Protect Early Planted Warm-Season Vegetables from Low Temperatures April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Two types of injury on young warm-season vegetable plants are caused by low temperatures: frost/freezing injury and chilling injury. Frost/freezing injury occurs when temperatures drop below 32°F. Ice formation in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Solanaceous Crops Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Chilling Injury on Young Warm-season Vegetable Plants April 10, 2019 - From Issue: 655 By: Wenjing Guan, Kranthi Varala and Tina Agarwal Read More Chilling injury occurs when temperatures are above 32°F and below 55°F. The plant tissue becomes weakened that leads to cellular dysfunction. The most noticeable visual symptom of chilling injury is[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Solanaceous Crops Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Bolting and Blooming in High Tunnels March 14, 2019 - From Issue: 654 By: Liz Maynard Read More Bolting of crops overwintered in high tunnels is common in the spring. ‘Bolting’ refers to lengthening and blooming of the flowering stalk. Bolting is often a problem because the quality[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Greens and Salad Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Production Management
Learn How to Graft Cucumber and Tomato Plants February 19, 2019 - From Issue: 653 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Tomato and Cucumber growers who are interested in grafting tomato and cucumber plants by themselves may find this information helpful. Step-By-Step instruction of how to graft tomato plants is available[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Vegetable Grafting
Hollowheart of Watermelons August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Hollowheart of watermelons is a physiological fruit disorder. Flesh separates inside of the fruit, typically forming three gaps (Figure 1 and 2). In severe cases, hollowheart could cause watermelon load[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Annual Strawberry Production in Southern Indiana August 16, 2018 - From Issue: 649 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries are primarily grown in the mattered row system in Indiana, in which bare-root strawberry plants are set in the spring, fruit is first harvested in the second year and[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Not All the Watermelon and Cantaloupe Leaf Symptoms are caused by Pests July 18, 2018 - From Issue: 647 By: Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel Read More Watermelon harvest is in full swing in southern Indiana. At this time, we frequently see many types of leaf symptoms. Some of them are caused by foliar diseases, such as[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture
Prune Determinate Tomatoes April 26, 2018 - From Issue: 641 By: Wenjing Guan Read More I have recently received a number of calls from growers about how to prune determinate tomatoes in a stake and weave system. Although this is relatively easy compared to how[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Strawberry Winter Protection: Straw Mulch vs. Row Covers April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Wenjing Guan and Bruce Bordelon Read More Although strawberry plants can be quite cold hardy, they need protection to survive the winter. In North Carolina, growers use floating row covers to protect strawberries in the winter. In[Read More…] Article Categories: Other Vegetables Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture
Check Soil Temperatures before Planting Cucumbers in a High Tunnel April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Growers start to plant tomatoes in unheated high tunnels around the end of March in southern Indiana. Around that time, there may still be a few light frosts, or even[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Special Cultural Practices
