Food Safety Audit Cost-share and Consulting Program April 29, 2015 - From Issue: 596 By: Scott Monroe Purdue University and the Illiana Watermelon Association (IWA) are offering food safety audit cost-share programs to Indiana fruit and vegetable growers this year. Funds for the programs come from a[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Production Management
Finding a Special Local Needs Pesticide Label Online April 28, 2015 - From Issue: 596 By: Liz Maynard Some of the herbicides available for use on vegetables in Indiana are registered under a supplemental label or under a special local needs (SLN, 24(c)) registration. In these cases the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management
10 Useful Rules for Fungicide Applications April 23, 2015 - From Issue: 596 By: Dan Egel Since the season of applying fungicides to vegetable crops has arrived, below I have listed 10 rules that will help vegetable growers apply fungicides effectively and safely. Apply fungicides prior[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Spray Pressure and Nozzle Types April 23, 2015 - From Issue: 596 By: Dan Egel This time of year, I receive many questions about what fungicides to apply. I get fewer questions about how to apply fungicides. Below, I will try to address how to apply fungicides.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Honey Bees and Other Pollinators April 17, 2015 - From Issue: 595 By: Rick Foster As you all know, many of our vegetable crops are dependent upon pollinators to move pollen from flower to flower. The cucurbits, muskmelons, cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins, and squash, are completely[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Bees Beneficial Insects and Mites General Information Pests and Pest Management – General
Are Your Fields Listed at Driftwatch.org? April 17, 2015 - From Issue: 595 By: Liz Maynard Read More Vegetable, fruit, and organic farmers can register their production areas on Driftwatch.org to let commercial pesticide applicators know where the fields are. Beekeepers can also register sites where beehives are[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites Organic Production Pests and Pest Management – General Production Management Weed Management
Managing Cover Crops in Spring April 14, 2015 - From Issue: 595 By: Liz Maynard and Rick Foster Cover crops should be killed at least a couple of weeks before planting vegetables. That will give the cover time to partially decompose, and time for any cutworm larvae that[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Plan to Dispose of Unwanted Pesticides April 14, 2015 - From Issue: 595 By: Liz Maynard (Information provided by Office of the Indiana State Chemist, 765-494-1492, www.oisc.purdue.edu) The Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Pests and Pest Management – General
Indiana Food Hub Email List April 14, 2015 - From Issue: 595 By: Liz Maynard Purdue Extension is starting the Indiana Food Hub Network this year. So what’s a food hub? The USDA working definition is “a centrally located facility with a business management structure[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General Marketing
Too Much Fertilizer for Transplants? March 18, 2015 - From Issue: 594 By: Liz Maynard Read More Sometimes newly transplanted crops don’t take off like we’d expect. Consider the newly transplanted tomato seedlings in these images. In Figure 1, lower leaves are chlorotic (yellow) and leaflet edges[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Transplant Production
