What a wet July we have had so far.. and summer for that matter! The timing and amount of rain has made it difficult to complete cover sprays in a timely manner. Even with all of this rain and limited spray windows, all of our fruit crops have remained disease free. Our peaches and blackberries…Read more about Crop conditions[Read More]
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Here at the Meigs Horticulture Facility in Lafayette, Indiana we couldn’t ask for better crop conditions. We have been receiving good amounts of rain as needed for fruit maturation, without experiencing any flooding. The Japanese beetles seem to be our biggest issue right now across the board. Still no disease pressure to report, we will…Read more about Crop Conditions[Read More]
Fruit growers, we want to know what topics you would like to learn more about at the 2025 Indiana Hort Conference & Expo. Help us bring you the tools, skills, and information you want to hear about by filling out a very short survey. Planning is in progress, so save the date! January 14-15, 2025…Read more about Fruit growers, we want to know what’s on your mind[Read More]
Happy Independence Day from the Indiana State Climate Office! Temperatures were much more pleasant over the past seven days (June 24-July 1) compared to the heat experienced in mid-late June. Across Indiana, temperatures varied from below to above normal from north to south (Figure 1). Southern Indiana had locations with temperatures up to 1°F above…Read more about Variable Temperatures, Sporadic Rainfall, and Growing Drought[Read More]
July 25, 2024 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Registration closes July 22nd! Attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors register here: Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day 2024 presentations: Insect dynamics in HTs Companion Plants and Syrphid Fly Recruitment High Tunnel Table Grapes Advantages and Considerations of Raised Bed Gardening High Tunnel Sweet Pepper Production…Read more about Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day[Read More]
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day on July 18, 2024 Registration closes July 12th at midnight! Long Description We are happy to announce that Purdue Extension is presenting its annual Fruit and Vegetable Field Day on July 18, 2024, at the Throckmorton/Meigs Horticulture Farm, Lafayette, IN. Registration is now open! Register here: Purdue Fruit and Vegetable…Read more about Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day[Read More]
Dear readers, I have never been so excited to sort through trap catch from spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring traps (Figure 1A) as I have these last few weeks!! And it’s not just because I’m a bug nerd over here, ha! This season, as I’ve been looking through the contents of SWD jar traps, I’ve seen…Read more about Exciting news from Spotted-wing drosophila monitoring traps[Read More]