Heat Tolerant Broccoli Project
This project aims to identify heat-tolerant broccoli cultivars for the Willamette Valley processed vegetable industry.
Processed Vegetable Production
Drip Irrigation Conversions
Slides from a presentation on how and why to use drip irrigation by Scott Lukas, of OSU's Hermiston Research and Extension Center. Presented January 29, 2020 at the Northwestern Vegetable & Berry Farmers Conference. Includes a case study on onions.
Bee Protection Protocol Update to SSGWO
Oregon State University Vegetable and Specialty Seed researcher Kristine Buckland gives a presentation on the Bee Protection Protocol at the Specialty Seed Growers of Western Oregon meeting January 21, 2020.
Cabbage Maggot Management
Learn about identifying and managing cabbage maggot, including using the degree-day model on the US Pest website.
Brassica Management: Blackleg and Light Leaf Spot
Lely Tine Weeder: Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1
Source
Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1: Tools for Non-Chemical Weed Management in Vegetable Cropping Systems [DVD]. A. Stone. 2006. Oregon State University Dept. of Horticulture. Corvallis, Oregon. Available at: http://www.weedemandreap.org (verified July 2010).
Featuring
Mark Wheeler, Pacific Botanicals. Grants Pass, OR.
Audio Text
Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Retractable Blade Cultivator
This is a Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1 video clip. Featuring Rob Heater, Stahlbush Island Farms. Corvallis, OR. Audio Text This is what we call an in-row cultivator. It’s built on to a Buffalo cultivator, which is made in the Midwest, I think back in Nebraska. It’s a high-residue, no-till cultivator. We happen to have had a bunch of these that we were using in our crops anyway and decided to make an attachment in here for killing weeds in widely spaced crops, like winter squash and different pumpkins.
Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Filled-Furrow Squash Cultivator
This is a Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1 video clip. Featuring Jeff Falen, Persephone Farm. Lebanon, OR. Audio Text
Providing organic nutrient management guidance to processed vegetable growers (2016)
The market for organic vegetables is increasing. As conventional farmers transition fields to organics to meet this demand, there is a need for better organic nutrient management guidance, especially for nitrogen (N). Organic N management is more challenging than conventional N management due to a higher level of uncertainty surrounding the N supplying capacity of an organically managed soil as well as the constraints of organic fertilizers (supply, application timing and placement, and uncertainty of release rate and amount). As a result, conventional nutrient management strategies may not be appropriate for organically managed systems. With organic N management there is often a higher risk of excessive nitrate-N loss and higher risk of not achieving economic yield targets.
Increasing liming efficiency on processed vegetable farms (2016)
Several new powdered limestone products that are more finely ground (smaller particle size distribution) than products historically used have become commercially available. A major factor influencing the effectiveness of a liming material is its particle size distribution, with smaller particles reacting more quickly. Because lime efficiency estimates for various particle size fractions were established in the 1950’s, there is a need to evaluate current guidelines to determine if they adequately predict liming efficiency for these new products. The objective of this study was to assess the reactivity of commercially available powdered lime products (both calcitic and dolomitic) and various particle size fractions over a year with the goal of evaluating current OSU lime guidelines.