Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. In this issue, we highlight watermelon recovery after hail, Honeyvine Milkweed, and provide an update on vegetable pricing at the Clearspring Auction. Included are lots of information about educational opportunities at the Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. In this issue, we highlight watermelon vine decline, disease, pest, and herbicide issues and provide an update on vegetable pricing at the Clearspring Auction. Included are lots of information about educational opportunities at the Throckmorton/Meigs Purdue…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. In this issue, we highlight pest issues and provide an update on herbicides. We also discuss the current Canadian fire and related smoke issues. There is another article in the cover crop series. NEW to this…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. In this issue, we highlight disease management. More specifically, the application of fungicides during dry weather, selection of fungicides to avoid resistance, and fusarium wilt management in watermelon. Included are lots of information about educational opportunities…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. In this issue, we are highlighting soil moisture deficit issues, irrigation resources, Colorado Potato Beetle damage, herbicide injury identification, and disease issues. Included is lots of information about educational opportunities and news from the Indiana Office…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. Once again, we have a bumper issue. It seems that by Memorial weekend, we can look forward to even warmer days. If you have not done it yet, now is the time to get those heat-loving…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. This is, again, a bumper issue. It seems we can look forward to warmer days. Farm activity will increase in the coming weeks as conditions become more favorable for the planting of tender vegetable crops. Remember,…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. It almost felt like summer for the past 10 days. That is until we got the cold weather again on April 16. It’s just a reminder that we should not get too eager to plant tender…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]

Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. Spring arrived, and that included severe storms and tornadoes. Our hearts go out to those families and farms that were affected by last week’s storms. This issue contains a lot of information about emergency preparedness and…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]