This archive is a repository of documents gathered over the years aimed to help commercial vegetable growers. See the:■ NJ Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations for comprehensive information on growing vegetable crops.
■ Plant & Pest Advisory for in-season updates and alerts on insects, diseases, and weeds impacting NJ vegetable crops, in addition to on-farm food safety news.
■ Rutgers NJAES Plant Agriculture Fact Sheets & Bulletins for up-to-date Fact Sheets spanning multiple plant agriculture topics for the home gardener, beginning farmer, organic farmer, as well as commercial grower.
■ Sustainable Farming on the Urban Fringe to experience Farm Calls and dig a bit deeper into evidence-based agriculture, farm technologies, energy efficiency, and the political economy of farming in our urbanized state.
Assorted Topics
- Controlled Environment Agriculture
- Effect of Transplant Age on Yield
- Making a Plant-Growing Mix
- Plant Spacings and Populations
- Pollination: Assessment of Honeybee Colony Size & Strength
- Vegetable Seed Sizes
- Weights & Measures, Area & Length
Marketing
Resources & Document Archive
Soils & Irrigation
Resources & Document Archive
Webinars
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Understanding & Controlling Late Blight of Tomato & Potato in the Home Garden Workshop. July 13, 2010
Webinar: 1.5 hours long followed by 1 hour of questions and answers.
Chat Room Questions & Answers (pdf): Answers to questions asked during the webinar.
NJ Ag Convention Proceedings
Pest Management
Insects
- Seed Corn Maggot May Damage Cucurbit Crops
- Maggots That Can Damage Vegetable Crops
- Evaluation and Demonstration of Two-Spotted Spider Mite Biological Control in New Jersey High-Tunnel Vegetable Production
- Using New Jersey Trap Network Information to Reduce Sweet Corn Spray Costs
- Managing Insect Pests on a Whole Farm Basis
- Perimeter Trap Crop Demo Trial-Cucumber Beetle in Butternut Squash
- Investigating the Effects of Companion Plantings on Predation of European Corn Borer Eggs in Bell Peppers
Diseases
- Bacterial Canker of Tomato
Development of an Integrated Management Plan - Understanding Fungicide Resistance
Growers Guide to Protectant Fungicides
Growers Guide to DMI or SBI Fungicides
Understanding the Strobilurin Fungicides - Cucurbit Downy Mildew Recommendations (2008)
- Pumpkin Fungicide Program (2008)
- Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Potato
- Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Tomato
- Organic Production Guides for Vegetable Crops (Cornell)
