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
Results of Specialty Melon Variety Trials will be Presented at the Indiana Hort Congress October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Petrus Langenhoven, Wenjing Guan, Ariana Torres and Amanda J Deering In the past season, we tested performances of eight specialty melons grown under high tunnel, greenhouse, hydroponic, and conventional field systems. The melon varieties we have tested in our trials[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture
The Update of Soil Solarization in a High Tunnel at SWPAC September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Soil solarization can be used as a tool for soil disinfestation. It is accomplished by covering moist soil with transparent polyethylene film for 4 to 6 weeks in the summer.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture
Yellow Leaves on Pumpkins August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635 By: Dan Egel Read More This time of year, I receive many complaints of pumpkin plants with yellow leaves. There can be many reasons why pumpkin plants have yellow leaves. The most common reason for[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Crop Culture
Using Season-long Retractable Tunnels May Help Control Foliar Diseases and Improve Fruit Quality of Tomatoes August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Tomato foliar diseases such as early blight, Septoria leaf blight, bacterial spot and speck that are commonly seen in the field are often less common on tomatoes grown in greenhouses[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture
Fall Broccoli Production in High Tunnels August 7, 2017 - From Issue: 633 By: Wenjing Guan Read More A fall broccoli trial was conducted in a high tunnel at Southwest Purdue Ag Center in 2016 to test the potential of growing broccoli in high tunnels after tomatoes. This[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Broccoli Article Tags: Crop Culture
Add Shade to High Tunnels June 8, 2017 - From Issue: 629 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Tomatoes growing in high tunnels are in the middle of or close to harvest. Developing and maturing fruit are under leaf canopies. On the top of the plants, many flowers[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Opportunities for Growing Grafted Watermelons May 25, 2017 - From Issue: 628 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Watermelon production is threatened by Fusarium wilt, a widely distributed soilborne disease that can cause yield losses up to 100%. Currently, there are no watermelon varieties that are completely resistant[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture
