Category: Weekly Field Updates
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Weekly Field Update – 4/22/24
Our Spring meeting season is winding down, but keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab periodically, so you don’t miss anything. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast below. Don’t forget to look at our Resources tab for links to crop handbooks, helpful websites, and related blogs. Be sure…
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Deep Dive into Irrigation and Fertilizers
On the 15th of each month, a new podcast episode will drop that takes a deep dive into a timely topic. This month, Zack Snipes sat down with Gilbert Miller, Watermelon Extension Specialist, to discuss the ins and outs of irrigating and fertilizing vegetable crops. You don’t want to miss this episode. Find it under…
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Weekly Field Update – 4/15/24
Our Spring meeting season is winding down, but keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab periodically, so you don’t miss anything. Check out Extension Vegetable Pathologist Tony Keinath’s latest article in Growing Produce: Choose Cover Crops that Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange…
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Weekly Field Update – 4/8/24
Our Spring meeting season is winding down, but keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab periodically, so you don’t miss anything. Check out Extension Vegetable Pathologist Tony Keinath’s latest article in Growing Produce: Choose Cover Crops that Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange…
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Weekly Field Update – 4/1/24
Our Spring meeting season is starting to wind down, but keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab periodically, so you don’t miss anything. Coming up this week is the Upstate Vegetable Production Meeting in Spartanburg. The EPA recently published an updated list of chlorpyrifos products allowed for use on food crops. See that list…
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Weekly Field Update – 3/25/24
We have lots of meetings coming up over the next few months, so be sure to keep a close eye on the Upcoming Events tab so you don’t miss anything. Coming up this week is the Pea and Butterbean meeting in Manning. Our recent Question of the Week post about the latrine from the War…
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Weekly Field Update – 3/18/24
We have lots of meetings coming up over the next few months, so be sure to keep a close eye on the Upcoming Events tab so you don’t miss anything. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast below. Don’t forget to look at our Resources tab for links to crop…
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Deep Dive into Sclerotinia White Mold!
On the 15th of each month we will be sharing a new podcast episode that will dive into a timely topic. This month Justin Ballew sat down with Dr. Anthony Keinath, Professor of Plant Pathology Research and Extension Vegetable Pathologist, to discuss Sclerotinia White Mold. Tune in to learn about this fungal disease and the…
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Weekly Field Update – 3/11/24
We have lots of meetings coming up over the next few months, so be sure to keep a close eye on the Upcoming Events tab so you don’t miss anything. Coming up this week we have the Upstate Apple Meeting in Walhalla and the Midlands Strawberry Meeting in Saluda. Also, check out the latest episode…
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NOAA Frost/Freeze Program 2024 Resumes
The National Weather Service out of Columbia has resumed the frost/freeze program for 2024. The program resumed on Wednesday, March 6. With many of our fruiting crops, in the midlands area, well into bloom stages we will keep a close eye on weather events where temperatures dip below freezing while we are in vulnerable developmental…
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