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
Using Driftwatch/Fieldwatch to Help Dicamba Applicators Locate Sensitive Crops February 16, 2018 - From Issue: 638 By: Valerie Clingerman On January 1, products containing >6.5% dicamba and an agriculture use label are now restricted use pesticides. In order to purchase these herbicides, buyers must carry a private or commercial[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Weed Management
Is it Economically Sound to Grow Grafted Tomatoes? February 16, 2018 - From Issue: 638 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Awareness of tomato grafting has increased tremendously in the past years. Some growers fall in love with this technology and apply it to every tomato they grow. While others find[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Would Low Tunnels Provide New Opportunities for Strawberry Production in Indiana? October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberry production in Indiana primarily utilizes matted row systems, in which bare root strawberry plants are set in the spring, fruit is first harvested in the second year and plants[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
