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Pest update for vegetable and fruit growers: SWD and western bean cutworm are being captured in southern NH. Learn More
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The 2023-2024 New England Vegetable Management Guide is now available – both online AND in hard copy. Learn More

Resources

Resource Category Topic Type
2023 New Hampshire Fruit and Vegetable Crop Loss Survey Report
The 2023 production season was extremely challenging for farmers throughout the northeast. Widespread freeze events in February and May caused the gre...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops, tree fruit crops & orchards, vegetable crops, Agriculture & Gardens Research Report
Strawberry Production Guide For the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada: 2nd Edition
This guide is intended as a comprehensive resource for both novice and experienced strawberry growers in northeastern North America. It provides infor...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops, Agriculture & Gardens Guide
What the Grower Should Expect in Colonies Rented for Pollination
The following guide is to be used when considering employing pollination services on your farm. Growers and beekeepers will need to tailor the specifi...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops
Growing fruits: Day-neutral strawberries in New Hampshire: Variety selection & production tips
Unlike traditional June-bearing strawberries, day-neutral varieties are less affected by daylength and initiate flowers as long as temperatures remain...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Guide
Kiwberries in New England: A Guide for Producers
An online guide for producers by Iago Hale and his UNH lab group, published in 2019, providing enterprise analysis, vineyard establishment, planting m...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Guide
Bird damage prevention for Northern New England Fruit Growers [fact sheet]
Birds can become especially serious pests in blueberries and strawberries, but they also cause injury in other small fruit and tree fruit. There are m...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Low Tunnel Strawberry Production Guide
This 25-page guide provides an introduction to low tunnel systems, and shares construction and management tips for low tunnel strawberry production, b...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Guide
NH Vegetable & Fruit Growers' Discussion Listserv
Listservs are a way to exchange information quickly with other growers. We have set up such a list to promote discussion about all issues and topics r...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops, vegetable crops
Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) – a major pest of fruit crops
Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberry & blackberry), str...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops
Monitoring Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) with Traps
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) attacks ripening and ripe raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, cranberries, late cherries, fall strawberries,...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops
Growing Fruits: Wild Lowbush Blueberries [fact sheet]
Wild lowbush blueberries have always called New Hampshire home. These small, flavor and antioxidant-packed fruits are common in abandoned fields, in s...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Research Report: Seedless table grape variety and training system evaluation, 2019
Several hardy seedless grape cultivars have been released within the last few decades. We have recently planted a research vineyard at the Agricultura...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Research Report
Research Report: Low input weed management of wild blueberries, 2014 to 2016
Effective weed management in wild blueberry can be challenging for the organic and low-input grower. Semi-annual burning and mowing will control woody...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Research Report
2019-20 New England Small Fruit Management Guide
Extension specialists throughout the region collaboratively publish this guide, to provide information on pest and cultural management of small fruit ...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Guide
Raspberry Cane Maggot [fact sheet]
Pegomya rubivora (Coquillett) <br /> <br /> Sometimes I get reports of “raspberry cane borer” injury in early June. It doesn’t seem right, because r...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Using Traps to Monitor Blueberry Fruit Fly in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
Blueberry fruit fly, Rhagoletis mendax  Curran is a native insect that looks almost identical to apple maggot, except that it attacks blueberries, not...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Growing Fruits: Raspberries and Other Bramble Crops [fact sheet]
Raspberries can be an enjoyable crop for the conscientious gardener. A well-maintained raspberry bed can provide fruit for 10 to 20 years. Red raspber...
Agriculture & Gardens Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Growing Fruit: Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for New Hampshire [fact sheet]
The printable version of this resource available for download  was developed to help New Hampshire growers select among the many raspberry and blackbe...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Blueberry Varieties for New Hampshire [fact sheet]
The printable version of &#039;Blueberry Varieties for New Hampshire&#039; available for download contains a list that was developed to help New Hamps...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden Berry Crops Fact Sheet