Indiana has received over an inch of rain and the 7-day forecast is predicting at[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
10 Useful Rules for Fungicide Applications May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Dan Egel This is the time of year when vegetable growers may start to apply fungicides. Below I list 10 rules that will help vegetable growers apply fungicides effectively and safely. Apply[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
