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Extension Resources - Horticulture - Vegetables
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Cropping Practices
- NEW!! Vermicompost Beneficial for Organically Grown Tomatoes (Science Daily)
- NEW!! Tomato Grafting for Disease Resistance and Increased Productivity (SARE)
- Blossoming cabbage fields help beneficial insects (FiBL)
- Cover Crops on the Intensive Market Farm (Centre for Integrated Agricultural Systems)
- Companion Planting: Basic Concept and Resources (ATTRA)
- DIG: Diversity in Gardens (Sharon Rempel)
- Field vegetable production: Using cover crops for weed management (AAFC)
- Flowering plant strips as potential host plants for natural enemies (PDF, 8.7MB)
- Green in the winter brings white flowers in the summer (FiBL)
- Minor use label expansion granted for Milstop Foliar Fungicide for control of powdery mildew on field peppers
- Organic Production of Horticultural Crops (Saskatchewan)
- Perennial green manures - Gary Clausheide and Sweet Clover Farm of Valleyfield, PEI
- Plant Disease Management in Organic Systems (eXtension)
- Production of Novel High Quality Horticultural Growing Media (OACC)
- Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management (Cornell)
- SERENDADE MAX Biofungicide Granted 1st Canadian Registration for a Range of Crops, Crop groups and Diseases
- Sustainable Organic Vegetable Systems: Evaluating Green Manure and Biowaste Composts (OACC)
- Sustainable Production Factsheets (Pest Management Centre)
- Sustainable Production of Fresh-Market Tomatoes and Other Vegetables With Cover Crop Mulches (USDA)
- Trap Crops and Banker Plants - Thinking outside the pest management tool box (OMAFRA)
- The Ubiquitous Use of Plastic Mulch in Organic Systems (OACC)
- Use of forestry residuals in high value and organic horticultural crop production (OACC)
- Video Clips about Organic Farming (eOrganic)
Greenhouse and High Tunnel Production
- NEW!! Organic Greenhouse Tomatoes Pick of the Crop (OACC)
- Determination of nutrient availability of organic fertilizers for potential use on greenhouse crop: Part 1
- Determination of nutrient availability of organic fertilizers for potential use on greenhouse crop: Part 2
- Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Production in High Tunnels - Tri-state Organic Video Series (Purdue)
- High Tunnels for Season Extension Webinars (Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group)
- Hoophouses and High Tunnels - Tri-state Organic Video Series (Purdue)
- Liquid fertilizer needed to sustain organic tomato production (OACC)
- Organic Potting Soil Considerations (OACC)
- Sanitation Recommendations for Management of Insect and Mite Pests of Greenhouse Vegetables (OMAFRA)
Marketing
- National Fruit and Vegetable Organic Summary (USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service)
- Available free every Tuesday, the new report provides an easy-to-use summary of the market data, including wholesale and shipping point prices and movement data
Production Guides
- NEW!! Basics of Organic Seed Production (Organic Seed Alliance & eXtension)
- Asparagus production (ATTRA)
- Cornell University's Organic Vegetable Production Guides
- Beans (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Carrots (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Cole Crops (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Curcurbits (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Lettuce (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Peas (PDF, 775 kb)
- Potatoes (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Spinach (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- DIG: Diversity in Gardens (Sharon Rempel)
- Garlic production (ATTRA)
- Guidance manual for organic collection of wild plants (PDF, 1.12 MB)
- Herb Profiles (OMAFRA)
- Herb production in organic systems (ATTRA)(PDF, 942 kb)
- Hops: Organic Production (ATTRA)
- Organic Pumpkin and Winter Squash Production (ATTRA)
- Potatoes: Organic Production and Marketing (ATTRA)
- Speciality lettuce and greens - organic production (ATTRA)
- Sweet corn production guide (ATTRA) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Sweet potato: organic production (ATTRA)
Research Trial Results
- NEW!! Organic Tomato Juice Contains More Beneficial Phenolic Components Than Juice from Conventionally Grown Crops (Science Daily)
- Comparison of growth, nutrition, and productivity of tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper on organic media of varying composition, supplemented with liquid organic fertilizers
- It’s the great (oilseed) pumpkin!
- Maritime organic seed trials: Carrots (OACC)
- Maritime organic seed trials: Broccoli (OACC)
- Oilseed pumpkin production: Fertility and pest control (OACC)
- Oilseed Pumpkin Production: Variety and Fertility Trials (OACC)
- On-farm
Variety Trials: A Guide for Organic Vegetable, Herb,
and Flower Producers (Organic Seed Alliance) - Organic Garlic Growing Trials in Ontario
- Organic Onions, Carrots and Potatoes Do Not Have Higher Levels of Healthful Antioxidants, Study Finds (ScienceDaily)
- Sustainable production of organic high-value vegetable crops on the Prairies (OACC)