Category: Weekly Field Updates
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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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Weekly Field Update – 3/4/24
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 a Water Management Class in Blackville and a Blueberry Maintenance and Fertility Field Day in Gable. Also, check out…
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Weekly Field Update – 2/26/24
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 Pee Dee Vegetable Production Meeting in Florence. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange…
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Damping-Off on Direct-Seeded and Transplanted Vegetable Crops
From Clemson Plant Pathologist Tony Keinath “Damping-off” refers to root and stem rot on young seedlings of direct-seeded crops. “Stem and root rot” is used to describe the same disease on transplanted crops. I will use the term “seedling disease” when information below applies to both types of crops. In South Carolina, the water mold…
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Weekly Field Update – 2/19/24
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 Strawberry Meeting in Gaffney, and a Cucurbit Production Meeting in Blackville. Also, check out the latest episode…
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Weekly Field Update – 2/12/24
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 an Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Workshop in Charleston. Also, check out last week’s episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast…
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Weekly Field Update – 2/5/24
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 a Tractor Driving Contest, Farm Safety, and Soil Health Workshop in Charleston, the Midlands Spring Vegetable Meeting in Pelion,…
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Weekly Field Update – 1/29/24
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. As you prepare for the 2024 season, take a look at this article from agribusiness agent Kevin Burkett about being mindful of overhead expenses. Don’t…
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Weekly Field Update – 1/22/24
Happy 2024! We’re back and ready for another great year of growing fruit and veggies! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. 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.…
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