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
Northwest Indiana Produce Update Video Series May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 Purdue Extension Educators will be updating growing conditions at different produce farms throughout Northwest Indiana this Spring and Summer. Videos will highlight growing methods and talk about things to be[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement Share Your Experience about the Freeze Event April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Vegetable growers, we would like to hear your story about the freeze event on Apr. 20 and 21. What crops are you growing? Did you take protective actions? Did it[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture Direct Farm Marketing Series April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 Read More Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement « First‹ Previous2627282930 (current) 31323334Next ›Last »Page 30 of 58
Share Your Experience about the Freeze Event April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Vegetable growers, we would like to hear your story about the freeze event on Apr. 20 and 21. What crops are you growing? Did you take protective actions? Did it[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Direct Farm Marketing Series April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 Read More Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement « First‹ Previous2627282930 (current) 31323334Next ›Last »Page 30 of 58
