Anthracnose, caused by Elsinoe veneta, is a common fungal disease on black raspberries and some blackberries. It is much less common on red raspberries. Most modern thornless blackberries (Apache, Triple Crown, Osage, Ouachita, etc) are resistant to anthracnose. Most black raspberry cultivars are highly susceptible. If you grow a susceptible variety, is is important to…Read more about Anthracnose on Blackberries and Black Raspberries[Read More]
Bramble Fruit
It’s been a cool spring this year and brambles are still mostly dormant in the Lafayette area. This is a good time to finish pruning chores. In summer fruiting types, this past year’s fruited canes should be removed if they were not removed last summer or fall. Remove weak or spindly floricanes and thin to…Read more about Pruning Brambles[Read More]
This winter was significantly colder than normal in the northern half of Indiana. Many areas north of “I-70” experienced temperatures between -15 and -20˚F in early January. That is cold enough to cause considerable cold injury to grapes, peaches, and blackberries. See the map below for minimum winter temperatures. We have evaluated crops at the…Read more about Determining Winter Injury in Grape Vines[Read More]
Indiana Horticultural Congress February 13-15, 2018 Indianapolis Marriott East Indianapolis, IN Contact Lori Jolly-Brown @ljollybr@purdue.edu Visit www.inhortcongress.org for more details
Indiana Flower Growers Association Conference October 10, 2017 Daniel Turf Center, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Contact Lori Jolly-Brown @ljollybr@purdue.edu Indiana Horticultural Congress February 13-15, 2018 Indianapolis Marriott East Indianapolis, IN Contact Lori Jolly-Brown @ljollybr@purdue.edu Visit www.inhortcongress.org for more details
First it was email, then the internet. That was almost 30 years ago. Today various forms of social media is used by just about everyone. Obviously Facebook and Twitter are much more commonly used than email, and more people text today than make phone calls. But, there is still a place for mail lists. Mail…Read more about Purdue Fruit Grower Mail Lists[Read More]
Hydroponic Workshop II September 8, 2017 Purdue University-HLA Contact Lori Jolly-Brown ljollybr@ purdue.edu Register at http://tinyurl.com/yb4dnwrh Purdue Wine Grape Team Fall Workshop September 25, 2017 Purdue West Lafayette campus Contact Jill Blume blume@purdue.edu Indiana Horticultural Congress February 13-15, 2018 Indianapolis Marriott East Indianapolis, IN Contact Lori Jolly-Brown @ljollybr@purdue.edu Visit www.inhortcongress.org for more details
Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center High/Low Tunnel Tour co-sponsored with Dept. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana University August 10, 2017 Vincennes, IN Contact Wenjing Guan, guan40@purdue.edu, or Dan Egel at egel@purdue.edu Registration: Call 812-886-0198 Pinney Purdue Vegetable and High Tunnel Field Day – co-sponsored with Dept. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana…Read more about Upcoming Events[Read More]
Grapes are starting to ripen (veraison) in Lafayette. Marquette and Brianna are the earliest varieties and both are about 2 weeks from harvest. Floricane producing blackberry harvest continues. Primocane fruiting blackberries and raspberries are just getting started. Japanese beetles continue to be a major problem in addition to Spotted Wing Drosophila. Peach harvest is winding…Read more about Crop Conditions[Read More]