Setting Your Transplants Up for Success April 19, 2023 - From Issue: 717 By: Petrus Langenhoven and Liz Maynard Read More As we approach warmer days in May and June, it’s time to prepare for transplanting warm-season vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and squash. Growers preparing vegetable transplants should[Read More…] Article Tags: Conditioning Hardening off Seedling Production Transplant Production
Registration Open for Feb 9th NW Indiana Vegetable Series January 18, 2023 - From Issue: 713 Read More On February 9, 2023, Purdue Extension will host the Northwest Indiana Vegetable Series. Pests and diseases present challenges for vegetable producers. This program is designed to give growers the knowledge to[Read More…] Article Tags: Events NW Indiana Vegetable Programs January 3, 2023 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard NW Indiana vegetable farmers may be wondering if they missed information about the Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium (aka ‘Teibel’s Meeting’) which normally shows up in the mailbox or email just[Read More…] A Look at the Freeze Date Tool from Midwestern Regional Climate Center October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard Read More The Midwestern Regional Climate Center recently released a freeze date tool. It makes it easy to find historical temperature information that may help growers plan. This article provides a quick[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels, Revisited October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard Read More In April we announced a new bulletin “Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels”, available from the Purdue Education store at https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=HO-330-W . With the fall/winter high tunnel[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Water Affects Efficacy of Soil-Incorporated Fertilizers and Amendments September 15, 2022 - From Issue: 712 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Read More We discussed wetting patterns in drip irrigation in a previous article. The take home message is drip irrigation applies water to only a portion of the soil. Uneven water distribution[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Irrigation Demonstration Update July Aug. 24, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center. August 25, 2022 - From Issue: 711 By: Liz Maynard Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) bell peppers were harvested for the first time on August 15. Plants appear a little larger in the irrigated plots than in the unirrigated plots, but[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Peppers Article Tags: Irrigation Understanding Wetting Patterns in Drip Irrigation August 25, 2022 - From Issue: 711 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard and Dan Egel Read More A major difference between drip irrigation and other irrigation methods is that drip irrigation applies water to only a portion of the soil. This works great for vegetables grown on[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation Irrigation Demonstration Update Aug 9, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center August 12, 2022 - From Issue: 710 By: Liz Maynard and Christian Charlson Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) 2.67 inches of rain fell July 27 through August 9. The potential evapotranspiration (PET) over the period was 1.68 inches. Estimates for water use by the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation Irrigation Demonstration Update July 27, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709 By: Liz Maynard and Christian Charlson Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) 2.19 inches of rain fell July 12 through July 26. The potential evapotranspiration (PET) over the period was 2.67 inches. Estimates for water use by the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation ‹ Previous12 (current) 3456Next ›Last »Page 2 of 16
NW Indiana Vegetable Programs January 3, 2023 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard NW Indiana vegetable farmers may be wondering if they missed information about the Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium (aka ‘Teibel’s Meeting’) which normally shows up in the mailbox or email just[Read More…]
A Look at the Freeze Date Tool from Midwestern Regional Climate Center October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard Read More The Midwestern Regional Climate Center recently released a freeze date tool. It makes it easy to find historical temperature information that may help growers plan. This article provides a quick[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels, Revisited October 20, 2022 - From Issue: 713 By: Liz Maynard Read More In April we announced a new bulletin “Scheduling Fall and Winter Vegetable Production in High Tunnels”, available from the Purdue Education store at https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=HO-330-W . With the fall/winter high tunnel[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Water Affects Efficacy of Soil-Incorporated Fertilizers and Amendments September 15, 2022 - From Issue: 712 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Read More We discussed wetting patterns in drip irrigation in a previous article. The take home message is drip irrigation applies water to only a portion of the soil. Uneven water distribution[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Irrigation Demonstration Update July Aug. 24, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center. August 25, 2022 - From Issue: 711 By: Liz Maynard Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) bell peppers were harvested for the first time on August 15. Plants appear a little larger in the irrigated plots than in the unirrigated plots, but[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Peppers Article Tags: Irrigation
Understanding Wetting Patterns in Drip Irrigation August 25, 2022 - From Issue: 711 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard and Dan Egel Read More A major difference between drip irrigation and other irrigation methods is that drip irrigation applies water to only a portion of the soil. This works great for vegetables grown on[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation
Irrigation Demonstration Update Aug 9, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center August 12, 2022 - From Issue: 710 By: Liz Maynard and Christian Charlson Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) 2.67 inches of rain fell July 27 through August 9. The potential evapotranspiration (PET) over the period was 1.68 inches. Estimates for water use by the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation
Irrigation Demonstration Update July 27, 2022, Pinney Purdue Ag Center July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709 By: Liz Maynard and Christian Charlson Read More At Pinney Purdue (PPAC) 2.19 inches of rain fell July 12 through July 26. The potential evapotranspiration (PET) over the period was 2.67 inches. Estimates for water use by the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Irrigation
