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Spring Planted Day-neutral Strawberry Update

May 22, 2019 - From Issue: 658

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 2: Eight day-neutral stawberry cultivars grown under retractable low tunnel systems (picture was taken on May 20)

With the support of the Purdue Extension AgSeed Program, we are currently evaluating different production systems for growing strawberries in an open-field with plastic cultural systems for our area at [Read More…]

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Other Vegetables
- Strawberry

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Colored Sweet Pepper Varieties for High Tunnel Production

March 13, 2019 - From Issue: 654

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Sweet colored peppers can yield well in the protected conditions of an unheated high tunnel, but information is lacking about which varieties are adapted for high tunnel production and their [Read More…]

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Solanaceous Crops
- Peppers

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Yellow and Green Zucchini Varieties for the Local Market

March 13, 2019 - From Issue: 654

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Gowers always want to know which variety is the most suitable one for their farming location and market. I do understand the frustration of growers when looking online at all [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Squash

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Watermelon Cultivar Update from the 2018 Indiana Watermelon Variety Trial

February 19, 2019 - From Issue: 653

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 2. Personal size (mini) watermelon cultivars.

Watermelon variety trials are conducted every year at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes, IN. In the 2018 trials, it included 38 standard-size seedless watermelon cultivars and 10 personal-size [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Watermelon

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Yellow- and Orange-flesh Watermelons

February 19, 2019 - From Issue: 653

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 1. An orange-flesh watermelon with the tiger-striped rind pattern

With the growing interest from consumers looking for new, unique products, yellow– and orange-flesh watermelons might create opportunities for small-sized growers to differentiate their products. This article answers a few questions [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Watermelon

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Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports from 2018 are Online

February 19, 2019 - From Issue: 653

By: Liz Maynard

MW Veg Trial Report 2018

Looking for information about new crop varieties? Reports on variety performance of sweet corn, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, melon, watermelon, picking cucumber, pepper, tomato, heritage beans, and specialty eggplant are available online at https://ag.purdue.edu/hla/fruitveg/Pages/mvtr2018.aspx.

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Hollowheart of Watermelons

August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 2. A severe case of hollowheart watermelon.

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…]

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Cucurbits
- Watermelon

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What You Need to Know about Cucumber Varieties for High Tunnel Production

March 15, 2018 - From Issue: 639

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 3. A Japanese type cucumber grown in a high tunnel.

Cucumbers are produced with very different production systems. The ideal cucumber variety for process pickling production is not the variety used for greenhouse production. Choosing the suitable variety for a specific production system then becomes [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Cucumbers

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Top Performing Watermelon Varieties in the 2017 Indiana Watermelon Variety Trial

January 22, 2018 - From Issue: 638

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 1. Watermelon variety trial at Southwest Purdue Ag Center.

Seedless watermelon variety trials have been conducted at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes, IN for more than 20 years. In 2017, we evaluated the performance of 37 standard [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Watermelon

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Seedless Fruit Production

April 26, 2017 - From Issue: 626

By: Wenjing Guan

Figure 2. A seedless cucumber

A plant is considered to be seedless if it is able to produce a fruit without or contain a much-reduced number of seeds, or in some cases, only present traces [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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