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Vegetable Abiotic Disorders
There are many things that look like a disease, or insect damage, but they are not! What are they called? These are "abiotic" disorders, and they get their name from b...
Ugh bugs! Organic Cucumber Beetle Management
Ugh Bugs! Organic cucumber beetle management is an annual ordeal for both conventional and organic growers, but there are more limited options for sprays on organic vi...
Organic Certification 101
Ope! Starting a farm or transitioning a farm to certified organic is tough! New crops, new pests, new markets, and new paperwork. Jake Overgaard, certification special...
Onion Stemphylium
$temphylium Onion Blight can cost onion growers $ in so many ways. Hear about ways to get a handle on the SOB as Dennis Van Dyk chats with Christy Hoepting about Stemp...
Strawberries for Vegetable Growers
Interested in growing strawberries in a vegetable rotation with the same tools and equipment you would use for vegetables? Can't get the lingo straight? This episode i...
Catch my (herbicide) drift? Veggies in the era of expanded dicamba
Dicamba, 2,4-D, and bears, oh-my! Matt Kleinhenz talked with Doug Doohan about herbicide drift in vegetables, especially as we farm in the volatile world of dicamba-re...
Tips for summer lettuce production
Katie King interviewed Ajay Nair, from Iowa State University, and Emily Fagan, from Humble Hands Harvest, about summer lettuce production. Seeds or transplants? Timing...
Microbial inoculants: when are they worth using?
Natalie Hoidal interviewed Lori Hoagland, from Purdue University, about microbial stimulants, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. This was a topic we touched on in t...
Pre-season Pumpkin Tips
Ben Werling interviewed Brad Bergefurd, from Ohio State University, and Nathan Johanning, from University of Illinois, about pre-season pumpkin tips. Both Brad and Nat...
Water for Urban Farms
"Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink". It can be hard to get reliable and affordable water for urban vegetable farms even when there is water infrastructure...
Potato Seed from Spud to Bud
Dennis Van Dyk interviewed Steve Johnson, from the University of Maine, about potato seed piece handling from spud to bud. How do seed age, size, and storage condition...
Alternatives to Plastic Mulch
Natalie Hoidal will be interviewing Steve Poppe and Nate Dalman of the University of Minnesota. Is plastic mulch a key part of your farm that you wish you could ditch?...
From Cradle to Crate: Bacterial Diseases of Tomato
Ben Werling interviewed Cheryl Trueman, who works with Ontario tomato growers at the University of Guelph. Flex your epidemiology muscles-on a non-Covid subject-as we ...
Go Plant Activators!
Ben Phillips interviewed Steve Bogash, of Marrone Bio Innovations, and Dan Egel, vegetable pathologist at Purdue. They discussed a special group of fungicides that wor...
Spring Sprayer Startup at Center Ice
Ben Werling interviewed Jason Deveau (@spray_guy), from the Ontario Ministry of Farms and Rural Affairs, about ways to avoid frustration when starting up your sprayer ...
Seeds in the Hot Seat
This week Katie King interviewed Mohammad Babadoost, from the University of Illinois, and Fracensca Rotondo, from The Ohio State University, about seed treatments for ...
Springtime in the Hoophouse
Matt Kleinhenz interviewed Jud Reid about spring time transitional hoophouse production decisions. Both Matt and Jud have a ton of experience with this, and tackled lo...
Organic Media Mixes and Fixes
This week Ben Phillips interviewed Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan, and Lori Hoagland about their work on organic transplant media for starting vegetable seeds. Here are a f...
Lessons learned from Covid: Preparing for the 2021 Growing Season
Natalie Hoidal rejoined Annalisa Hultberg, from the University of Minnesota, and Amanda Byler, from Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, to catch up on COVID-related lesso...
Rekindling the Flame
New episodes March 3!glveg.net/listen