Main Content
Soils
- Rutgers NJAES Soil Testing Lab
- Soil Nitrate Testing: A Guide to Vegetable Crop Nitrogen Management
- Using Organic Nutrient Sources
- Leaf Mulch: Pumpkin and Soil Quality Effects (PDF)
- Cover Crops: Economics and Soil Improvement Methods (PDF)
- Cover Crop Costs in NJ 2002 (PDF)
- Alternative Tillage Methods – Cucurbits (PDF)
Irrigation
- Water Usage Certification/Registration Information
- Best Management Practices for Irrigating Vegetables (PDF)
- New Jersey Irrigation Methods (PDF)
- Sprinkler Systems Run Times (PDF)
- Variable Frequency Drive Electric Turbine Experience (PDF)
- Farming During Drought
- NJ Ag Drought Plan Water Management References (PDF)
- NRCS NJ Irrigation Management (PDF)
- NJAES RCE Ag Water Projects (PDF)
Extension on-farm demonstrations on irrigation have shown to be the most effective way to reach small-scale and beginning farmers. Growers desire information on choosing irrigation equipment and supplies; irrigation design and layout; water sources, pumping, and water conveyance; irrigation timing and crop needs; soil water and irrigation monitoring; and irrigation scheduling.
– Gordon Johnson, UDel