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Jicama, Gaelynn Peterson, Shannon Cromwell Aug 2017

Jicama, Gaelynn Peterson, Shannon Cromwell

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This fact sheet describes Jicama, a crispy, sweet, mild, bulbous root vegetable. It includes a description, nutrition highlights, availability, eating, selecting, cleaning and preparing, storing, and some recipes.


Caraway In The Garden, Kristiane Pedersen, Dan Drost May 2017

Caraway In The Garden, Kristiane Pedersen, Dan Drost

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this fact sheet sheet describes caraway, a biennial plant closely related to carrot and parsley. It includes varieties, how to grow problems. and harvest and storage.


Suggested Vegetable Planting Dates For The Wasatch Front, Shawn Olsen Apr 2017

Suggested Vegetable Planting Dates For The Wasatch Front, Shawn Olsen

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This fact sheet provides suggested vegetable planting dates for an average year along the Wasatch Front.


Effect Of Organic And Inorganic Fertilizers On Soil Properties And The Growth, Yield And Quality Of Tomato In Mymensingh, Bangladesh, M. Ashraful Islam, Sumiya Islam, Ayasha Akter, Md Habibur Rahman, Dilip Nandwani Mar 2017

Effect Of Organic And Inorganic Fertilizers On Soil Properties And The Growth, Yield And Quality Of Tomato In Mymensingh, Bangladesh, M. Ashraful Islam, Sumiya Islam, Ayasha Akter, Md Habibur Rahman, Dilip Nandwani

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Field trials were conducted on tomato for yield and quality of fruits using different types of organic and inorganic fertilizers at the horticulture farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. Fertilizer treatments were tested on two varieties of tomato ca. Roma VF and BARI 15. The fertilization treatments were T1, vermicompost (12 t/ha); T2, compost (10 t/ha); T3, integrated plant nutrient system (IPNS) or mixed fertilizers (organic 2/3 part and inorganic 1/3 part); T4, inorganic fertilizers; and a control (T5). Results showed growth and yield (20.8 t/ha) in tomato were higher in the IPNS treatment. A higher number of fruits …


Using Shade For Fruit And Vegetable Production, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Brent Black, Sam Day Feb 2017

Using Shade For Fruit And Vegetable Production, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Brent Black, Sam Day

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This fact sheet stresses the value of protecting plants from too much sunlight radiation, and includes sunburn management, shade and the plant environment, timing shade application, shade cloth options and orientation, and cost.


Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2016, Elizabeth Maynard, Brad Bergefurd Jan 2017

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 Jan 2017

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.