Specialty Melon Evaluation in Southern Indiana February 17, 2021 - From Issue: 684 By: Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Melon is a crop with diverse fruit characteristics. They have different color, shape, rind pattern, texture, and flavor. In major food stores, cantaloupe and honeydew melons may be the only melon[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
New Asparagus Varieties and Sources February 17, 2021 - From Issue: 684 By: Carl Cantaluppi Carl Cantaluppi is a retired Area Horticulture Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For over 30 years, asparagus growers have known about male hybrid varieties that have overtaken the yields[Read More…] Article Categories: Asparagus Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Using Grafted Watermelon Plants in Indiana October 19, 2020 - From Issue: 683 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This article addresses considerations of using grafted watermelon plants in Indiana. Choosing rootstocks Interspecific hybrid squash is the most widely used watermelon rootstock. Many cultivars of the hybrid squash rootstocks[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture
Improved Tool can Help Midwest Farmers with Cover Crop Decisions September 17, 2020 - From Issue: 682 Read More Cover crops have been shown to improve water and soil quality, reduce erosion and capture nutrients. Choosing the right cover crop, however, can be difficult. The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) —made[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Crop Culture Video High Tunnel Strawberry Production August 27, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This video guides you for a tour of strawberry production in high tunnels in Indiana. Additional videos addressing specific production practices will be available in the future. Please stay tuned[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension Using Low Tunnel is Promising to Increase Yield of Annual Plasticulture Strawberry Production August 27, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries are primarily grown in matted row system in Indiana, in which bare-root strawberry plants are set in the spring. Runners are established. Fruit is first harvested in the second[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension Answer to Question from Last Issue (8-13-2020) August 26, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Jeanine Arana Read More Question: What happened to these fruit? Answer: Hail damage. A storm that happened in middle July brought hail to parts of Indiana. Hail hit small fruit, and damage became pronounced[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture Tomato Varieties Differ in Susceptibility to Internal White Tissue Disorder August 12, 2020 - From Issue: 680 By: Wenjing Guan Read More A common problem tomato growers face this time of year are fruit defects caused by high temperatures. Heat stress on tomatoes can lead to reduced yield and abnormal fruit development.[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels 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 ‹ Previous12345 (current) 6789Next ›Last »Page 5 of 12
Video High Tunnel Strawberry Production August 27, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This video guides you for a tour of strawberry production in high tunnels in Indiana. Additional videos addressing specific production practices will be available in the future. Please stay tuned[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Using Low Tunnel is Promising to Increase Yield of Annual Plasticulture Strawberry Production August 27, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries are primarily grown in matted row system in Indiana, in which bare-root strawberry plants are set in the spring. Runners are established. Fruit is first harvested in the second[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Answer to Question from Last Issue (8-13-2020) August 26, 2020 - From Issue: 681 By: Jeanine Arana Read More Question: What happened to these fruit? Answer: Hail damage. A storm that happened in middle July brought hail to parts of Indiana. Hail hit small fruit, and damage became pronounced[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Tomato Varieties Differ in Susceptibility to Internal White Tissue Disorder August 12, 2020 - From Issue: 680 By: Wenjing Guan Read More A common problem tomato growers face this time of year are fruit defects caused by high temperatures. Heat stress on tomatoes can lead to reduced yield and abnormal fruit development.[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
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
