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Peaches In The Garden, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black, Andrea Simondi Dec 2016

Peaches In The Garden, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black, Andrea Simondi

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This fact sheet describes peaches and includes recommended cultivars for Utah, how to grow them; pests and disease;, and harvest, storage and use information.


Red Yucca (Hesperaloe Parvifolia) Use In Utah, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes Dec 2016

Red Yucca (Hesperaloe Parvifolia) Use In Utah, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes

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This fact sheet describes Red yucca and its use in the landscape, including planting, care, and maintenance, varieties, and diseases and pests.


Simple Sprinkler Performance Testing For Wayne County, Kelly Kopp, Niel Allen, Trent Wilde Oct 2016

Simple Sprinkler Performance Testing For Wayne County, Kelly Kopp, Niel Allen, Trent Wilde

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This fact sheets tells homeowners how to be more efficient with their irrigation systems by following three simple steps, a site inspection, a sprinkler performance test, and an appropriate irrigation schedule.


Introduction To Cover Crops For Vegetable Production In Utah, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost Oct 2016

Introduction To Cover Crops For Vegetable Production In Utah, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost

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This fact sheet provides a brief overview of cover crops for vegetable production and will help growers interested in figuring out what cover crops will work best for their unique situations.


Simple Sprinkler Performance Testing For Piute County, Kelly Kopp, Niel Allen, Trent Wilde Oct 2016

Simple Sprinkler Performance Testing For Piute County, Kelly Kopp, Niel Allen, Trent Wilde

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This fact sheet gives homeowners information on making landscape irrigation systems more efficient using a site inspection, a sprinkler performance test and an appropriate irrigation schedule.


Fruit And Vegetable Organic Certification Basics, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost Sep 2016

Fruit And Vegetable Organic Certification Basics, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost

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This fact sheet describes the steps in certification process that allows a farmer to sell products labeled with the USDA ORGANIC seal.


Local Fruit And Vegetable Availability Along The Wasatch Front, Britney Hunter, Shawn Olsen, Dan Drost, Brent Black, Jaydee Gunnell Sep 2016

Local Fruit And Vegetable Availability Along The Wasatch Front, Britney Hunter, Shawn Olsen, Dan Drost, Brent Black, Jaydee Gunnell

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This fact sheet tells where to find local produce along the Wasatch Front, and when the produce is available.


Nanking Cherry In The Garden, Elizabeth Hamilton, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black Aug 2016

Nanking Cherry In The Garden, Elizabeth Hamilton, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black

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This fact sheet describes Nanking cherry and its use in gardens. It includes a history, description of the plant, how to grow it, including propagation, site selection, soil preparation, planting and spacing, fertilization, irrigation, and pruning. It also includes common pests and diseases of cherries in Utah.


Calculating Fertilizer For Small Areas, Tiffany Maughan, Grant Cardon, Dan Drost Aug 2016

Calculating Fertilizer For Small Areas, Tiffany Maughan, Grant Cardon, Dan Drost

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This fact sheet and accompanying Excel Workbook is meant to help gardeners convert fertilizer recommendations to fit their individual garden plot size,


Good Agricultural Practices (Gap): Certification Basics, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Shawn Olsen, Brent Black Feb 2016

Good Agricultural Practices (Gap): Certification Basics, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Shawn Olsen, Brent Black

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This publication provides guidelines for for agriculture producers to obtain GAP certification.


Use Of Plastic Mulch For Vegetable Production, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost Jan 2016

Use Of Plastic Mulch For Vegetable Production, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost

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Plastic mulches are used commercially for both vegetables and small fruit crops. Vegetable crops well suited for production with plastic mulch are typically high value row crops. This fact sheet describes the advantages, disadvantages, installation, and planting considerations. It includes sources for plastic and equipment.


Northern Utah Conventional Peach Orchard Costs And Returns, 20 Acres, 2015, Trevor Knudson, Kynda Curtis, Jennifer Reeve, Brent Black Jan 2016

Northern Utah Conventional Peach Orchard Costs And Returns, 20 Acres, 2015, Trevor Knudson, Kynda Curtis, Jennifer Reeve, Brent Black

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This publication contains average costs and returns for establishing and maintaining a 20-acre peach orchard in Northern Utah. Unless otherwise indicated, information in this publication is based upon grower surveys and pricing data collected in 2014. The establishment and operating costs are meant to be “representative” of a Utah peach orchard, but should be adjusted where necessary to reflect individual situations. Site selection, peach variety, pest management and other practices will also affect the establishment and operating costs of an orchard and should be considered by the producer.


Northern Utah Organic Peach Orchard Costs And Returns, 20 Acres, 2015, Trevor Knudsen, Kyna Curtis, Jennifer Reeve, Brent Black Jan 2016

Northern Utah Organic Peach Orchard Costs And Returns, 20 Acres, 2015, Trevor Knudsen, Kyna Curtis, Jennifer Reeve, Brent Black

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This publication contains average costs and returns for establishing and maintaining a 20-acre organic peach orchard in Northern Utah. Unless otherwise indicated, information in this publication is based upon grower surveys and pricing data collected in 2014. The establishment and operating costs are meant to be “representative” of a Utah organic peach orchard, but should be adjusted where necessary to reflect individual situations. Site selection, peach variety, pest management and other practices will also affect the establishment and operating costs of an orchard and should be considered by the producer.