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We're reaching the summer tipping point where most people have planted their last successions of major crops like broccoli, carrots, beets, etc., and growers are shifting into a slightly different workload that's more focused on harvest...
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Melons are one of the trickiest plants to grow, because the guidelines around harvest are confusing and often contradictory. I often hear growers express frustration because their melons seem ripe but don’t have much flavor, or because...
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Flowers infected with aster yellows
Aster yellows is a fairly common disease that can cause strange symptoms in a wide variety of plants. It can infect over 300 kinds of plants in 48 families, including a wide variety of vegetables,...
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Map of woodlands of Minnesota, courtesy of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
The St. Louis Moraines and Tamarack Lowlands (region 4 in the map shown here) covers parts of Itasca, Aitkin, Carlton, St. Louis, Crow Wing, and Cass...
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The weather has finally eased up a little bit, we hope this update finds you happily harvesting. Read on for information on some issues growers are finding this week.
Crop updates
Solanaceous crops are all being harvested, and some...
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Although Japanese beetle (JB) adults continue to be active throughout August to early September, we shared good news last week that beetle numbers on most host plants/crops are beginning to decline. The gradual reduction in adult...
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Pale swallow-wort forms small buds before flowering.
Be on the lookout for pale swallow-wort, one of the newer noxious weeds in Minnesota.
A vining herbaceous plant originally from Russia and Ukraine, pale swallow-wort has smooth, green...
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Hot weather can cause tomato flowers to wither and become brittle, falling off the plant easily.
It has been a hot few weeks in Minnesota, and people are reporting disappointing yields in their vegetable gardens. Bushy cucumber plants...
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At this point in the season most growers are juggling a bit of everything: planting, weeding, harvesting, and dealing with mid-season issues like increasing insect and disease pressure. It’s also a key time where your management practices...
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As of this week, and with the record number of days over 90F this summer, the Japanese beetle (JB) is rapidly approaching the end of its annual emergence curve. As of Monday, July 30th, we will be between 75-90% emergence for southern...