Career Opportunity at Purdue Extension – Food Systems Coordinator February 22, 2023 - From Issue: 714 The Food Systems (FS) Coordinator leads a state extension program with the main focus on realizing value-added opportunities for local food systems. These systems include clusters of producers, processors, distributors,[Read More…] Article Tags: Career Opportunity IHC 2022 Educational Session Recordings Now Available! March 17, 2022 - From Issue: 700 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture successfully presented the 2022 Indiana Horticulture Conference Webinar Series between February 1 and March 1, 2022. We delivered 18 educational hours to 785[Read More…] The Three Types of Melon Consumers April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Ariana Torres, Bridget Behe and Petrus Langenhoven Read More The average American eats almost 9 pounds of cantaloupe and 2 pounds of honeydew each year (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, 2018). An increased melon consumption is mainly explained by consumer[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: consumer info Have You Selected Your Sweet Pepper Varieties Yet? March 24, 2021 - From Issue: 685 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More There is still time to select sweet pepper varieties for this summer. During the 2020 growing season, I evaluated a new batch of five sweet bell pepper varieties. I also[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Peppers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Varieties Specialty Melon Evaluation in Southern Indiana February 17, 2021 - From Issue: 684 By: Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Melon is a crop with diverse fruit characteristics. They have different color, shape, rind pattern, texture, and flavor. In major food stores, cantaloupe and honeydew melons may be the only melon[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties Vegetable Transplant Care Translates into Early Yield Differences March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven Read More We know from published research that the health and quality of a vegetable transplant affects how it will establish, grow, and yield in the field. Our recent work comparing tomato[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Transplant Production Submit Your Organic Transplant Growing Media for Chemical Analysis February 19, 2020 - From Issue: 668 By: Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven and Lori Hoagland Read More Growing media for organic transplant production vary a lot in their chemical composition: pH, electrical conductivity, nutrient levels, and C:N ratio. This of course influences how seedlings grow. Knowing the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Growing Media Organic Production Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo October 21, 2019 - From Issue: 667 By: Petrus Langenhoven and Kyle Daniel Read More We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Indiana Horticultural Conference & Expo (previously known as the Indiana Horticultural Congress) will be from February 11 through 13, 2020 at the[Read More…] Growing a Bountiful Zucchini Crop May 22, 2019 - From Issue: 658 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Finally the time has come to plant warm season crops. Zucchini is a popular summer squash grown throughout Indiana and the United States. It always delivers a bounty of fruit.[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties Abnormal Transplant Symptoms Might be Caused by Poor Media May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Dan Egel and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Producing healthy transplants is a critical step for a successful growing season. Choosing the proper growing media is an important first step. Supported by a USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers « First‹ Previous7891011 (current) 121314Next ›Page 11 of 14
IHC 2022 Educational Session Recordings Now Available! March 17, 2022 - From Issue: 700 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture successfully presented the 2022 Indiana Horticulture Conference Webinar Series between February 1 and March 1, 2022. We delivered 18 educational hours to 785[Read More…]
The Three Types of Melon Consumers April 21, 2021 - From Issue: 687 By: Ariana Torres, Bridget Behe and Petrus Langenhoven Read More The average American eats almost 9 pounds of cantaloupe and 2 pounds of honeydew each year (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, 2018). An increased melon consumption is mainly explained by consumer[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: consumer info
Have You Selected Your Sweet Pepper Varieties Yet? March 24, 2021 - From Issue: 685 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More There is still time to select sweet pepper varieties for this summer. During the 2020 growing season, I evaluated a new batch of five sweet bell pepper varieties. I also[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Peppers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Varieties
Specialty Melon Evaluation in Southern Indiana February 17, 2021 - From Issue: 684 By: Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Melon is a crop with diverse fruit characteristics. They have different color, shape, rind pattern, texture, and flavor. In major food stores, cantaloupe and honeydew melons may be the only melon[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Vegetable Transplant Care Translates into Early Yield Differences March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven Read More We know from published research that the health and quality of a vegetable transplant affects how it will establish, grow, and yield in the field. Our recent work comparing tomato[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Transplant Production
Submit Your Organic Transplant Growing Media for Chemical Analysis February 19, 2020 - From Issue: 668 By: Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven and Lori Hoagland Read More Growing media for organic transplant production vary a lot in their chemical composition: pH, electrical conductivity, nutrient levels, and C:N ratio. This of course influences how seedlings grow. Knowing the[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Growing Media Organic Production
Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo October 21, 2019 - From Issue: 667 By: Petrus Langenhoven and Kyle Daniel Read More We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Indiana Horticultural Conference & Expo (previously known as the Indiana Horticultural Congress) will be from February 11 through 13, 2020 at the[Read More…]
Growing a Bountiful Zucchini Crop May 22, 2019 - From Issue: 658 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Finally the time has come to plant warm season crops. Zucchini is a popular summer squash grown throughout Indiana and the United States. It always delivers a bounty of fruit.[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Abnormal Transplant Symptoms Might be Caused by Poor Media May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Dan Egel and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Producing healthy transplants is a critical step for a successful growing season. Choosing the proper growing media is an important first step. Supported by a USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
