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New Hampshire Vegetable, Berry and Tree Fruit Newsletter

seed packetsThis newsletter is a cooperative effort of specialists and educators of UNH Cooperative Extension. It’s purpose is to keep you updated on issues and research related to growing vegetable & fruit crops in NH. The newsletter is published monthly from January through the end of summer, with a brief hiatus in the fall.

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  • January 2012
    • Wind Prediction Tools: Change Tunnel Plastic when it's calm
    • High Tunnel Tomato Growers' Farmer to Farmer Session
    • New Feature: Research Briefs
    • 2012-2013 New England Vegetable Management Guide Now Available
    • Webinars on Cold-Climate Viticulture and Enology
    • Upcoming Meetings & Events
  • April 2012
    • Getting Ready for Spotted Wing Drosophila
    • New High Tunnel Soil Test
    • Frost Protection for Berries
    • Research Briefs: High Tunnel Raspberries
    • Upcoming Meetings & Events
  • January 2011
    • Winter Harvest & Sales Survey
    • Pruning Blueberries
    • Greenhouse Cucumber Variety Trial
  • April 2011
    • NH Grower Listserv
    • Bloat Nematode: Garlic (and Onion) Pest
    • Blueberry Mummyberry and Fertilization
    • New Items on Our Website
  • May 2011
    • Late Blight Update
    • Berries in Tunnels
    • Blossom End Rot
    • Report Bird Damage to Corn Seedlings
  • June 2011
    • NH Alert: Garlic Bloat Nematode
    • Striped Cucumber Beetles
    • Update on use of Chilean Nitrate for ORganic Growers
    • A Quick Note on Cabbage Maggot
    • Pesticide Use in High Tunnels

2010 Newsletters

  • New NRCS High Tunnel Funding Opportunity
  • Small Fruit Webinars - Archived
  • Farm Promotion Options
  • Late Blight Bulletin Available
  • Pumpkin Pollinators
  • Too Cold for Fruit Buds?
  • The FDA Seeks Comments on Food Safety Legislation
  • Seedcorn Maggots
  • An Early Spring
  • Late Blight Around, But Not Here.
  • Cabbage and Onion Maggots
  • New Organic Production Guides Available
  • Pest and Disease Update
  • Some Summer Disorders
  • Hopperburn
  • Pesticides in Backpack Sprayers & Small Plantings

2009 Newsletters

  • New Fruit Blog - Bill Lord
  • 2008 UNH Vegetable Research Mini-Update
  • Marketing in Tough Times
  • Review of Strawberry Fertilization
  • Organic Strawberry Production Fact Sheet Available
  • NRCS Assistance for NH Growers
  • Biodegradable Mulch: Is It for You?
  • Wireworms
  • Managing Powdery Mildew on Cucurbits
  • Expect and Prepare for Downy Mildew in Basil
  • Tissue Testing for Fruit Crops
  • Late Blight Alert
  • Blueberry Maggot
  • Pesticide Disposal Program
  • What to do with a Field Infected with Late Blight
  • Pesticide Disposal Program - Update
  • SARE Farmer & Partnership Grants

2008 Newsletters

  • Winter Chores in the Orchard
  • Plan Ahead for Small Fruit Planting
  • SARE Grower Grant Report: Sweetpotatoes and Nitrogen Needs
  • Kocide No Longer OMRI Listed
  • Sweetpotato Research Update
  • New England Farm Workers' Council
  • NH IPM Newsletter Available
  • Fruit Growers Resources
  • Flea Beetles in Brassica
  • Blueberries: Mummyberry and Fertilization
  • Success with Cantaloupes
  • Correction to Small Fruit Guide
  • Agricultural Water Use Reporting in NH
  • Buckwheat Cover Crop Handbook
  • Of Pomes and Drupes - Simmering Summer Stuff
  • Winter Sprouting Broccoli: A Crop to Consider?

2007 Newsletters

  • Apple Pruning Time?
  • Research Report: Sweetpotato Variety Trial
  • NH Water Use Reporting
  • Research Report: Colored Pepper Variety Trial
  • Indar Section 3 Label for Blueberries
  • Of Pomes and Stones: Late Winter Thoughts
  • Perimeter Trap Cropping for Pepper Maggot
  • Grower Resources - Tree Fruit, Veggies, Greenhouses...
  • SARE Supports Farmers-driven Research on NH Farms
  • Services to Support Seasonal or Temporary Farm Workers or their Children
  • OP Insecticides Update - EPA final Decision on Phosmet, AZM
  • Sweet Corn European Corn Borer - Fall Armyworm Reduced-risk Insecticide Trials
  • Of Pomes and Stones: Blooming Ideas
  • Keeping Birds at Bay
  • Organic Bait Options for Slug & Snail Control
  • Fire Blight in Apples
  • European Corn Borers in Pepper
  • Tissue Testing Time for Fruit Crops
  • Plectosporium and Other Curcubit Problems

2006 Newsletters

  • Brief Bits: Subscriptions, Seed Ordering, Section 18 Update & Trade Associations
  • New Publications
  • Results of Hort Farm Research Trials
  • NH Section 18 Label for Indar on Blueberry
  • University of Maine Fruit and Vegetable Variety Trials
  • Temperatures for Optimum Growth of Transplants
  • Herbicide Update from 2006-7 NE Vegetable Guide
  • Perimeter Trap Crops for Vegetables
  • Critical Spring Temperatures for Tree Fruits
  • Using Bees for Pollination of Small Fruit Crops
  • The NH IPM Newsletter and Fruit Pest Hot line
  • Organic Resource Guide Now Available
  • Other Newsletters & Resources for Veg and Fruit Growers
  • Raspberry Winter Injury
  • Fungicide Updates from 2006-7 NE Vegetable Guide
  • Of Pomes & Stones - Summer Pruning, August Thoughts & Those Wonderful Peaches!
  • Sweet Corn IPM
  • Pepper Maggot in NH
  • Tissue Testing
  • Cucurbit Update - Plectosporium Blight
  • Fall Cover Crops
  • Fall Checklist for Brambles & Blueberries
  • Indar Reporting
  • Tomato Grafting
  • Got Weeds?

2005 Newsletters

  • Mummyberry Update: Indar
  • Biocontrol of Sclerotinia Drop White Mold
  • On the Horizon - Disease Update
  • Row Covers to Control Spring Insects
  • Managing Fire Blight
  • Strawberry Diseases
  • Seed Corn Maggot
  • Blueberry Disease Update - Mummyberry, Phomopsis and Fusicoccum Cankers
  • Cucurbit Disease Update - Plectosporium Blight, Powdery Mildew Scouting
  • Strawberry - Predicting Maturity
  • Foliar Tissue Testing vs. Soil Testing
  • Asian Soybean Rust - What to Look For
  • Tissue Testing - Why, When & How
  • Vegetable Insect Pest Update
  • Blueberry Crop Update
  • Summer Vegetable Diseases
  • Preharvest Drop Control in Apples using ReTain
  • Strawberry Plasticulture with Fall Plugs
  • UNH Veggie Varieties - Brent Loy's Latest
  • Vole Control
  • Harvesting and Storing Fall Crops
  • New References Available


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