Soil Fertility and Fertilizers

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Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Soil nutrients, plant nutrition, soil testing and sampling, soil acidity, soil organic matter, green manures and cover crops, animal manures, fertilizer recommendations, fertilizer materials, etc.

Managing Manure – How Long is Long Enough?

October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607

By: Scott Monroe

There are certain questions within our culture for which there are simply no good answers. For example, how many times have we heard the classic question, “If a tree falls [Read More…]

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Liming

September 17, 2015 - From Issue: 606

By: Wenjing Guan

Crop production, decomposition of organic matter, using ammonium-producing nitrogen fertilizers, and rainfall all lower soil pH. To maintain soil pH in the optimal range (6.5 to 6.8) for vegetable production,[Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC): What Does It Mean?

September 4, 2015 - From Issue: 605

By: Wenjing Guan

You might remember seeing cation exchange capacity in soil test reports. Recently, I have been asked about what it means. This is one of the important soil characteristics that we [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Mid-Season Nitrogen Management in Pumpkins

August 4, 2015 - From Issue: 603

By: Dan Egel

Pumpkins are off to good start and vines are starting to run, which means it is time to think about making a sidedress application of nitrogen. Typically, I recommend to split [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Pumpkins

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Magnesium and Manganese in Melon

July 22, 2015 - From Issue: 602

By: Dan Egel and Liz Maynard

Magnesium deficiency in cantaloupe often occurs in high

I have observed many fields of cantaloupes with magnesium deficiency or manganese toxicity. Watermelon plants may exhibit similar symptoms, but not as frequently as cantaloupe. Both disorders are related to [Read More…]

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Cucurbits

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Upcoming Events

July 21, 2015 - From Issue: 602

By: Liz Maynard

QR code linking to registration for August 13 event.

Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day and Sweet Corn Sampler. Thursday, August 13, 2015. 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CDT. Pinney Purdue Ag Center, 11402 S. County Line Rd., Wanatah, IN.[Read More…]

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Upcoming Events – Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day and Sweet Corn Sampler

July 9, 2015 - From Issue: 601

By: Liz Maynard

Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day and Sweet Corn Sampler. Thursday, August 13, 2015. 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CDT. Pinney Purdue Ag Center, 11402 S. County Line Rd., Wanatah, IN.[Read More…]

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Corn
- Sweet Corn
Solanaceous Crops
- Peppers
- Tomato

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Nitrogen Loss from Wet Soils

June 23, 2015 - From Issue: 600

By: Liz Maynard

High rainfall amounts lead to loss of nitrogen from the soil. Sometimes the loss is great enough that a crop will benefit from additional nitrogen application. This article will describe [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Boiler Hop Yard Update

June 14, 2015 - From Issue: 599

By: Clayton J Nevins

Purdue University’s Boiler Hop Yard has started its second growing season with the hopes of providing Indiana growers with science-based recommendations for hop production in the Midwest. With summer rapidly [Read More…]

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Other Specialty Crops
- Hops

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Managing Cover Crops in Spring

April 14, 2015 - From Issue: 595

By: Liz Maynard and Rick Foster

Cover crops should be killed at least a couple of weeks before planting vegetables. That will give the cover time to partially decompose, and time for any cutworm larvae that [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Soil nutrients, plant nutrition, soil testing and sampling, soil acidity, soil organic matter, green manures and cover crops, animal manures, fertilizer recommendations, fertilizer materials, etc.

Managing Manure – How Long is Long Enough?

Liming

Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC): What Does It Mean?

Mid-Season Nitrogen Management in Pumpkins

Magnesium and Manganese in Melon

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events – Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day and Sweet Corn Sampler

Nitrogen Loss from Wet Soils

Boiler Hop Yard Update

Managing Cover Crops in Spring

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