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Vegetable Crops - General

Gleaning America’s Fields – Feeding America’s Hungry

May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657

Does your farm sometimes have surplus produce? Produce that is perfectly good to eat, but isn’t going to make it to market? Society of St. Andrew can help you harvest [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

Update your FieldWatch Information and Report Off-target Damage

May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657

By: Bruce Bordelon

FieldWatch is an easy-to-use, reliable, accurate and secure on-line mapping tool intended to enhance communications that promotes awareness and stewardship activities between producers of specialty crops, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators.[Read More…]

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Abnormal Transplant Symptoms Might be Caused by Poor Media

May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657

By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Dan Egel and Petrus Langenhoven

Figure 2. Wilt of watermelon seedlings due to grown in a high EC medium.

Producing healthy transplants is a critical step for a successful growing season. Choosing the proper growing media is an important first step. Supported by a USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant [Read More…]

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Pest Monitoring

May 8, 2019 - From Issue: 657

By: Laura Ingwell

As we wait patiently for the ground to dry and our seedlings to grow, take a moment to consider your strategy for maintaining plant health. If you haven’t started already,[Read More…]

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Insect and Mite Management

Indiana Climate and Weather Report

April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656

By: Hans F Schmitz

No reason exists to expect drought anytime soon in Indiana, with much of the state remaining rather wet after last weekend’s showers. One good new development exists. The precipitation pattern [Read More…]

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MW Vegetable Guide Updates

April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656

By: Dan Egel

From time to time, I will make changes to the MW Vegetable Production Guide. These changes will appear automatically in the on-line version. For those who purchase a hard copy,[Read More…]

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Welcome to Spring and FoodLink

April 18, 2019 - From Issue: 656

By: Roy W Ballard

I know as producers of some of the finest fruits, veggies, herbs and flowers in Indiana no one is more excited to welcome Spring and a new market year than [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

New Leadership Appointed for the Indiana Horticulture Congress

April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655

On April 1, 2019, Dr. Hazel Wetzstein, Head of the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, announced a change in leadership for the Indiana Horticulture Congress. “I am pleased to [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

Indiana Climate and Weather Report

April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655

By: Beth Hall

The rain seems to keep falling, barely providing time for things to dry out and start planting! The last few weeks has experienced up to 2” above normal precipitation –[Read More…]

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Basic Aspects of High Tunnel Soil Fertility Management

April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Basic Aspects of High Tunnel Soil Fertility Management – (Petrus Langenhoven, plangenh@purdue.edu, 765-496-7955) – Spring has arrived! Every high tunnel grower is now thinking of planting summer vegetable crops in [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Vegetable Crops - General

Gleaning America’s Fields – Feeding America’s Hungry

Update your FieldWatch Information and Report Off-target Damage

Abnormal Transplant Symptoms Might be Caused by Poor Media

Pest Monitoring

Indiana Climate and Weather Report

MW Vegetable Guide Updates

Welcome to Spring and FoodLink

New Leadership Appointed for the Indiana Horticulture Congress

Indiana Climate and Weather Report

Basic Aspects of High Tunnel Soil Fertility Management

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