Data-Driven Decisions: Choosing Vegetable Varieties with Midwest Trial Results March 11, 2025 - From Issue: 749 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Planning your vegetable varieties for the upcoming season? Purdue University has maintained comprehensive records of vegetable variety trials throughout the Midwest since 1999. The Midwest Vegetable Trial Report series offers[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Pumpkins Watermelon Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports Variety Trials
Want Fewer Spider Mites? Ease Up on the Beetle Spraying! February 20, 2025 - From Issue: 748 By: Zeus Mateos and Ian Kaplan Read More Growing watermelons in Indiana isn’t always easy if you have cucumber beetles and spider mites. These pests are some of the most damaging to Midwest cucurbits and are commonly managed[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites Pests and Pest Management – General
Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers & Illiana Watermelon Accociation Winter Meeting December 5, 2024 - From Issue: 747 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with Illiana Watermelon Association Convention (IWA). The meeting will take place on January 17th in French Lick, Indiana. The[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Cantaloupe Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Education Workshop
Southwest Purdue Ag Center Watermelon Variety Evaluation Open House on July 24 July 11, 2024 - From Issue: 740 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Dear Melon Growers and Industry Friends, You are invited to tour the watermelon variety trials conducted at Southwest Purdue Ag Center in Vincennes, IN, on July 24, 10:00 am-1:00 pm[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Education Field Day
Vegetable Responses to Waterlogging Stress July 11, 2024 - From Issue: 740 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This week, several regions of Indiana experienced excessive rainfall due to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl passing through the state. The heavy rain caused flooding in some vegetable fields. When[Read More…] Article Categories: Broccoli Cantaloupe Watermelon Eggplant Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Irrigation and Drainage
Watermelon Update May 30, 2024 - From Issue: 737 By: Wenjing Guan Read More By now, most watermelons have been planted in southern Indiana, and most fields are currently in the vegetative growth stage. The earliest planted fields have begun to set fruit. In[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Insect Spotlight: Seedcorn Maggot March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, is one of the first pests that will cause damage to vegetables in the spring in our region. This fly, which resembles a house fly[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Watermelon Garlic Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
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
Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Evening Meeting Highlighting Melon Variety Trial Results September 28, 2023 - From Issues: 728 / 729 Read More The Indiana Vegetable Growers Association (IVGA) will host an evening meeting on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at the Vincennes University Agricultural Center, 4207 North Purdue Road, Vincennes, IN. Registration starts[Read More…] Article Categories: Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Events IVGA
Watermelon Recovery from Hail Damage, Suggestions from Bob Hochmuth July 25, 2023 - From Issue: 724 By: Wenjing Guan Read More There are many challenges in growing watermelons. Hail occurring right before harvest time is undoubtedly one of them. In the past weeks, there have been thunderstorms in southern Indiana. Some[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture
