The Vegetarian Newsletter

A Horticultural Sciences Department Extension Publication on Vegetable Crops
Eat your Veggies!!!!!

Issue No. 534 June 2008

Featured Articles

Announcements & News

We are happy to announce that we have indexed all of our archived issues from 1950-1999. These archived issues are full of interesting bits of knowledge. Check out the topic your interest now.

The March 2008 FSHS Newsletter is available. Click here to view it.

The 2007-2008 Vegetable Production Handbook is available on EDIS!
Click here to visit it now.

The 2007 Proceedings of the Florida Tomato Institute are accessible on-line
Click here to view them now.

Proceedings from previous years (2002-2006) are available at http://gcrec.ifas.ufl.edu
/vegetables.htm

 

All Vegetarian Newsletter Issues Are Available On-line!!!

Back issues of the Vegetarian Newsletter (VN) have been scanned and are accessible from this site, thanks to support from the Horticultural Sciences Department and Dr. Steven Sargent's efforts. The VN is now in its 58th year and I'm sure readers will find the back issues both useful and interesting from an historical perspective. We hope to be able to categorize these previous articles by subject in the future. Click here to visit our archives!!!

The electronic version of the 2007-2008 Vegetable Production Handbook is available online!
Click here to visit it now.

New EDIS Horticulture Publications

Buckwheat: A Cool-Season Cover Crop for Florida Vegetable Systems is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS386. This publication by Dr. Danielle D. Treadwell and Pei-wen Huang, gives an overview of the use of buckwheat as a cover crop and includes and industry overview, the growth habits and requirements and more.Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.): A summer cover crop for Florida vegetable producers is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS376. This publication by Dr. Danielle D. Treadwell and Mike Alligood, summarizes the recommended cultural practices to help vegetable growers grow a successful summer cover crop and to optimize the amount of nitrogen that is returned to a vegetable crop.Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Florida Subtropical Peaches: General Concepts and Cultivars Recommended for Grower Trials is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS342. This publication by J. Ferguson, P.andersen, J. Chaparro and J. Williamson, summarizes the general concepts and subtropical peach cultivars recommended for grower trials. Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

"Plant Part Selection and Preliminary Sufficiency Ranges for Sap Testing Interpretation of Greenhouse Herbs" is now available on EDIS at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS372. This publication, written by Robert Hochmuth, Eric Simonne Lei Lani Davis and Wanda Laughlin, provides information on which plant parts to select when conducting sap testing on herbs. Click on the link in the description above to read this great publication!

Other sources of Horticultural Information.
Direct link to the BMP Manual for Vegetables & Agronomic Crops in Florida

Click here for a printer friendly version of this calendar.

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May13, 2008 – Twilight Field Day – The North Florida Research and Education Center - Suwannee Valley will hold a twilight field day on May 13, 2008. For more information contact Bob Hochmuth at bobhoch@ufl.edu

May 28, 2008 – Escambia County Farm Tour – The 2008 Escambia County farm tour will be held May 28, 2008 at the Langley Bell 4-H Center. The tour will include visits to Touchablue Blueberry Farm, Escambia Grain, Emerald Coast Growers, Bayer CropScience, Wheat harvest and conservation planting. For more information contact Libbie Johnson at (850) 475-5230 or libbiej@ufl.edu .

June 1-4, 2008 - FSHS Annual Meeting - The FSHS will hold their annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL June 1-4, 2008 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott North Hotel. For more information Contact Dr. Eric Simonne at (352) 392-1928 Ext. 208 or visit http://www.fshs.org/ for program and abstract.

June 5, 2008 - Vegetable Field Day - The North Florida Research & Education Center - Quincy will hold their annual field day on June 5, 2008. Further details will be forthcoming. For more information, contact Steve Olson at smolson@ufl.edu or 850-875-7100.

July 21-24, 2008 - ASHS Annual Meeting - The ASHS will hold their annual meeting in Orlando, FL July 21-24, 2008 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. For more information visit their website at http://www.ashs.org/conferences.html .

September 2-7, 2008 – The Florida Tomato Conference - The Florida Tomato Committee and the Florida Tomato Exchange will hold their joint conference September 2-7, 2008 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, FL. For more information visit their website at: http://www.floridatomatoes.org/conference.html

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