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Prepare for Late Blight in 2010

(reprinted)

The following information appeared in the February 2010, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Veg Edge Publication. This publication serves the counties of Western New York.

Without a doubt, with the amount of late blight (LB) inoculum likely around we’re going to have to manage the disease on potatoes and tomatoes in 2010 unless the season is very dry [...]

Planting / Seed Starting / Harvest Target Date Workbook

I took a terrific spreadsheet that Johnny Select Seeds put together and offered up on their home page and added a little bit more to it.

I added a few more vegetables that they missed, a couple of usage notes on the first page and a harvest date tab to offer some guidance as to when [...]

Fall Harvest

The weather this “summer” that caused 70 day corn to take 90 days to harvest also had an impact on the fall harvest as well.  The original plan was to offer a bunch of these bright orange and very unique Cinderella pumpkins to customers with some unique decorative Indian corn, cornstalks and a bale f [...]

Late (Breaking) Blight

The late season killer!

I love this time of year.  You know – when all the super hard work and dedication to the garden really pays off in spades.  When the crown jewel in many gardens – the tomato – comes on its strongest, flooding kitchens and cans with a seemingly endless red tide of homegrown [...]