Seasonal Insect Pressure Forecast – Update for Indiana March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Laura Ingwell Read More I have been asked a lot about what the unusually high temperatures we have been experiencing lately will mean for insect pests this season. I don’t have a good answer[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Insect and Mite Management
Weed Spotlight: Henbit March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Jeanine Arana and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Henbit, henbit dead nettle, henbit nettle, blind nettle, bee nettle, and giraffe head. Latin name: Lamium amplexicaule. “Lamium” is derived from the Latin for “throat,” referencing the flower[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management Weeds
2024 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day – Registration Open March 14, 2024 - From Issues: 732 / 734 / 735 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The 2023 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was held at the Purdue Student Farm in West Lafayette, Indiana. With 105 participants registered, the in-person event featured an array of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Field Day
2024 Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day – Registration Open March 14, 2024 - From Issues: 732 / 734 / 735 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Purdue Extension presented its second Fruit and Vegetable Field Day post-pandemic at the Throckmorton Purdue Agriculture Center’s Meigs Horticulture Research Farm, located in Lafayette, on July 20th, 2023. Extension Specialists[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Field Day
Comparison of Microenvironment between Caterpillar Tunnels and Permanent High Tunnels March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Wenjing Guan and Samantha Willden Read More Over the past year, we conducted a comparative study on microclimate conditions within caterpillar tunnels and high tunnels at five farms in Indiana. This initiative was prompted by the growing[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Caterpillar Tunnels Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels High Tunnels
Planning for Successful Vegetable Transplant Production February 23, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Liz Maynard Read More Featured Article Many Indiana vegetable crops begin life as transplants. If lack of nutrients, lack of light, disease, or other problems slow growth during this stage, it may reduce establishment[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Transplant Production
From the Editor’s Desk February 22, 2024 - From Issue: 731 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. What’s new in 2024? The VCH will publish seventeen newsletter issues[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
Selecting Vegetable Varieties for Your Farm February 22, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Are you still thinking about varieties for the upcoming season? Purdue has been keeping a record of vegetable variety trials in the Midwest since 1999. The Midwest Vegetable Trial Report series includes[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Broccoli Cauliflower Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Watermelon Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Production Management Varieties Vegetable Trial Reports
Winter: Where art thou? February 22, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More Hoosiers are hardy, but that wasn’t a quality that was important this winter. Meteorological winter—December 1 to February 29—is drawing to a close, and it doesn’t quite feel like it[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Enforcement of the Endangered Species Act February 21, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Laura Ingwell Read More As the EPA works to update pesticide labels to comply with the Endangered Species Act, we will work to keep you informed of the recent changes. However, it is in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Pesticide labels
