The Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day/Twilight Meeting will be held August 9, 2022 at 11402 S. County Line Road, Wanatah, IN. The evening program will feature plot tours for farmers and for homeowners featuring topics of irrigation, sweet corn, pumpkins, soil health and cover crops. An afternoon session for farm advisors and educators will include[Read More…]
WHAT: An OISC Pesticide Clean Sweep Project designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, miticides, etc.) is being sponsored by the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC). This disposal service is free of charge up to 250 pounds per participant. Over 250[Read More…]
Downy mildew of spinach can be an important disease of spinach. The lesions are often a bright yellow with irregular margins (Figure 1). With time, these lesions can become a light brown. The underside of the lesion is dark black or purple under moist conditions. Under very conducive conditions, sporulation can occur on the top[Read More…]
MELCAST is a weather-based disease-forecasting program that helps growers schedule foliar fungicide applications for watermelon and cantaloupe. MELCAST stands for MELon disease for CASTer. This program, designed by Dr. Rick Latin, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, keeps track of weather conditions so that cantaloupe and watermelon growers can apply foliar fungicides to their crops when they[Read More…]
Are you a certified organic farmer producing fruits, vegetables, or nuts? Purdue is participating in a multi-state project to help you navigate National Organic Program standards and third-party food safety certification. We have put together a voluntary survey to collect information on your experiences in this space. Our goal with this survey is to identify[Read More…]
Time: Thursday, May 12, 2022, 1:30-4:00 pm EST Location: Southwest Purdue Ag Center, 4369 N. Purdue Rd, Vincennes, IN, 47591 Register: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dgK5N8Ws9m2cJWC, or call (812) 886-0198 Visit strawberry research at Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center; see strawberry production on a plastic culture system, in high tunnels, and in bench systems. Discuss season extension in strawberry production,[Read More…]
Announcement from University of Illinois specialty crop entomology lab: We are monitoring for melonworms throughout the state this year! Last year, several of our pumpkin growers in the area had a late season infestation of caterpillars eating their pumpkins. The specialty crops entomology lab and U of I Extension are going to be investigating this[Read More…]
A new bulletin “Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels” is available from the Purdue Education store at https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=HO-330-W . The publication brings together information collected on farms and research stations in Indiana and Ohio to provide detailed guidance on scheduling vegetable crops for winter high tunnel production. It includes a fillable scheduling[Read More…]
High winds can cause serious damage to high tunnels and greenhouses. Design and construction with this in mind is important to reduce risk. In this article the topic is day to day risk management for a structure that is already constructed. When strong winds threaten, closing up the endwalls and sidewalls can help reduce risk.[Read More…]
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