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January 2009: [Link to pdf]

In This Issue:

1. Note from the Substituting Editor of the Vegetable and Small Fruit Gazette
2. Five Essential Steps For Marketing Your Business
3. Customer Service Defined
4. Organic Matter Application - Can you apply too much
5. Irrigating or Pumping Water?
6. Back to Basics - Crop Rotation
7. Schedule for Articles
8. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Marketing in Tough Times
4. Day-Neutral Strawberry Varieties - Research Results
5. Plants Under Stress - What do I do?
6. Chateau for Highbush Blueberries
7. Farm Food Safety Workshop
8. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Effectively Managing Powdery Mildew in Cucurbit Crops including Research Results from 2008
4. Vegetable Transplants
5. Keeping Fresh Produce Safe Using Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
6. Fertigation of Potatoes in Pennsylvania
7. GAP - A Reality Check
8. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Key Steps to Avoiding Bacterial Leaf Spot in Peppers
4. Keeping Fresh Produce Safe Using Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
5. New Publication: Using Organic Nutrient Sources
6. Does Applying Chemicals Containing Plant Nutrients for Disease Management Increase Raspberry Leaf Nutrient Levels?
7. New Interactive Online IPM Training Tool
8. Summary and Recommendations for the Use of Mulch Color in Vegetable Production
9. Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network Addresses Extension Needs of Women Farmers
10. What was Learned in 2008 about Managing Phytophthora Blight in Cucurbit Crops in PA and NY
11. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. New Sweet Corn Herbicides Require Careful Planning
3. That’s a Berry Good Question!!!
4. IPM in Sweet Corn: What Pennsylvania Growers are Doing
5. 3rd National Conference on Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education
6. On the Move with Drip Irrigation
7. Causes of Misshapen Strawberries
8. Growing Tips for Giant Pumpkin Production
9. Crop Rotation for Organic Farms Planning Manual Now Available for Pre-Sale
10. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Early Spring Cover Crops Fill a Niche for Soil Building
3. Lettuce Production Systems in High Tunnels
4. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Got Sweet Corn Worms?
4. Roll-out Plastic Tanks for Sub-irrigation, Non-circulating Hydroponic Systems
5. Dealing with High Soluble Salt Levels in High Tunnels
6. Alert to Potato and Tomato Growers
7. PestWatch 2009
8. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Onion Thrips
4. 2009 Cool and Wet: How has it affected the Vegetable Crops in PA
5. A Study of Alternative Controls for Gray Mold on Raspberries
6. Blueberry IPM Training at Perry Acres, Berks County, PA
7. 10 Commandments of Customer Service
8. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Promote Safe Food Preservation Practices
4. Tomatoes Infected with Late Blight – Are They Safe to Can or Eat Fresh?
5. Reminder – Blueberry IPM Workshop
6. Learn the Latest on Berry Growing
7. Late Season Strawberry Care – Including Foliar Disease Management
8. New Invasive Pest Threatens Corn Growers in Pennsylvania
9. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Quote for Thought from Pete Ferretti
3. Cyclamen Mites on Peppers
4. Leeks, Teens, and Farmer Wannabes
5. Tomato Late Blight: Fall Clean-Up
6. Mulching Strawberries for Winter Protection
7. Value-Added Produce Grants Notice
8. Guanajuato: A Major Vegetable and Strawberry Growing State
9. Cucurbit Growers – We Need Your Help
10. Diagnosis, Visual Assessment and Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of Vegetables and Small Fruit in the Northeast
11. Upcoming Meetings

1. Schedule for Articles
2. Green Bush Bean Cultivar Trial
3. Here’s the Buzz on Getting Started with a Fascinating Hobby
4. Prevent Tomato Late Blight Next Growing Season
5. 24th Annual Tomato Disease Workshop
6. Comments on Cornell’s Berry Webinar Series
7. That’s a Berry Good Question!!!
8. Anthracnose Crown Rot in Strawberries
9. Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations Guide for PA Now On-Line
10. New Guides for Organic Growers Available
11. Upcoming Meetings

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    December 2009: [Link to pdf]

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    For more information contact:

    Elsa Sánchez, Associate Professor of Horticultural Systems
    202 Tyson Building
    University Park, PA 16802

    Ph: 814-863-2433
    Email: esanchez@psu.edu