Whether you grow for wholesale or retail, producing full, tasty ears with no worms is the gold star of sweet corn production. Getting those ears of sweet corn production to your customers before the sugars turn to starch is the required next step. Doing so depends on getting a few things right from sowing to … Read more
Black rot is a bacterial disease that only infects cruciferous crops. It also goes by many other equally unappealing names – such as stem rot, stump rot or black stem. Though the name you know it by may vary, the cause is always the same: bacteria called xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. – Black Rot Disease To … Read more
As a fruit, nut or vegetable grower in our changing climate, your biggest challenge will be growing with warmer temperatures. Impacts of climate change include shifting growing seasons, heat stress on some crops, reduced chilling hours for perennial tree crops, drought-like conditions in many areas and increased water salinity in other regions. Although the 3rd … Read more
Spring planting is probably on your mind. Whether you’re waiting for new varieties to arrive, or old favorites that have regained their popularity, replanting the orchard is an ongoing task. – Root of Replant Disease It’s also cause for concern. Trees planted in the same soils where others have been removed often show signs of stunted … Read more
Like humans, insects love to feed on corn. As a result, if consumers want to continue enjoying this sweet treat, they must rely on growers to identify and control insects that favor corn. Three insects that like to feed on this vegetable are the corn rootworm, cutworm and European corn borer. Let’s look more closely … Read more