Event Details
Date
July 25, 2014
Time
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Ray Hoover's Farm
4341 Rt 14A
Rock Stream, NY 14878
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureJudson Reid
585-313-8912
email Judson Reid
Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Field Meeting - Yates County
July 25, 2014
This course will demonstrate pest management in fresh market vegetables in both field and greenhouse (high tunnel) vegetables; primarily for those growing for wholesale auction. A hands-on demonstration of weed, insect and disease identification in vegetables including management options such as inter-row cover crops, grafting and where appropriate, spray options will be used to educate growers. Judson Reid, Senior Extension Associate with the Cornell Vegetable Program will instruct participants and facilitate peer-based learning. This meeting will be held at Ray Hoover's farm in Rock Steam, NY. Details on each topic will focus on field observations at this farm.
6:00 Welcome
6:05 Weed control in row crop vegetables
- Why? (moisture completion, insect and disease management, labor efficiency)
- How? (cultivation, herbicides, inter-row cover crops: spring seeding or winter rye; pros- and cons)
- Late blight and early blight updates
- Grafting for improved root-zone disease resistance in greenhouse and high tunnels
- Greenhouse cucumber grafting for vigor and yield
- Downy mildew management: cucumbers, cantaloupes and watermelon (tunnels/greenhouses, effective fungicide programs)
- Cucumber beetle, squash bug, stink bug
- Powdery mildew (resistance, effective fungicide programs)
8:00 Adjourn
Attendees will present an ID and record their certification ID number, print name and sign the Recertification Training Roster. The roster will be secured by a Cornell Vegetable Program representative and only the attendees who sit for the entire course will be awarded a certificate.
