Share Your Experience about the Freeze Event April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard Vegetable growers, we would like to hear your story about the freeze event on Apr. 20 and 21. What crops are you growing? Did you take protective actions? Did it[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Organic Transplant Production Project – Feedback Requested for Report to Funding Agency April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Liz Maynard Read More Did you read an article or hear one of the presentations from Purdue about organic transplant production in the last couple of years? Let us know if they were helpful[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Organic Production Survey Transplant Production
Frost and Freeze Warning April 19, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Peter Hirst and Bruce Bordelon Read More There is a frost and freeze warning for 4/20, 4/21, 4/22. Vegetable growers should be prepared to take protective actions on early-planted warm-season vegetables (tomato, cucumber, pepper, summer squash, bean[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Bolting and Blooming in High Tunnels April 7, 2021 - From Issue: 686 By: Liz Maynard Read More Bolting of crops overwintered in high tunnels is common in the spring. ‘Bolting’ refers to lengthening and blooming of the flowering stalk. Bolting is often a problem because the quality[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Kohlrabi Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels
IPM Videos in Spanish from the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group April 7, 2021 - From Issue: 686 By: Liz Maynard Three new vegetable IPM videos in Spanish are available on Youtube. They were made by a team led by Natalie Hoidal, Extension Educator at Univ. of Minnesota. Búsqueda de problemas[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement
No-till Sweet Corn, Pumpkin and Winter Squash after Winter Rye – Reports from 2020 April 6, 2021 - From Issue: 686 By: Liz Maynard At the Pinney Purdue Ag Center in northern Indiana we had plots in 2020 with no-till sweet corn, pumpkins and winter squash following a rye cover crop. As is common[Read More…] Article Categories: Pumpkins Squash Sweet Corn Article Tags: Crop Culture soil health
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports Update February 17, 2021 - From Issue: 684 By: Liz Maynard and Wenjing Guan Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports provide yield and quality data based on field test results under different cropping conditions. Reports based on projects in 2020 include variety trial results for asparagus,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement
Specialty Crops Soil Health Podcast Episodes – Cover Crops on Market Farms, Microbes and Soil Health October 19, 2020 - From Issue: 683 By: Liz Maynard Read More New podcast episodes on cover crops for market farms and urban ag, and microbes and soil health. Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Announcement Cover crop soil health
Is This the Year to Try Fall Crops? July 30, 2020 - From Issue: 679 By: Liz Maynard, Christopher Adair and Michael J O'Donnell Read More A lot of things are different this year. With the changes come opportunities to try something new. Liz Brownlee with Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition mentioned to me that some markets,[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Kale Lettuce Mustard Spinach Swiss Chard Beets Radishes Broccoli Cabbage Article Tags: Protected Culture and Season Extension
Specialty Crops Soil Health Podcast Episodes – Beneficial Insects, Cover Crops in Sweet Corn July 15, 2020 - From Issue: 678 By: Liz Maynard Read More New episodes ‘Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects for Specialty Crops’ and ‘Cover Crops in Sweet Corn Production’ are published. Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Sweet Corn Article Tags: Announcement soil health
