Need something to do next week? Nice cup of something warm and cuddle up with the computer? How about a high tunnel webinar to watch and some research results to go with it?
You can find all this and more at the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture webpage under Greenhouse and Tunnels
Have a wonderful holiday! More in the new year!
I’d like to be in a warm steamy greenhouse today! My first greenhouse visit was on Monday – makes me believe spring will come!
Podcast by Jud Reid (and others) on Better Greenhouse Practices And if you scroll down the list of podcasts there are others that might apply
Vegetable varieties with genetic resistance to insects or diseases –in Vegetable MD Online. Not specifically aimed at greenhouse production but a good resource that Meg McGrath is keeping up!
Interesting article on the impact of entomopathogenic fungi on natural enemies
This is pretty cool – on–site molecular detection of soil-borne pathogens. Instant verification of a disease?
In looking for information on trap cropping for cucumber beetles, I found this presentation on biological control of cuke beetles in the field.
I suspect you are all hard at it as the days warm up and we dream of eating things other than root vegetables!
e-GRO is an online source of electronic grower resources. They publish a series called Edible Alerts (but please don’t try to eat them). The most recent IPM oriented are on magnesium deficiency of hydroponic and container grown basil and pythium root rot on hydroponically grown basil and spinach (by our own Neil Mattson).
Don’t worry if you aren’t growing in containers or hydroponically, there are lots of other posts that may apply. You can find them all here.
Have a great week!
Snow again! And since they removed the Cornus mas from outside my window, I don’t have that friendly reminder of swelling buds to tell me spring is coming. But it is, I know it IS!
Check those fertilizer injectors! Who wants to find out they aren’t working by having plants show symptoms – and then trying to figure out why! Thomas Ford in eGro says from his work “75% of the fertilizer injectors employed by growers in are greenhouses are not working properly”. We’ve already heard of one case in NY. Lots of information here.
Get the key to locking out pests (my, that’s kind of a stretch but it is Friday). Leeane Pundt at UConn has a great post on key plants and key pests to help you inspect new plant material coming in and scouting it once it’s in your greenhouse.
Another on scouting guidelines and biocontrol options for the most common insects and diseases found in greenhouse crops.
And since a picture is worth a thousand words…illustrated scouting tips for lots of crops
– Ornamental crops
– Vegetable bedding plants
– Herb bedding plants
– Herbaceous perennials
– Identifying pests and beneficials on sticky cards
Go UConn!
Think (no) thrips! UMass’ post on reviewing thrips biocontrol
Webinars and more webinars…
Our series on high tunnel and greenhouse vegetable IPM continues to grow. The most recent one was just posted!
OMAFRA’s greenhouse vegetable IPM specialist on Heating, Lighting and IPM
March 30, 2017
Using biofungicides, biostimulants, and biofertilizers to boost crop productivity and help manage vegetable diseases – not just greenhouse but perhaps still useful!
Bees are still in the news! One study from England I read said that most varieties surveyed in garden centers were unattractive to pollinators (actually measuring the number of visits by pollinators at the garden center itself). While still low, those with some notation as being friendly to bees had 4x as many visits. Hopefully this listing would fare better – Bee friendly trees and shrubs
Yes, but can they learn to dust? Bees are smarter than we thought – or else maybe they are training us. Hmmm….
Courage in the face of cold! It will be warm again!
Ah, long falls – the climatic type, not the tripping down stairs type – and Indian summer….
I’ll start out with something just for pretty – we are (all?) plant geeks after all –
You can come visit the new conservatory when you are on campus!
Those new WPS rules – need help? DEC is running some mock WPS inspections in October to help. Oct 5 at Dickman Farms in Auburn, 9:30-12:00. No registration fee and no need to pre-register. 2 DEC credits for 1a, 1d, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Oct 19 in Riverhead and Oct 26th in Lockport. Let me know if you need more information.
ProMix/Premier Tech Grower Videos – some useful topics like roles of nutrients in plant growth, calibrating pH and EC meters, and how to determine if your media is too old.
Tunnel Vision – what’s going on in tunnels these days?
Need something different in your high tunnels or greenhouses? Try TunnelBerries (not sure if that is a great marketing name…). Production guides, economics, and how to build and even recycle the plastic from tunnels. (Check out the blog and you can find Cornell’s Marvin Pritts pictured)
And the University of Kentucky has a new IPM Scouting Guide for High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops.
September is flying by – still have plants to get in the garden!
Have a great week!
Life on the lake…..ahhh. Even though I am (really, I am) working.
A virus to watch out for – tomato spotted wilt in chrysanthemums. The MSU article won’t connect but here it is via Floradaily. And so you have lots of pictures – here and here.
Yet another pest to keep an eye out for. Pepper weevil. We don’t have too many greenhouse pepper growers in NYS that I know of but it is a pest in the greenhouse pepper industry in Leamington ON – not that far away.
And while we are at it – insects AND chrysanthemums – Chrysanthemum aphid.
Lettuce be clear – growing greenhouse greens year ‘round requires lots of environmental monitoring. A nice article with information from Neil Mattson.
Do the dew! Learn how to calculate a dew point and how it might affect disease incidence in your greenhouse. An article and a webinar Sept 8. (I hadn’t hear of Upstart University which is online and for profit but might have some good information.)
How often do you hear this question: Are you keeping your bumblebees cool enough? Learn how to answer it.
Keeping things warm – solar/thermal greenhouse heating. When I met Rob Hastings he said his first year farming there was a frost in almost every month. So he understands the need for alternative methods.
There’s more but I save it so you can enjoy the day…
