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High Tunnel Bell Pepper Spacing Trial, Bronwyn Aly
High Tunnel Bell Pepper Spacing Trial, Bronwyn Aly
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
The objective of this trial is to determine an optimum spacing for bell peppers grown in a high tunnel production system. Six different spacing treatments were evaluated in this trial. Results from this study suggest that tighter plant spacing increased yield per unit area (100 feet of linear row) but decreased the yield per plant.
High Tunnel Broccoli Cultivar Evaluations, Lewis Jett
High Tunnel Broccoli Cultivar Evaluations, Lewis Jett
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
Broccoli is a potentially profitable crop for high tunnel production. Updated information on yield and quality of new cultivars is important for producers making planting decisions. This evaluation of 11 cultivars was conducted within a high tunnel in Fall 2023.
Colored Sweet Bell And Tapered Pepper Cultivar Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In West-Central Indiana, 2023, Petrus Langenhoven, Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo
Colored Sweet Bell And Tapered Pepper Cultivar Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In West-Central Indiana, 2023, Petrus Langenhoven, Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
Colored sweet bell-shaped and tapered pepper is a summer crop that is grown by many small and medium-sized farming operations in Indiana. Growers can choose to grow peppers out in the field or plant them under a protective structure. Sweet peppers, in particular, benefit from the unique growing environment created by a high tunnel. Planting of peppers can start at least 2-4 weeks earlier in the spring, and production can continue into the fall until the first hard freeze. Pepper variety performance data for Indiana is not readily available. We are working hard to change that. To date, we have …
Evaluation Of ‘Mortgage Lifter’ Tomato For High Tunnel Production, Lewis Jett
Evaluation Of ‘Mortgage Lifter’ Tomato For High Tunnel Production, Lewis Jett
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
The ‘Mortgage Lifter’ tomato has historical roots in West Virginia and central Appalachia. The strain which is most often associated with West Virginia is the ‘Radiator Charlie Mortgage Lifter’ which is a red to pink beefsteak slicing tomato (Figure 1). In 2018, several heritage tomato varieties were evaluated within high tunnels in West Virginia. High Tunnels significantly improved yield and quality of all varieties, and ‘Mortgage Lifter’ had marketable yields comparable to hybrid tomato cultivars. Wholesale marketing high tunnel tomatoes is usually not profitable but concentrating on unique, heritage varieties with high flavor for direct marketing is the best strategy …
Summer Squash Variety Evaluation For Early-Season Production In High Tunnels, Wenjing Guan
Summer Squash Variety Evaluation For Early-Season Production In High Tunnels, Wenjing Guan
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
Crops that can set fruit without pollination have an advantage for early-season high tunnel production. With a diverse fruit shape and color, summer squash is a valuable crop providing diversity, especially for the early farmers market. Six selected summer squash cultivars that are either indicated as parthenocarpic cultivar in seed catalogs or showed high capability to set fruit without pollination in the previous study were evaluated in a high tunnel trial in spring 2018 at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center, Vincennes, IN.
Fall Broccoli Production In High Tunnels, Wenjing Guan
Fall Broccoli Production In High Tunnels, Wenjing Guan
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
A fall broccoli trial was conducted in a high tunnel at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center, Vincennes, IN in 2016 to test the potential of growing broccoli in high tunnels after tomato. Six broccoli cultivars were evaluated in the trial. Seedlings were transplanted in the high tunnel on Sep. 2. Plants started to form heads in the middle of October. The first harvest occurred on Oct. 25 on cultivars Blue Wind and Green Magic. Harvest for cultivars Belstar and Arcadia started the latest on Nov. 11. Cultivars Green Magic and Blue Wind developed about 2 side heads per plant, which …
2019 Dsac High Tunnel Pepper Variety Trial, Bronwyn Aly
2019 Dsac High Tunnel Pepper Variety Trial, Bronwyn Aly
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
This paper reports on seven bell pepper and two sweet pepper cultivar entries evaluated in a high tunnel production system at the University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC) located in Southern Illinois (Pope County).
2019 High Tunnel Fresh Market Determinate Tomato Cultivar Trial For Southern Illinois, Bronwyn Aly
2019 High Tunnel Fresh Market Determinate Tomato Cultivar Trial For Southern Illinois, Bronwyn Aly
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
A determinate tomato cultivar trial was conducted at the University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC) located in Southern Illinois (Pope County) during the 2019 growing season. The objective of this trial was to compare performance of eight fresh market determinate tomato cultivars in a high tunnel production system.
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2016, Elizabeth Maynard, Brad Bergefurd
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2016, Elizabeth Maynard, Brad Bergefurd
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports
This is a compilation of 21 research trial reports from six land-grant universities in the midwestern United States. Crops include dry beans, cantaloupe, cucumber, pepper, pumpkin, sweet corn, summer squash, winter squash, strawberry, tomato, watermelon, and winter melon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoop houses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. Three reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of poly-coated urea to supply nitrogen to sweet corn, potassium fertilization for high tunnel tomatoes, and use of cereal rye cover crop in butternut squash.
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2016, Elizabeth Maynard, Brad Bergefurd
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2016, Elizabeth Maynard, Brad Bergefurd
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
This is a compilation of 21 research trial reports from six land-grant universities in the midwestern United States. Crops include dry beans, cantaloupe, cucumber, pepper, pumpkin, sweet corn, summer squash, winter squash, strawberry, tomato, watermelon, and winter melon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoop houses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. Three reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of poly-coated urea to supply nitrogen to sweet corn, potassium fertilization for high tunnel tomatoes, and use of cereal rye cover crop in butternut squash.
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard
Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports
This is a compilation of 30 research trial reports from seven land-grant universities in the midwestern and northeastern United States. Crops covered include Asian vegetables (Napa cabbage, pak choy or bok choi, mizuna, tatsoi, Yukina savoy, komatsuna, senposai, and Tokyo bekana) broccoli, cantaloupe, cucumber, kohlrabi, pepper, potato, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials compared different cultivars or varieties. Four reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of hairy vetch to supply nitrogen, biochar use in a high tunnel bag culture system, effects of organic soil amendments, and scion-rootstock …
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard
Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
This is a compilation of 30 research trial reports from seven land-grant universities in the midwestern and northeastern United States. Crops covered include Asian vegetables (Napa cabbage, pak choy or bok choi, mizuna, tatsoi, Yukina savoy, komatsuna, senposai, and Tokyo bekana) broccoli, cantaloupe, cucumber, kohlrabi, pepper, potato, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials compared different cultivars or varieties. Four reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of hairy vetch to supply nitrogen, biochar use in a high tunnel bag culture system, effects of organic soil amendments, and scion-rootstock …