Monitoring Potential Evapotranspiration Across Indiana August 12, 2020 - From Issue: 680 By: Beth Hall Read More Rain moved across Indiana earlier this week, bringing much-needed precipitation to the northern counties. Unfortunately, the 30-day rainfall totals are still up to two inches below normal (Figure 1). The[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Outlook July 30, 2020 - From Issue: 679 By: Beth Hall Read More On July 16th, the national Climate Prediction Center released the climate outlooks for August (Figure 1) and the August-September-October (Figure 2) period. Both outlooks are indicating a significant probability for[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Ozone Injury on Vegetable Plants July 15, 2020 - From Issue: 678 By: Liz Maynard Read More When ground level ozone is high enough to trigger an Air Quality Action Day alert from the Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) it is a reminder that crops may[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Hail Damage July 15, 2020 - From Issue: 678 By: Liz Maynard Read More (This article is modified from one published in issue 537 of this newsletter written by Sarah E. Hulick and Steve Reiners, Department of Horticulture Science, Cornell University, NYSAES. Liz Maynard[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Reference Evapotranspiration Forecasts across Indiana July 15, 2020 - From Issue: 678 By: Beth Hall Read More The past 30 days have been met with warmer than normal temperatures in the northern counties and drier than normal conditions throughout most of the state (Figures 1 and 2).[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Outlooks Showing Confidence for Below-normal Precipitation July 1, 2020 - From Issue: 677 By: Beth Hall Read More The roller coaster ride of Indiana weather continues. Things were drying out across the state with signs of browning lawns, rolling vegetation leaves, and lowering pond and stream levels. Then[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Warm, Dry Weather Causing Abnormally Dry Conditions Across Indiana June 18, 2020 - From Issue: 676 By: Beth Hall Read More Indiana has been very dry the last several weeks (Figure 1) and conditions are starting to show in lawns and fields. This dryness has been exacerbated by low humidity and[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
June Outlook Calling for Above-Normal Temperatures June 3, 2020 - From Issue: 675 By: Beth Hall Read More The month of May was sprinkled with a record-breaking freeze over Mother’s Day weekend, followed by heavy rainfall the following weekend, with a roller coaster of cool periods and extremely[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Will the Flooding Continue? May 21, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Beth Hall Read More Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state. This past weekend into early this week, the story has been lot of rain. As[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Using Row Cover or Sprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Strawberries May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries growing in the matted-row system are in the blooming stage. Open flowers cannot tolerate temperatures lower than 30°F (Figure 1). Strawberry growers should be prepared for the coming low[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Climate and Weather Cool Temperature Protected Culture and Season Extension
