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Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
April 9, 2014 10:00 – 3:00
$20 includes lunch and materials RSVP required by April 4th! Registration form 4/9/14
Contact: Meredith Melendez 609-989-6830 melendez@njaes.rutgers.edu
Topics covered will include:
There are two remaining farm food safety workshops scheduled for the 2014 growing season.
Wednesday March 19, 9:00 – 4:00
Introduction to Food Safety and Third Party Audits
Rutgers Snyder Research Farm, Pittstown
$40.00 includes materials and lunch
RSVP with 3/19/14 registration form
Wednesday March 26, 9:00 – 4:00
GAPs and Farm Food Safety Writing Workshop
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
$40.00 includes materials and lunch
RSVP with 3/26/14 registration form
From the table below, few herbicides are available for small grain application when vegetables will be planted after harvest. Harmony or Harmony Extra can be used with the ability to plant vegetables; Axial XL too can be used in very early spring. However, Starane Ultra applications in the spring are difficult to allow vegetable rotations, for instance an application March 7 prevents a planting date before July 7.
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The Rutgers Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations for NJ, newly updated for 2014, is available for free download. Each section, crop, and topic is available separately.
Having printed copies in your pesticide building or in pickup truck is also desirable. Contact your County Extension Office to purchase printed editions.
A south Jersey nursery/greenhouse operation has a probable infestation of European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis, family Crambidae. This group of moths includes European corn borer and garden webworms. Both adults and larvae have been found. [Read more…]
Ebb & Flood Hydroponic Tomato
Rutgers is offering a one day hydroponic fruit and vegetable production course with practical information for novice growers. [Read more…]
