Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist – Horticulture, OMAFRA – Ridgetown From ONvegetables in The Grower, April 2013 If it is April –… Continue Reading Manage cover crops to stop the wind this spring
Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist – Horticulture, OMAFRA, Ridgetown Yes, sands get compacted… Tips for managing soil compaction… Rules… Continue Reading Tomatoes and soil compaction?
Ontario farmers experiencing dry weather challenges can find information on production and management on the OMAFRA website. Visit Ontario.ca\AgWeatherIssues to… Continue Reading Production and business information for Ontario farmers affected by dry weather
Diagnostics is one of the most interesting and challenging aspects of crop production. Crop damage arises from any number of sources,… Continue Reading The Twenty Questions of Crop Diagnosis
Visit the OMAFRA website for links to information on dry weather and low water conditions. Go to www.ontario.ca/z832.
Updated link from an ONvegetables.com post made on June 21, 2012. With summer upon us, it may be a good… Continue Reading Humidex Based Heat Response Plan
Cucurbit downy mildew remains active in the Southern United States, with recent reports in the Carolinas and in Maryland. While… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – 12 June, 2012
This is one to share with the neighbours. Every spring, we see way too much spray drift onto vegetable crops… Continue Reading Preventing Spray Drift
Beans are susceptible to white mould infections during flowering and early pod-set. Small, circular, water-soaked lesions develop on the pods… Continue Reading White Mould in Snap Beans
Daytime temperatures over 30 C and/or nighttime temperatures over 20 C during flowering have a large impact on the snap… Continue Reading Snap Beans in Hot Weather