VegNet Vol. 14, No. 1. January 12, 2007
Ohio State University Extension Vegetable Crops
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In This Issue

1. Vegetable Congress

2. 2007 Ohio Vegetable Production Guide Now Available

3. Research Reports

Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Congress, Jan 15-17, Columbus Convention Center. It’s not to late to make plans to attend this year’s congress.

Monday

Season Extension workshop

Understanding Irrigation

Pesticide Recertification

Vegetable Disease Management Workshop.

Farmer Directed Organic Research

Tuesday

Sweet Corn Charlie

Soil Health workshop

The E. coli connection to fruit and vegetable production

Wednesday

TOP GROWERS: sweet corn, snap beans, tomatoes and potatoes

Plus Direct Agricultural Marketing conference, Mid American Ag & Hort Human Resource conference, National Bramble conference, small fruits and tree fruits

See you in Columbus!

2007 Ohio Vegetable Production Guide is Now Available

The 2007 edition of the Ohio Vegetable Production just came off the presses and will soon be available at your local extension office. If you can’t wait, pick up your copy on sale at the OSU Vegetable Team table at next week’s Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Congress. The good news is the price is the same as last year and check out the new spiral binding that insures no lost pages and easier use. Truly more for less. Keep up to date on the latest recommendation and order your copy today.

2006 Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Report for 2006

This publication is also available and contains variety trials from several Midwestern states and the region. Each year, this bulletin contains the latest reports from Dr. Jerald Pataky's work at the Univ. of IL on reactions of sweet corn to common diseases. It also includes reactions to the herbicides Accent and Calisto. A limited supply will be available at the Congress for $15.00 each.

Research Reports

The following research reports are available online at the VegNet website

• Green Pepper Cultivar Evaluation, 2006 [HTML file with pictures]
• Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluation, 2006. [HTML file].
• 2006 Pumpkin Picture Gallery PICTURES ARE HERE!!
• Pumpkin Variety Resistance and fungicide programs for powdery mildew management, 2006 [MS Word]
• 2006 Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation at 2 grower locations in OH; (Thermogradient and Saturated salt extract results plus pictures of ears and plant vigor), [HTML file]

The following research report is available as hard copy

Vegetable Reseach Results 2006. Hort & Crop Science Series No. 751. Jan. 2007. (Topics include: transplant height control, copper treated containers and seed treatment studies). For your copy, contact: Dr. Mark Bennett. Dept of Hort & Crop Sci. 2021 Coffey Rd. Columbus, OH 43210, 614-292-3864, email Bennett.18@osu.edu