Nitrogen Loss from Wet Soils July 1, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Liz Maynard High rainfall amounts lead to loss of nitrogen from the soil. Sometimes the loss is great enough that a crop will benefit from additional nitrogen application. This article will describe[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Plants Recovering from Waterlogging Damage June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Read More After the heavy rains in the past a few days, flooding/waterlogging injury stands out in my farm visit this week. Regardless of tomato or cucumber, the injured plants showed leaf[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Irrigation and Drainage Plant Nutrition
Getting Ready to Plant Strawberries in a Plasticulture System — Planting Materials June 29, 2021 - From Issue: 692 By: Wenjing Guan Read More In Indiana, strawberry is traditionally grown as a perennial crop using a matted-row system, in which strawberry bare-root plants (Figure 1) are planted in spring on bare soil. Each year,[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Why do Watermelon and Melon Plants Wilt? May 19, 2021 - From Issue: 689 By: Wenjing Guan Read More In early May, we had an extended cold period with daily average air temperatures in the 50s°F. Min temperatures are in the 40s°F, some nights even upper 30s°F. In most[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Pumpkin Resources May 19, 2021 - From Issue: 689 By: Wenjing Guan Pumpkin planting is right around the corner. The recent Vegetable Beet Podcast produced by Great Lakes Vegetable Producers Network featured Brad Bergefurd from The Ohio State University and Nathan Johanning[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Crop Culture Plant Disease 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
Reducing Blossom End Rot and Yellow Shoulder/Internal White Tissue in Tomato May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Liz Maynard Read More As tomatoes bloom and set fruit it is a good time to review practices for avoiding some common fruit problems. Water management is key to avoiding blossom end rot. Adequate[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Strawberry Update May 5, 2021 - From Issue: 688 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberry harvest is right around the corner. We visited a few fields last week, things are generally looking good at the farm visited. Damage from the freeze event about two[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
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
Frost and Freeze Warning April 19, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Peter Hirst and Bruce Bordelon Read More There is a frost and freeze warning for 4/20, 4/21, 4/22. Vegetable growers should be prepared to take protective actions on early-planted warm-season vegetables (tomato, cucumber, pepper, summer squash, bean[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
