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From The Ground Up

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Our winter / spring vegetable series focused on helping you anticipate and prepare for the growing season’s potential problems continues. Let’s talk tomatoes! Two important tomato management strategies to prepare for before the season...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Sandea injury symptoms on a pumpkin leaf. University of Kentucky.     A good question came in last week about if and how the herbicide Sandea can injure pumpkins. I consulted with Dr. Sushila Chaudhari at Michigan State University, as...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   We all know the varieties we select are one of the most important factors in how the farm season ahead will go.  When flipping through seed catalogs, we are bombarded with acronyms for resistances and lots of big claims.  Below are some...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   We’re starting a new series this spring: a biweekly crop by crop overview to help growers choose varieties, navigate different growing methods, and anticipate insects and diseases. Last year some of you said that while the summer vegetable...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Pruning 1-year old grapevines at Rustic Roots Winery in Scandia, MN   Prune your grapevines between January and early April, while they are dormant and ideally before temperatures regularly exceed 35 degrees F. Hundreds of pruning...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Over my two seasons as a vegetable crops educator in Minnesota, I've been surprised by the number of questions and photos I get about disorders that are related to irrigation issues. Have you ever experienced hollow heart in potatoes,...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Photo: UMN Extension     Join Extension's Farm Business Management and Horticulture teams for a webinar series covering farm financial management basics for diversified specialty crop farms. In this three-part series we will go over their...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   See a new bug in the garden and it looks like it's laying eggs? Don't panic. This is the larva (and eggs) of the ladybug, a garden ally, and should be left to fend off aphids.   Did you make a new year's resolution this month? Extension...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Indiangrass is one of many native grasses pictured in the new free ebook.   Gardening with Native Grasses in Cold Climates is now available through the University of Minnesota’s Press Books. With help and guidance from University of...
When asked to think of industries that utilize technology in unique ways, few people may immediately think of agriculture. But technology has left a significant footprint in every industry, and the agricultural sector is no exception. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture notes that modern...

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