Drinkwine Produce Twilight Meeting
Event Details
Date
September 16, 2024
Time
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location
Drinkwine Produce
1512 Street Rd
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Cost
Per Farm : $10.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureDrinkwine Produce Twilight Meeting
Drinkwine Produce Twilight Meeting
Monday, September 16th 4-6 pm (rain or shine)
1512 Street Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883
(For VT attendees: Drinkwine Produce is an 8 min drive from the Ticonderoga ferry landing and 17 min from the Crown Point Lake Champlain Bridge.)
$10 per farm
Join us for discussions on high tunnel tomato production and sweet corn and pumpkin IPM at Drinkwine Produce in Ticonderoga. Henry Drinkwine will provide an overview of his practices for maintaining high yields of tomatoes, including pollination and soil fertility management. In the second half of the meeting, CCE specialist Chuck Bornt will review integrated pest management for sweet corn and pumpkins, with hands-on scouting and identification of key pests and diseases.
DEC credits: 1.5 credits in categories 1A, 10, and 23
Agenda:
4:00pm - 4:15 - Introductions, Overview of Drinkwine Produce (Henry Drinkwine, Drinkwine Produce)
4:15 - 4:45 - High tunnel tomato production (Henry Drinkwine, Drinkwine Produce, and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)
- Pollination for improving yields
- Irrigation and soil fertility management
- Integrated pest management
- Herbicide options for sweet corn
- Sweet corn insect IPM
- Weed management in cucurbit crops
- Insect and disease IPM
4:45 - 5:00 - NRCS projects at Drinkwine Produce and funding opportunities for farms: irrigation systems and drainage (Patricia Lavalley, NRCS)
5:00 - 5:30 - Sweet corn IPM (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)
5:30 - 6:00 - Pumpkin IPM (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)
Contact Elisabeth Hodgdon (eh528@cornell.edu or (518) 650-5323) with requests for accommodations.
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Apricots
Asparagus
Beets
Blueberries
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cherries
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Grapes
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Nectarines
Onions
Parsnips
Peaches
Pears
Peas
Peppers
Plums
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Raspberries / Blackberries
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Strawberries
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
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