Cooler Temperatures should Settle in for a While August 8, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Beth Hall Read More After a period of hot and humid weather where heat indices reached triple digits in some locations, we welcome cooler than normal temperatures for the next several days. It is[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Weed Spotlight: Common Purslane August 7, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: purslane, pusley, pursley, wild portulaca, common portulaca, little hooweed, low pigweed Latin name: Portulaca oleracea L. Family: Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Life Cycle Common purslane is a summer annual[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
From The Editor’s Desk August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 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. Everyone is probably seeing a glut of tomatoes and other[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
NCR-SARE Announces 2025 Call for Partnership Grant Proposals August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 Read More Extracted from a SARE email received on August 1, 2024. The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) 2025 Partnership Grant Program Call for Proposals is now[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: SARE Clearspring Produce Auction Update August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Direct markets Wholesale Markets Insect Spotlight: The Spined Stilt Bug August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Tucker Cade LaRue and Laura Ingwell Read More Description Spined stilt bugs are small, slender insects in the family Berytidae. Typically brown or bronze in color, these insects have slim bodies with long and thin legs (Figure 1).[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop the Use of Dacthal herbicide August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Stephen Meyers Read More In a press release on August 6, 2024, the EPA announced the emergency suspension of all registrations of DCPA (marketed and sold as Dacthal® herbicide). The full press release can[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: OISC Weed Management Feed the Soil, Feed your Crops… Feed your Livestock! August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Ashley Adair Read More We’ve (already) flipped the calendar to the month of August, which means that you might be in the throes of seeding fall vegetables and purchasing some cover crop seed for[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop A Break Before More Rain July 25, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Beth Hall Read More Several weeks ago, Indiana received enough rain to eliminate drought across the state, leaving behind just a few counties in Abnormally Dry (D0) status. Fortunately, this week has been relatively[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Recovering Vegetable Crops from Waterlogging July 24, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Under waterlogging conditions, oxygen depletion in the soil injures roots, limiting their ability to uptake nutrients and water. In response, plants close their stomata to prevent water loss, leading to[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation and Drainage ‹ Previous12345 (current) 6789Next ›Last »Page 5 of 49
Clearspring Produce Auction Update August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Direct markets Wholesale Markets
Insect Spotlight: The Spined Stilt Bug August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Tucker Cade LaRue and Laura Ingwell Read More Description Spined stilt bugs are small, slender insects in the family Berytidae. Typically brown or bronze in color, these insects have slim bodies with long and thin legs (Figure 1).[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight
EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop the Use of Dacthal herbicide August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Stephen Meyers Read More In a press release on August 6, 2024, the EPA announced the emergency suspension of all registrations of DCPA (marketed and sold as Dacthal® herbicide). The full press release can[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: OISC Weed Management
Feed the Soil, Feed your Crops… Feed your Livestock! August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Ashley Adair Read More We’ve (already) flipped the calendar to the month of August, which means that you might be in the throes of seeding fall vegetables and purchasing some cover crop seed for[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop
A Break Before More Rain July 25, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Beth Hall Read More Several weeks ago, Indiana received enough rain to eliminate drought across the state, leaving behind just a few counties in Abnormally Dry (D0) status. Fortunately, this week has been relatively[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Recovering Vegetable Crops from Waterlogging July 24, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Under waterlogging conditions, oxygen depletion in the soil injures roots, limiting their ability to uptake nutrients and water. In response, plants close their stomata to prevent water loss, leading to[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation and Drainage
