Vole Problems in Vegetables? March 15, 2017 - From Issue: 624 By: Liz Maynard and Michael J O'Donnell Read More Voles can cause serious damage to crops grown in high tunnels. They can also damage vegetables grown in the field. Help us understand the problem and identity solutions by taking a[Read More…] Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Pests and Pest Management – General Survey Voles
High Tunnel Screening for Insect Pest Management March 15, 2017 - From Issue: 624 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Screening can be an effective measure to exclude unwanted pests from colonizing your crops. In high tunnels, one of the biggest challenges to successfully implementing exclusion screening is managing the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
Growing Grafted Tomatoes in High Tunnels February 14, 2017 - From Issue: 623 By: Wenjing Guan Read More There are several potential benefits of growing grafted tomatoes, particularly for early season tomato production in greenhouses or high tunnels. If you are interested in trying this technique but wondering[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Ethylene Damage on Tomato Plants January 18, 2017 - From Issue: 623 By: Dan Egel Read More Almost every year, I have a greenhouse tomato grower or two call me about tomato plants that are distorted and don’t seem to be growing right. The problem often turns out[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Transplant Production
2016 Cucumber Variety Evaluation in a High Tunnel at Southwest Indiana October 13, 2016 - From Issue: 622 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Tomato is considered one of the most profitable crops grown in high tunnels, but continually growing one single crop leads to build-up of diseases. In addition, growers are facing more competition in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Aphid Management in Winter Green Production in High Tunnels October 13, 2016 - From Issue: 622 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Aphids can be one of the most damaging and hard to control pests during the winter months in high tunnels. The first step to managing aphids is to develop a[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
High Tunnel Evaluation of Vertically-Grown Cantaloupe and Galia Melon Varieties September 1, 2016 - From Issue: 620 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More In issue 619 of the Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter I reported that during April 2016 research focusing on the development of a unique market segment for Indiana melon growers was[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Melons, Other Article Tags: Artificial Soils and Hydroponics Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
High Tunnel Evaluation of Vertically-Grown Cantaloupe and Galia Melon Varieties and the Development of Best Production Practices for Indiana August 17, 2016 - From Issue: 619 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Indiana is a very important player in the domestic melon market. The total acreage planted in Indiana peaked in 1997 at 3,600 acres. In that year the total production was[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Melons, Other Article Tags: Artificial Soils and Hydroponics Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Temperature and Light Intensity in a High Tunnel Covered with 30% Black Shade Cloth August 17, 2016 - From Issue: 619 By: Wenjing Guan Read More We have discussed the pros and cons of using shade cloth for growing high tunnel tomatoes in this article https://vegcropshotline.org//article/whether-to-put-shade-cloth-on-high-tunnel-tomatoes/ Shade cloth helps with reducing temperatures inside the high tunnel. But[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels
A Case Study: What Cover Crops Could Achieve in High Tunnels in the Middle of Summer? August 4, 2016 - From Issue: 618 By: Wenjing Guan Read More We have grown strawberries from Aug, 2015 to May, 2016 in one of our high tunnels at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center. After taking the strawberry plants out of the high[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
