Are You Interested in Growing Greenhouse Type Cucumbers in High Tunnels, and Targeting for Early Season Production? October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Consumers love cucumbers that are sweet, seedless and have thin skins. They are willing to pay high prices for the long or mini cucumbers sold at grocery stores. These cucumbers[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
Would Low Tunnels Provide New Opportunities for Strawberry Production in Indiana? October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberry production in Indiana primarily utilizes matted row systems, in which bare root strawberry plants are set in the spring, fruit is first harvested in the second year and plants[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Results of Specialty Melon Variety Trials will be Presented at the Indiana Hort Congress October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Petrus Langenhoven, Wenjing Guan, Ariana Torres and Amanda J Deering In the past season, we tested performances of eight specialty melons grown under high tunnel, greenhouse, hydroponic, and conventional field systems. The melon varieties we have tested in our trials[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture
Upcoming Events October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 Read More Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Growers’ Technical Meeting Date: November 21, 2017 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (EST) Location: Southwest Purdue Ag Center (SWPAC), 4369 N. Purdue Road, Vincennes, IN The meeting[Read More…] Article Tags: Events Building Enterprise Budgets for Indiana Specialty Crop Growers September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Andres Gallegos and Ariana Torres Read More Financial tools can help farmers improve farm’s performance and assure profitability. Enterprise budgets, financial statements, and sensitivity analyses are examples of financial tools that assist farmers on their decision-making. Enterprise[Read More…] Article Tags: Ag Economics – General Blackheart of Celery September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Blackheart of celery is a physiological disorder that causes significant crop loss in major celery production areas. It is characterized by the breakdown of young leaf tissues in the heart[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Celery Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers The Update of Soil Solarization in a High Tunnel at SWPAC September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Soil solarization can be used as a tool for soil disinfestation. It is accomplished by covering moist soil with transparent polyethylene film for 4 to 6 weeks in the summer.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture ‹ Previous12 (current) 3456Next ›Last »Page 2 of 18
Building Enterprise Budgets for Indiana Specialty Crop Growers September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Andres Gallegos and Ariana Torres Read More Financial tools can help farmers improve farm’s performance and assure profitability. Enterprise budgets, financial statements, and sensitivity analyses are examples of financial tools that assist farmers on their decision-making. Enterprise[Read More…] Article Tags: Ag Economics – General
Blackheart of Celery September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Blackheart of celery is a physiological disorder that causes significant crop loss in major celery production areas. It is characterized by the breakdown of young leaf tissues in the heart[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Celery Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
The Update of Soil Solarization in a High Tunnel at SWPAC September 14, 2017 - From Issue: 636 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Soil solarization can be used as a tool for soil disinfestation. It is accomplished by covering moist soil with transparent polyethylene film for 4 to 6 weeks in the summer.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Crop Culture
