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Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:16
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Pest Alerts
Preventing Deer Damage
Eggplant: Leafhoppers, Flea Beetles
Verticilium and Fusarium Wilt
Tomato Hornworm
MA Tomato Contest August 20
Sweet Corn Report: Corn Earworm Alert!
Organic Control of Corn Earworm
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:15
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Late Blight Update
Cucurbit Downy Mildew is in Southern New England
General Cucurbit Update
Pest and Crop Alerts
Precautions for Harvesting Onions in Hot Conditions
Late Summer Cover Crops
Upcoming Meetings
Sweet Corn Report

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:14
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Late Blight Update
Biological Disease Control
Peppers: Watch for ECB, Aphids and Pepper Maggot
Storage Diseases of Onion and Garlic
Virus and Aphids in Vine Crops
UMass Sustainable Vegetable Production Course
Sweet Corn Report

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:13
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Pest Alerts
Potato & Tomato Late and Early Blight Update
Cucurbit Update
Melon Aphid Likes Hot Dry Weather
Watch for Spider Mites in Eggplant
Tomato Pollination and Excessive Heat
Stress in Vegetables
Watch for Potato Flea Beetle in Eggplant
Sap Beetles
Sweet Corn Report
New Look-Alike in ECB Traps
Mass. Tomato Contest to be held August 20

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:12
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Late Blight Update
Pest Alerts
Quality Broccoli in Summer Heat
Preventing Bird Damage to Sweet Corn
Tarnished Plant Bug
Garlic Bloat Nematode
Sweet Corn Report
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:11
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Late Blight Alert
Pest Alerts
Spotted Wing Drosophila Alert & Strategies
Bacterial Leaf Spot Management for Pepper
Peppers: Watch for Pepper Maggot Fly
It’s Time for Garlic Harvest
Copper Fungicides for Organic Farms
Sweet Corn Report
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:10
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Pest Alerts
Late Blight and Early Blight Updates
Cover Crops for Early Summer
Watch for Squash Vine Borer
Symptoms of Common Cucurbit Diseases
Sweet Corn Report

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:9
In This Issue:

Crop conditions
Pest Alerts
Late Blight Update
Scouting for Cucurbit and other Diseases
Heat and Calcium Deficiencies: Internal Tipburn of Cabbage and Lettuce
Carrot Variety and Storage Trials
Sweet Corn report
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:8
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Downy Mildew in Brassicas
Basil Downy Mildew
Caterpillars in Brassica Crops
Post-emergence Control of Yellow Nutsedge
Brassica Biofumigation
Sweet Corn Report
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:7
In This Issue:

Crop conditions
High-Tunnel season extension program, Monday June 11
Pest alerts
Pre-sdiedress nitrate test: now is the time for sampling
Potatoes: hilling, tuber initiation and managing common scab
Cucurbit fungicides: strategies for 2012
Armyworm alert for small grains, sweet corn, cover crops and turf
Watch for potato leafhopper in potato, eggplant, beans
Using tomato and potato disease forecasts for early blight and Septoria leaf spot
Late blight: keep scouting, use protectants
Sweet corn report

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:6
In This Issue:

Crop conditions
Pest alerts
Late blight alert
Potato leaf hopper
Managing Colorado potato beetle
Striped cucumber beetle in vine crops
Submitting disease samples
Asparagus weed management
Sweet corn report
Upcoming meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:5
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Pest Forecasts
Getting Tunnel Temperature Right for Tomatoes
Preventing Phytophthora Checklist for cucurbit and pepper fields
Updates on Useful Tools in the Vegetable Management Guide
Looking for Growers Interested in Deep Zone Tillage
Spinach Leaf Miner
Managing Key Beetles
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:4
In This Issue:

Biocontrol for Mexican Bean
Beetle
Asparagus Beetle
Sources of Nitrogen
Food Safety Modernization Act
Flea Beetle Management
Community Granary Resources
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:3
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Fungicide Update 2012
Cultural Practices for Stopping Bulb Rot in Onion
Using NEWA Weather Monitoring Resources
Biological control of ECB with Trichogramma ostriniae
2012-2013 New England Vegetable Management Guide

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:2
In This Issue:

Announcements
Weed Control Update
Grafting Tomatoes
MDAR Grant Programs For Growers
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2012 Vol. 23:1
In This Issue:

2012-2013 New England Vegetable Management Guide now Available!
Crop Health Update in Winter Greens
Vegetable Notes Survey Results
Farm Energy Resources
Upcoming Meetings

Vegetable Notes 2011 Vol. 22:23
In This Issue:

Upcoming Meetings
NEVBGA Scholarships
GAP Training Registration Form

Vegetable Notes 2011 Vol. 22:22
In This Issue:

Register for the NEVB&F Conference!
Upcoming Meetings
Disaster Assistance Loan Fund
New England Greenhouse Update

Vegetable Notes 2011 Vol. 22:21
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Fruit Rots of Pumpkins
Alert! - Spotted Wing Drosophila
Cercospora Leaf Spot
New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference
Upcoming Meetings
Brookfield Farm Twilight Meeting Oct. 13

Vegetable Notes 2011 Vol. 22:20
In This Issue:

Crop Conditions
Potato Harvest & Storage
Harvest & Storage of Sweet Potatoes
Brassica Late Season Diseases
Storage Diseases of Onion & Garlic
Upcoming Meetings

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