Implement these organic prevention and control strategies to reduce pest populations in your vegetable crops.
Whether you a...
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Farmers need tools to help ensure that their growing seasons are profitable. "Climate and Crops", an iBook from the Alabama Cooperative Ext...
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Several species of caterpillars are common to leafy greens and brassica crops. Those include armyworms, diamondback moths, cabbage loopers, ...
Read More about Microbial Control of Caterpillars in Crucifer Crops
Whether you grow crucifer crops in the open field or a high tunnel, one insect pest that has become universally damaging on small organic fa...
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Spider mites are technically not insects, but they are pests when they are in high numbers under many farming conditions. For example, high...
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Canola/Rapeseed
Brassica napus: Canola/rapeseed is a winter annual. Producers should plant canola between September and early October when ...
Read More about Cover Crops: Other Options
There are several different management options for vegetables, like cantaloupe. One option is to use a roller/crimper and terminate the cove...
Read More about No-till Vegetable Cover Crops
Rollers are an option used by farmers to flatten and kill cover crops before planting a cash crop, alone or in conjunction with chemical ter...
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Properly managed cover crops protect the soil surface from water/wind erosion and remediate soil compaction. Growing plants feed the soil ec...
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Cover crops provide a natural soil pest and disease suppression. It can also serve as a mulch to cover and assist in weed suppression.
W...
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Producers have been planting legumes in crop rotations to improve soil fertility for many decades, especially in the southeastern United Sta...
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Grape mineral nutrition plays a critical role in the vineyard management, as it contributes to balanced vegetative growth and yield producti...
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