Serious Grower https://seriousgrower.podbean.com Join Anna (a stone-cold nerd) and her co-hosts to find out how science can help all the serious growers out there!
​Expect some expert visitors to drop in and get into the weeds, both literally and metaphorically. Please reach out if you are interested in being a co-host or if you have a question that needs some serious attention!

]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:15:23 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Science:Life Sciences 1440 episodic This podcast is for all the growers and eaters out there who are serious about their food... market farmers and their customers, people who care about how their food is grown, or anyone who is interested in learning about their food system and how science can help serious growers of any kind. New Hampshire Community Supported Research New Hampshire Community Supported Research No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21436573/Serious_Grower_Logob9d9y.jpg Serious Grower https://seriousgrower.podbean.com 144 144 Field Report for July 8, 2026 Field Report for July 8, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-july-8-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-july-8-2026/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:15:23 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/825b1f7b-77f0-3787-aecf-1152696a96d2 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

More on Western bean cutworm

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/western-bean-cutworm-vegetable-fact-sheet

 

More on identifying early blight on tomato

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/early-blight-of-tomato

 

Bulb mite in garlic

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/fact-sheets/pdf/bulb_mites_garlic.pdf

 

UMaine’s Garlic Disease Testing Services

https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/how-to-send-a-plant-sample/

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

More on Western bean cutworm

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/western-bean-cutworm-vegetable-fact-sheet

 

More on identifying early blight on tomato

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/early-blight-of-tomato

 

Bulb mite in garlic

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/fact-sheets/pdf/bulb_mites_garlic.pdf

 

UMaine’s Garlic Disease Testing Services

https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/how-to-send-a-plant-sample/

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 493 38 full Jason is growing a biological wonderland Jason is growing a biological wonderland https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-is-growing-a-biological-wonderland/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-is-growing-a-biological-wonderland/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/c18a781e-d106-3a90-80f0-fb9a6d3d3fac Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing.

This conversation includes fitting tree fruit into small spaces, how to trap earwigs and why they are both good and bad, and why mail order pollinators could be causing more problems than its solving. 

 

Listen to the full interview with Tracy Zarrillo about her work with wild bees in CT.  

]]> Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing.

This conversation includes fitting tree fruit into small spaces, how to trap earwigs and why they are both good and bad, and why mail order pollinators could be causing more problems than its solving. 

 

Listen to the full interview with Tracy Zarrillo about her work with wild bees in CT.  

]]> A garden coaching session, including advice on backyard fruit trees, managing earwigs as pests, and a discussion about mail order pollinators. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1705 37 full Field Report for July 1, 2026 Field Report for July 1, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-july-1-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-july-1-2026/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:09:45 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/e7c304ea-79ab-3992-a6c8-776ec6336ae4 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information about purple carrot seed moth, Depressaria depressana. 

https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2018/07/23/purple-carrot-seed-moth/ 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information about purple carrot seed moth, Depressaria depressana. 

https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2018/07/23/purple-carrot-seed-moth/ 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 740 36 full Tomato IPM Study Group: Covered Production Tomato IPM Study Group: Covered Production https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/tomato-ipm-study-group-covered-production/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/tomato-ipm-study-group-covered-production/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/561feb19-da0e-3070-a8d3-5dfacc27d287 Do you want to know more about where your tomatoes come from and the experts who are supporting our vegetable farmers to grow us the freshest, tastiest tomatoes possible, using the most economically & environmentally sustainable practices?

This discussion includes discussions of how growing tomato crops under cover can solve one problem (fungal diseases) but might create new problems in need of solutions. 

More on pest management in high tunnels, distinguishing cosmetic injury caused by thrips versus abiotic conditions, and an emerging pest of tomatoes in the east, tomato pin worm. 

Special thanks to Patricia Prade at PennState Extension, Samantha Willden at Cornell AgriTech and Kathy Kamminga at Kentucky State University. 

Learn more about how federal and state funding provide expert support to our farmers to make pest management as environmentally and economically sustainable as possible by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools & tactics.

Music: With the Homies - Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Summertime Madness, Just a Friend - Matt Large; Overture - Dozeoff; Libertalia - Arc DeSoleil; Beginning to Dream, Talk 2 Me - Ryan James Carr  

]]> Do you want to know more about where your tomatoes come from and the experts who are supporting our vegetable farmers to grow us the freshest, tastiest tomatoes possible, using the most economically & environmentally sustainable practices?

This discussion includes discussions of how growing tomato crops under cover can solve one problem (fungal diseases) but might create new problems in need of solutions. 

More on pest management in high tunnels, distinguishing cosmetic injury caused by thrips versus abiotic conditions, and an emerging pest of tomatoes in the east, tomato pin worm. 

Special thanks to Patricia Prade at PennState Extension, Samantha Willden at Cornell AgriTech and Kathy Kamminga at Kentucky State University. 

Learn more about how federal and state funding provide expert support to our farmers to make pest management as environmentally and economically sustainable as possible by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools & tactics.

Music: With the Homies - Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Summertime Madness, Just a Friend - Matt Large; Overture - Dozeoff; Libertalia - Arc DeSoleil; Beginning to Dream, Talk 2 Me - Ryan James Carr  

]]> A wide ranging conversation covering fresh market tomato production in Eastern US and unique pest management challenges of growing under cover. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2459 34 full Field Report for June 24, 2026 Field Report for June 24, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-24-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-24-2026/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:27:47 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/9fd15fc0-3157-3289-9890-35dc6c7d85a9 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

Webinar from the Vermont Vegetable & Berry Grower's Associate on what's new with Colorado potato beetle control

https://youtu.be/wcHqrf8M4Z8?si=-D_892Psawd60l-i 

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More about precocious yellows in squash

https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2020/06/whats-making-my-squash-or-pumpkin-leaves-bright-yellow 

 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

Webinar from the Vermont Vegetable & Berry Grower's Associate on what's new with Colorado potato beetle control

https://youtu.be/wcHqrf8M4Z8?si=-D_892Psawd60l-i 

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More about precocious yellows in squash

https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2020/06/whats-making-my-squash-or-pumpkin-leaves-bright-yellow 

 

 

]]> A summary of what the expert vegetable growers are talking about in the northeast this week. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 664 35 full Kasi gets experimental Kasi gets experimental https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-gets-experimental/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-gets-experimental/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/dda30ee1-99c7-34f8-88de-ec2098ef8005 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We celebrate Birdhouse Day, discuss the ins and outs of cover cropping for a squash crop and for weed management, and the difference between "doing science" and "doing a science." Anna has an existential crisis over some very charismatic tomato plants. 

Tarping in the Northeast: A Guide for Small Farms 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; Trouble Deep, River Sam; Creepin' Up, Got Happy; Funky Market, Ritchie Everett

 

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We celebrate Birdhouse Day, discuss the ins and outs of cover cropping for a squash crop and for weed management, and the difference between "doing science" and "doing a science." Anna has an existential crisis over some very charismatic tomato plants. 

Tarping in the Northeast: A Guide for Small Farms 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; Trouble Deep, River Sam; Creepin' Up, Got Happy; Funky Market, Ritchie Everett

 

]]> A wide ranging discussion about trying new things on the farm, weed management with tarping, and designing experiments. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2564 33 full Field Report for June 17, 2026 Field Report for June 17, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-17-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-17-2026/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:08:58 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/7b9a6029-d687-319e-a85c-7a7b5e0b0eab I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More on tomato grey leaf spot from Caleb Goossen

https://www.mofga.org/resources/pest-disease/stemphylium-gray-leaf-spot/ 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More on tomato grey leaf spot from Caleb Goossen

https://www.mofga.org/resources/pest-disease/stemphylium-gray-leaf-spot/ 

 

]]> Real-time reports of pests and diseases affecting northeast vegetable crops and science-based advice on how to manage them. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 614 32 full Elisabeth is serious about onions Elisabeth is serious about onions https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/elisabeth-is-serious-about-onions/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/elisabeth-is-serious-about-onions/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/1ae93fff-694b-3920-9fc2-ddfb9888e82f Fellow entomologist, Elisabeth Hodgdon, joins us for a deep dive into onion thrips management as she has been troubleshooting an unusual situation that is becoming more common among small-scale farming in across the northeast. We are joined by Ethan Grunberg to compare and contrast pest complexes in small- and large-scale onion production. 

The full interview with Elisabeth & Ethan, Cornell Cooperative Extension

More on variety selection for overwintering onion crops

More on successful application of entomopathogenic nematodes

 

Music: With the Homies - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist; Tell 'Em No - Flux Vortex; Dress Up - Walking Hearts; Arzoo - Kanika; Fantasize - I'MIN; Feel Alive - Glass House

]]> Fellow entomologist, Elisabeth Hodgdon, joins us for a deep dive into onion thrips management as she has been troubleshooting an unusual situation that is becoming more common among small-scale farming in across the northeast. We are joined by Ethan Grunberg to compare and contrast pest complexes in small- and large-scale onion production. 

The full interview with Elisabeth & Ethan, Cornell Cooperative Extension

More on variety selection for overwintering onion crops

More on successful application of entomopathogenic nematodes

 

Music: With the Homies - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist; Tell 'Em No - Flux Vortex; Dress Up - Walking Hearts; Arzoo - Kanika; Fantasize - I'MIN; Feel Alive - Glass House

]]> This is a deep dive into commercial onion production including multiple tools & tactics for managing onion thrips. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2189 30 full Field Report for June 10, 2026 Field Report for June 10, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-6-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-6-2026/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:58:02 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/28394554-a513-3e89-a3f3-853daeb053e3 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More information about onion & garlic diseases

https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/pdlessons/Pages/Stemphylium-leaf-blight-Onion.aspx    

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_480.pdf

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/vegetable/fact-sheets/alliums-botrytis-neck-rot

 

Biocontrol suppliers for beneficial nematodes

https://ipmlabs.com/ 

https://www.griffins.com/category/HGPROD.PROTECT.INSECTS 

https://www.biolineagrosciencesna.com/ 

https://www.persistentbiocontrol.com/about 

 

How to grow your own beneficial nematodes 

https://nnyagdev.org/index.php/persistent-biocontrol-nematodes-instructional-manuals-and-videos/ 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Check out breaking news on corn earworm research!

https://www.cewipm.org/ 

 

More information about onion & garlic diseases

https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/pdlessons/Pages/Stemphylium-leaf-blight-Onion.aspx    

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_480.pdf

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/vegetable/fact-sheets/alliums-botrytis-neck-rot

 

Biocontrol suppliers for beneficial nematodes

https://ipmlabs.com/ 

https://www.griffins.com/category/HGPROD.PROTECT.INSECTS 

https://www.biolineagrosciencesna.com/ 

https://www.persistentbiocontrol.com/about 

 

How to grow your own beneficial nematodes 

https://nnyagdev.org/index.php/persistent-biocontrol-nematodes-instructional-manuals-and-videos/ 

 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 792 31 full Jason is unfazed by his climate Jason is unfazed by his climate https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-is-unfazed-by-his-climate/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-is-unfazed-by-his-climate/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/7a5df565-b4e0-3f9a-9434-fb355f534057 Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing, including an update on their luffa project, more construction plans and a discussion of new and repurposed building materials.

Check out this example of the Sunset Climate Zones put to use, this pictographic on Trigger (Willie Nelson's guitar), as well as extension resources on using pressure treated wood in raised bed construction, using heat tape/cables in tunnel production, and plasticulture for extended season sweetcorn.

 

Music: With the Homies - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist; Joyride - Roy Edwin Williams; Sneaky Breezy, Dinner at Chez Paul - Martin Landstrom; Birds of Paradise - Ennio Mano

]]> Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing, including an update on their luffa project, more construction plans and a discussion of new and repurposed building materials.

Check out this example of the Sunset Climate Zones put to use, this pictographic on Trigger (Willie Nelson's guitar), as well as extension resources on using pressure treated wood in raised bed construction, using heat tape/cables in tunnel production, and plasticulture for extended season sweetcorn.

 

Music: With the Homies - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist; Joyride - Roy Edwin Williams; Sneaky Breezy, Dinner at Chez Paul - Martin Landstrom; Birds of Paradise - Ennio Mano

]]> In this ”garden coaching” session, we discuss raised bed and cold frame construction, as well as making decisions about which new and repurposed materials to use to optimize growing in the climate where you live. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1938 29 full Field Report for June 3, 2026 Field Report for June 3, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-3-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-june-3-2026/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:47:40 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/96002169-8a6a-30f5-9152-76542c960b1c I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on swede midge

https://blogs.cornell.edu/swedemidge/ 

 

More information on brassica downy mildew

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/crucifers-cole-crops/downy-mildew-on-cabbage/

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

More information about purple blotch and other diseases of alliums

https://www.mofga.org/resources/fact-sheets/foliar-diseases-of-alliums/ 

 

More information about RNAi for Colorado potato beetle

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/sprayable-rna-pesticide-works-best-when-potato-beetles-are-small

 

More information about URI's Laser Scarecrow Project

https://sites.google.com/view/urilaserscarecrow/home 

 

 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on swede midge

https://blogs.cornell.edu/swedemidge/ 

 

More information on brassica downy mildew

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/crucifers-cole-crops/downy-mildew-on-cabbage/

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

More information about purple blotch and other diseases of alliums

https://www.mofga.org/resources/fact-sheets/foliar-diseases-of-alliums/ 

 

More information about RNAi for Colorado potato beetle

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/sprayable-rna-pesticide-works-best-when-potato-beetles-are-small

 

More information about URI's Laser Scarecrow Project

https://sites.google.com/view/urilaserscarecrow/home 

 

 

 

]]> Real-time reporting on pests and diseases of vegetable crops from experts in the northeast US. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 714 28 full Caleb discusses (phyto)toxic gases (feat. Kasi!) Caleb discusses (phyto)toxic gases (feat. Kasi!) https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/calen-discusses-phytotoxic-gases-feat-kasi/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/calen-discusses-phytotoxic-gases-feat-kasi/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/cec944c0-c09e-375b-a6e0-ee46568de519 Caleb Goossen (MOFGA) provides some practical guidance on understanding the good and bad byproducts of microbial activity, while we traverse current and historical approaches for capturing heat for indoor lettuce production. 

Listen to the full interview with Dr. Md Sazan Rahman about UNH's Manure Heating Project. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective

]]> Caleb Goossen (MOFGA) provides some practical guidance on understanding the good and bad byproducts of microbial activity, while we traverse current and historical approaches for capturing heat for indoor lettuce production. 

Listen to the full interview with Dr. Md Sazan Rahman about UNH's Manure Heating Project. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1616 27 full Field Report for May 27, 2026 Field Report for May 27, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-27-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-27-2026/#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 16:37:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/6f2e5c51-b50a-3e30-98b0-dd85b5b9d89d I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

More information about garden springtails

https://www.mofga.org/resources/fact-sheets/garden-springtails/ 

 

More information on epinasty

https://u.osu.edu/greenhouse/tag/epinasty/

https://vegcropshotline.org/article/ethylene-damage-on-tomato-2/

 

More information on herbicide injury and persistent herbicides

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/synthetic-auxins 

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/herbicide-carryover 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

More information about garden springtails

https://www.mofga.org/resources/fact-sheets/garden-springtails/ 

 

More information on epinasty

https://u.osu.edu/greenhouse/tag/epinasty/

https://vegcropshotline.org/article/ethylene-damage-on-tomato-2/

 

More information on herbicide injury and persistent herbicides

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/synthetic-auxins 

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/herbicide-carryover 

 

]]> Real time reports of pests and diseases impacting vegetable crops, as well as critical discussion topics from experts in the northeast US. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 616 26 full Tomato IPM Study Group: Pre Season Topics Tomato IPM Study Group: Pre Season Topics https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/tomato-ipm-study-group-pre-season-topics/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/tomato-ipm-study-group-pre-season-topics/#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/878a072a-5b5b-3ffa-85c5-2e8c37363a25 Do you want to know more about where your tomatoes come from and the experts who are supporting our vegetable farmers to grow us the freshest, tastiest tomatoes possible, using the most economically & environmentally sustainable practices?

Watch this video of large-scale processing tomato harvest. So neat!

This discussion includes many pre-season topics including the economics of reflective mulch for management of pests & disease (including thrips that vector tomato spotted wilt virus) as well as an emerging pest impacting high tunnel tomato production, potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. 

For the stone cold nerds, here's how to identify this aphid.

Special thanks to Amanda Quadrel & Maria Cramer at Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Samantha Willden at Cornell AgriTech.

Learn more about how federal and state funding provide expert support to our farmers to make pest management as environmentally and economically sustainable as possible by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools & tactics.

Music: With the Homies, Its a Good Day - Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Karmalot - Janset; Machete Dream - Speedy the Spider

]]> Do you want to know more about where your tomatoes come from and the experts who are supporting our vegetable farmers to grow us the freshest, tastiest tomatoes possible, using the most economically & environmentally sustainable practices?

Watch this video of large-scale processing tomato harvest. So neat!

This discussion includes many pre-season topics including the economics of reflective mulch for management of pests & disease (including thrips that vector tomato spotted wilt virus) as well as an emerging pest impacting high tunnel tomato production, potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. 

For the stone cold nerds, here's how to identify this aphid.

Special thanks to Amanda Quadrel & Maria Cramer at Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Samantha Willden at Cornell AgriTech.

Learn more about how federal and state funding provide expert support to our farmers to make pest management as environmentally and economically sustainable as possible by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools & tactics.

Music: With the Homies, Its a Good Day - Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Karmalot - Janset; Machete Dream - Speedy the Spider

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1979 25 full Field Report for May 20, 2026 Field Report for May 20, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-20-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-20-2026/#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 16:26:19 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/64eaabba-6e35-34c1-8a4d-f3e43950838f I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on alium leafminer

https://extension.psu.edu/allium-leaf-miner-on-track-to-emerge-in-early-april 

 

More information on identifying brassica pests

https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/ 

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

Interactive Air Quality Map

https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/?monitors=ozonepm&contours=ozone&xmin=-9064742.346057506&xmax=-7186225.938921513&ymin=4781064.352722573&ymax=5627375.12989582 

 

More information about ozone damage on vegetable crops

https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=92

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/cucurbits/ozone-injury-in-cucurbit-crops/ 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on alium leafminer

https://extension.psu.edu/allium-leaf-miner-on-track-to-emerge-in-early-april 

 

More information on identifying brassica pests

https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/ 

 

More information on scouting onions for thrips

https://youtu.be/VdoXseBqo5o?si=2kC0tr7IqW6GQfll 

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1168.pdf 

 

Interactive Air Quality Map

https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/?monitors=ozonepm&contours=ozone&xmin=-9064742.346057506&xmax=-7186225.938921513&ymin=4781064.352722573&ymax=5627375.12989582 

 

More information about ozone damage on vegetable crops

https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=92

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/cucurbits/ozone-injury-in-cucurbit-crops/ 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 273 24 full Kasi is very interested in figs (feat. Caleb!) Kasi is very interested in figs (feat. Caleb!) https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-very-interested-in-figs-feat-caleb/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-very-interested-in-figs-feat-caleb/#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/28d4387d-5478-3e51-8ec0-d84d45f73563 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We discuss the potential for growing figs in northern climates and are joined by organic crop specialist, Caleb Goossen, who holds us by the hand and gently explains soil chemistry as we "Monday morning quarterback" a hugelkulture venture that went wrong. 

Dr. Becky Sideman's Research Report on Figs for Northern Climates

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; In a Minute, John Runefelt

 

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We discuss the potential for growing figs in northern climates and are joined by organic crop specialist, Caleb Goossen, who holds us by the hand and gently explains soil chemistry as we "Monday morning quarterback" a hugelkulture venture that went wrong. 

Dr. Becky Sideman's Research Report on Figs for Northern Climates

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; In a Minute, John Runefelt

 

]]> We discuss the potential for growing figs in northern climates and are joined by organic crop specialist, Caleb Goossen, who holds us by the hand and gently explains soil chemistry as we ”Monday morning quarterback” a hugelkulture venture that went wrong. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2626 23 full Field Report for May 13, 2026 Field Report for May 13, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-13-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-13-2026/#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 14:05:56 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/ef919ce2-b708-330b-8d26-a1b7792e0989 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on alium leafminer

https://extension.psu.edu/allium-leaf-miner-on-track-to-emerge-in-early-april 

 

More information on identifying brassica pests

https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/ 

 

More information on beet leafminer

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/vegetable/fact-sheets/beet-spinach-leafminer 

 

Jonathan Ebba's Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association webinar on Improving High Tunnel Ventilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJX51TBZL4&list=PLszfvPfJBpgwzTlvLlnQlojedJnj0zoe3&index=11 

 

More from the UNH Greenhouse Team

https://media.unh.edu/channel/Greenhouse%2BProduction%2BWebinars%2Bby%2BUNH%2BCooperative%2BExtension/383388602 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

More information on alium leafminer

https://extension.psu.edu/allium-leaf-miner-on-track-to-emerge-in-early-april 

 

More information on identifying brassica pests

https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/ 

 

More information on beet leafminer

https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/vegetable/fact-sheets/beet-spinach-leafminer 

 

Jonathan Ebba's Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association webinar on Improving High Tunnel Ventilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJX51TBZL4&list=PLszfvPfJBpgwzTlvLlnQlojedJnj0zoe3&index=11 

 

More from the UNH Greenhouse Team

https://media.unh.edu/channel/Greenhouse%2BProduction%2BWebinars%2Bby%2BUNH%2BCooperative%2BExtension/383388602 

 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 535 22 full Susan is a fiber artist Susan is a fiber artist https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-is-a-fiber-artist/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-is-a-fiber-artist/#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/0b4820da-7146-3546-bcca-b7474cfd14fc Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire... but just like the rest of us she has many interests, including knitting! In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how to avoid bringing pests into our home when we are repurposing second hand items, as well as an instagram reel from @rachelisknitting.

 

Please reach out to your local extension office if you think you have a bed bug infestation! Sometimes its something else but - if it is bed bugs - you want to act sooner than later and knowledge is power!

Check out this Review Paper, as well as some interesting papers about remediation and IPM programs for public housing. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Beginning to Dream, Ryan James Carr; Overture, Dozeoff; Summertime Madness; Matt Large; Whiskey Saved My Soil, Daniel Fridell

]]> Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire... but just like the rest of us she has many interests, including knitting! In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how to avoid bringing pests into our home when we are repurposing second hand items, as well as an instagram reel from @rachelisknitting.

 

Please reach out to your local extension office if you think you have a bed bug infestation! Sometimes its something else but - if it is bed bugs - you want to act sooner than later and knowledge is power!

Check out this Review Paper, as well as some interesting papers about remediation and IPM programs for public housing. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Beginning to Dream, Ryan James Carr; Overture, Dozeoff; Summertime Madness; Matt Large; Whiskey Saved My Soil, Daniel Fridell

]]> In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how to avoid bringing pests into our home when we are repurposing second hand items New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1787 17 full Field Report for May 6, 2026 Field Report for May 6, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-6-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-may-6-2026/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 16:31:41 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/77a7d220-c38a-3f16-8b2b-062ddfd04e78 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Andy Wyenandt's post on Recognizing cold injury in spring crops

https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/cold-injury-in-cucumber-2/

 

More information about weeds from the morning glory family

https://extension.psu.edu/the-noxious-persistent-invasive-and-perennial-bindweeds

 

More information about wireworm damage in rootcrops

https://www.uvm.edu/d10-files/documents/2026-03/Lewins_Wireworm_Research.pdf 

 

Webinar from eOrganic on using High Glucosinolate Mustard as an Organic Biofumigant in Vegetable Crops

https://youtu.be/yHilDyTmxTo?si=q1eGP1RJIPSHp9zj 

 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Andy Wyenandt's post on Recognizing cold injury in spring crops

https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/cold-injury-in-cucumber-2/

 

More information about weeds from the morning glory family

https://extension.psu.edu/the-noxious-persistent-invasive-and-perennial-bindweeds

 

More information about wireworm damage in rootcrops

https://www.uvm.edu/d10-files/documents/2026-03/Lewins_Wireworm_Research.pdf 

 

Webinar from eOrganic on using High Glucosinolate Mustard as an Organic Biofumigant in Vegetable Crops

https://youtu.be/yHilDyTmxTo?si=q1eGP1RJIPSHp9zj 

 

 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 510 21 full Kasi has a system Kasi has a system https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-has-a-system/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-has-a-system/#comments Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/dc4dc12c-9d96-328f-9b44-bbcc2b0c766f Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss what it takes to live on the cutting edge of art and science, how we adopt new ideas, and how we develop our own systems for doing things.

This one is mostly heart and very little science.

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; AAH!, TAGE; Lock Stock, The Big Let Down

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss what it takes to live on the cutting edge of art and science, how we adopt new ideas, and how we develop our own systems for doing things.

This one is mostly heart and very little science.

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; AAH!, TAGE; Lock Stock, The Big Let Down

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2288 20 full Field Report for April 29, 2026 Field Report for April 29, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-29-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-29-2026/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/302a056c-fd37-3242-854a-1baceb0b1567 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

US Drought Monitor Northeast Report

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast 

 

Prediction model for cabbage maggot

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ 

 

More information about asparagus beetle

https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/5/3/B1/2194056 

 

More information about leek moth

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center 

 

More information about allium leafminer

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer 

 

Video from Cornell’s Veg Team’s Stop the Rot Project identifying foliar symptoms of bacterial diseases of onion and how to distinguish bacterial diseases from other non-bacterial lookalikes.

https://youtu.be/pTYmdIwjbao?si=Mf0GfKlioUIxSlE7 

 

From Christy Hoepting (CCE Cornell Vegetable Program): Cornell Onion (Dry Bulb) Fungicide “Cheat Sheet” for Control of Leaf Diseases in New York, 2025

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1216.pdf 

 

Onion disease risk prediction tool that can help you track your risk to Botrytis leaf blight, onion downy mildew, and purple blotch

https://newa.cornell.edu/onion-diseases/ 

 

 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

US Drought Monitor Northeast Report

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast 

 

Prediction model for cabbage maggot

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ 

 

More information about asparagus beetle

https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/5/3/B1/2194056 

 

More information about leek moth

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center 

 

More information about allium leafminer

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer 

 

Video from Cornell’s Veg Team’s Stop the Rot Project identifying foliar symptoms of bacterial diseases of onion and how to distinguish bacterial diseases from other non-bacterial lookalikes.

https://youtu.be/pTYmdIwjbao?si=Mf0GfKlioUIxSlE7 

 

From Christy Hoepting (CCE Cornell Vegetable Program): Cornell Onion (Dry Bulb) Fungicide “Cheat Sheet” for Control of Leaf Diseases in New York, 2025

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1216.pdf 

 

Onion disease risk prediction tool that can help you track your risk to Botrytis leaf blight, onion downy mildew, and purple blotch

https://newa.cornell.edu/onion-diseases/ 

 

 

 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 471 19 full Seth has a new plan for cabbage aphid Seth has a new plan for cabbage aphid https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/seth-has-a-new-plan-for-cabbage-aphid/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/seth-has-a-new-plan-for-cabbage-aphid/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/cd94f5ba-cb8f-3dfa-8ab6-254edb424c21 Seth is a commercial grower in mid-coast Maine and he is getting serious about managing cabbage aphid infesting his organic Brussels sprouts.

We discuss the challenges and opportunities of chemigating with overhead irrigation to apply insectical soaps with the frequency required for good control, as well as the potential non-target effects on biocontrol agents living on the farm.

 

Check out all the great stuff from The Brassica Pest Collaborative for more on managing brassica pests in the northeast. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertailia, Arc De Soleil; Brighter, Stonekeepers

]]> Seth is a commercial grower in mid-coast Maine and he is getting serious about managing cabbage aphid infesting his organic Brussels sprouts.

We discuss the challenges and opportunities of chemigating with overhead irrigation to apply insectical soaps with the frequency required for good control, as well as the potential non-target effects on biocontrol agents living on the farm.

 

Check out all the great stuff from The Brassica Pest Collaborative for more on managing brassica pests in the northeast. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertailia, Arc De Soleil; Brighter, Stonekeepers

]]> Seth is a commercial grower in mid-coast Maine and he is getting serious about managing cabbage aphid infesting his organic Brussels sprouts. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1950 16 full Field Report for April 22, 2026 Field Report for April 22, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-22-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-22-2026/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:19:19 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/3db2acfd-94c2-3b2b-9537-1901fb4aebc0 I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Leek moth information center

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center

 

Allium Leafminer Factsheet

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer

 

More information about cabbage maggot

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ 

https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=919 

https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5005e/

 

More information about damping off

https://extension.umn.edu/solve-problem/how-prevent-seedling-damping#:~:text=Low%20light%2C%20overwatering%2C%20high%20salts%20from%20over,are%20all%20associated%20with%20increased%20damping%20off

 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Leek moth information center

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center

 

Allium Leafminer Factsheet

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer

 

More information about cabbage maggot

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ 

https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=919 

https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5005e/

 

More information about damping off

https://extension.umn.edu/solve-problem/how-prevent-seedling-damping#:~:text=Low%20light%2C%20overwatering%2C%20high%20salts%20from%20over,are%20all%20associated%20with%20increased%20damping%20off

 

 

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 689 18 full Kasi is a pillar of the community Kasi is a pillar of the community https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-a-pillar-of-the-community/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-a-pillar-of-the-community/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/b50ca68d-c25c-3374-9488-3addf2c6a024 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and a Granger!

In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics.

Learn more about the Grange! 

Find my conversation with UNH Extension's Jeremy Delisle about what could go wrong when starting and maintaining a home orchard.

 

Music: With the Homes, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr 

 

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and a Granger!

In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics.

Learn more about the Grange! 

Find my conversation with UNH Extension's Jeremy Delisle about what could go wrong when starting and maintaining a home orchard.

 

Music: With the Homes, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr 

 

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley and a Granger! In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2112 15 full Field Report for April 15, 2026 Field Report for April 15, 2026 https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-15-2026/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/field-report-for-april-15-2026/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/a70db1b0-e3ee-3d60-8463-67623581417b I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Drought map for the northeast 

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast 

 

Cabbage maggot temperature model 

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot 

 

Leek moth resource

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center 

 

Allium leafminer resource

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer 

 

Thrips on tomato

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/tomato/thrips-and-their-feeding-injury/ 

 

Ethylene damage

https://vegcropshotline.org/article/ethylene-damage-on-tomato-2/ 

 

Salt injury

https://extension.psu.edu/dealing-with-high-soluble-salt-levels-in-high-tunnels 

 

Vern Grubinger's POTTING MIXES FOR ORGANIC GROWERS

https://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/OrganicPottingMixes.pdf 

https://extension.psu.edu/potting-media-and-plant-propagation 

 

]]> I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

Drought map for the northeast 

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast 

 

Cabbage maggot temperature model 

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot 

 

Leek moth resource

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center 

 

Allium leafminer resource

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer 

 

Thrips on tomato

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/tomato/thrips-and-their-feeding-injury/ 

 

Ethylene damage

https://vegcropshotline.org/article/ethylene-damage-on-tomato-2/ 

 

Salt injury

https://extension.psu.edu/dealing-with-high-soluble-salt-levels-in-high-tunnels 

 

Vern Grubinger's POTTING MIXES FOR ORGANIC GROWERS

https://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/OrganicPottingMixes.pdf 

https://extension.psu.edu/potting-media-and-plant-propagation 

 

]]> Pest report for the northeast region for April 15, 2026 New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 724 14 full Will has his eyes peeled for swede midge Will has his eyes peeled for swede midge https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/will-has-his-eyes-peeled-for-swede-midge/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/will-has-his-eyes-peeled-for-swede-midge/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/4da4eb71-7b64-3de6-9ed5-d80ea43f07c9 Will is an extension educator in northern New Hampshire and he's helping his growers manage a new and unusual pest attacking broccoli. We talk to experts in NH, ME, and VT to understand the state of the art in monitoring and management of swede midge. 

Vegetable IPM Reports for New Hampshire

  Watch the full interview with Dr. Tom Rounsville, Director, Applied Genetics and Genomics Lab at the University of Maine  

Summary of swede midge review article from Hodgdon et al. 2024

 

Learn more about swede midge from this NYIPM resource

 

Learn more about leek moth from the UVM resource

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Back at It, Mizlo; Patina; Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Snow Glow, John Runefelt

 

]]> Will is an extension educator in northern New Hampshire and he's helping his growers manage a new and unusual pest attacking broccoli. We talk to experts in NH, ME, and VT to understand the state of the art in monitoring and management of swede midge. 

Vegetable IPM Reports for New Hampshire

  Watch the full interview with Dr. Tom Rounsville, Director, Applied Genetics and Genomics Lab at the University of Maine  

Summary of swede midge review article from Hodgdon et al. 2024

 

Learn more about swede midge from this NYIPM resource

 

Learn more about leek moth from the UVM resource

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Back at It, Mizlo; Patina; Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Snow Glow, John Runefelt

 

]]> Will is an extension educator in northern New Hampshire and he’s helping his growers manage, swede midge, a new and unusual pest attacking broccoli. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1829 1 13 full Kasi got her bingo bean seminkis Kasi got her bingo bean seminkis https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-got-her-bingo-bean-seminkis/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-got-her-bingo-bean-seminkis/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:01:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/5f63c121-60ab-39e9-84bd-64bd535c260e Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she's been reading about Luther Burbank alongside a pile of seed catalogues. We discuss what makes crops "true to seed".

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Overture, Dozeoff; Can't Handle It, Ryan James Carr

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she's been reading about Luther Burbank alongside a pile of seed catalogues. We discuss what makes crops "true to seed".

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Overture, Dozeoff; Can't Handle It, Ryan James Carr

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, and she’s been reading about Luther Burbank alongside a pile of seed catalogues. We discuss what makes crops ”true to seed”. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1731 12 full Susan grows off-season Susan grows off-season https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-grows-off-season/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-grows-off-season/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:01:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/daeac136-cfd4-3a17-bbea-c2eac9894dd5 Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. We discuss the ins and outs of growing in unconventional situations and talk spiders. 

Learn more about the Farm2You program at UNH 

Learn more about the research project Optimizing pest management in high tunnels to increase the resiliency of local food systems

Learn more about pesticide regulation 

 

With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Oh Please; Gerhard Feng; Overture, Dozeoff; Talk 2 Me, Ryan James Carr

 

 

]]> Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. We discuss the ins and outs of growing in unconventional situations and talk spiders. 

Learn more about the Farm2You program at UNH 

Learn more about the research project Optimizing pest management in high tunnels to increase the resiliency of local food systems

Learn more about pesticide regulation 

 

With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Oh Please; Gerhard Feng; Overture, Dozeoff; Talk 2 Me, Ryan James Carr

 

 

]]> Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. We discuss the ins and outs of growing in unconventional situations and talk spiders. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1608 11 full Kasi is interested in insect husbandry Kasi is interested in insect husbandry https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-interested-in-insect-husbandry/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-interested-in-insect-husbandry/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/9bc5a623-847a-3fd8-82ff-61c281af6016 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and accidental grasshopper rancher. The ins and outs regarding the rearing and farming of insects is discussed.

One of many popular ant forums can be found on Reddit 

Learn more about the Schmidt Pain Index

 

With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; The Doom and Gloom Choir, Luella Gren; Drinkin' & Jivin', TAGE

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and accidental grasshopper rancher. The ins and outs regarding the rearing and farming of insects is discussed.

One of many popular ant forums can be found on Reddit 

Learn more about the Schmidt Pain Index

 

With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; The Doom and Gloom Choir, Luella Gren; Drinkin' & Jivin', TAGE

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, and accidental grasshopper rancher. The ins and outs regarding the rearing and farming of insects is discussed. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1854 10 full Caleb begrudgingly discusses plant sap Caleb begrudgingly discusses plant sap https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/caleb-wants-to-talk-about-plant-sap/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/caleb-wants-to-talk-about-plant-sap/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:37:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/784d5111-1e4f-3456-aa98-1e2687a2824e Caleb Goossen joins us for a deep dive into the interplay between fertilization and pest severity.

TL;DR Overfertilizing your crops might make some pest infestation worse, but underfertilizing won't solve all your pest problems. 

 

We review data from Laybourne & Aradottir 2022 and Nowak & Komor 2010. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt

]]> Caleb Goossen joins us for a deep dive into the interplay between fertilization and pest severity.

TL;DR Overfertilizing your crops might make some pest infestation worse, but underfertilizing won't solve all your pest problems. 

 

We review data from Laybourne & Aradottir 2022 and Nowak & Komor 2010. 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 2229 9 full Kasi is into oddball fruits Kasi is into oddball fruits https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-into-oddball-fruits/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-into-oddball-fruits/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0300 seriousgrower.podbean.com/04426336-94dd-3c2b-b900-609179a883f4 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this episode we live react to an interview with Will Hastings about his work developing the Growing Kiwiberries in the Northeast guide. 

Learn more about how kiwiberry is resistant to infestation from the invasive fruit fly, spotted wing drosophila!

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; La Belle Nini, El Flaco Collective

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this episode we live react to an interview with Will Hastings about his work developing the Growing Kiwiberries in the Northeast guide. 

Learn more about how kiwiberry is resistant to infestation from the invasive fruit fly, spotted wing drosophila!

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; La Belle Nini, El Flaco Collective

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1680 8 full Jason has building plans Jason has building plans https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-has-building-plans/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-has-building-plans/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/497770c2-f91d-3014-a923-5a4adb99947a Jason is turning his Oregon home into an edible landscape and a terrific place for his family to hang out. In this "garden coaching" session we exchange advice on topics, both mechanical and botanical, touching on hops, pole beans, melons, and luffa sponges.

Resource from Oregon State University on Growing Hops in the Home Garden

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; La Belle Nini, El Flaco Collective, Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James; Afternoon Fireworks, Duke Herrington

]]> Jason is turning his Oregon home into an edible landscape and a terrific place for his family to hang out. In this "garden coaching" session we exchange advice on topics, both mechanical and botanical, touching on hops, pole beans, melons, and luffa sponges.

Resource from Oregon State University on Growing Hops in the Home Garden

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; La Belle Nini, El Flaco Collective, Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James; Afternoon Fireworks, Duke Herrington

]]> New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1579 7 full Kasi is building a thistlethwait Kasi is building a thistlethwait https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-building-a-thistlethwait/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-is-building-a-thistlethwait/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/def925ed-9be3-31c3-84c8-c6e36285744b Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, where its been pretty windy lately. We discuss the history of hedgerows, bramble maintenance, wild fruits, and landscape alterations on the farm.

 

History of hedgerows in the UK

The Hedgelayer Documentary

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Summertime Madness, Matt Large; Disco Makumba, El Flaco

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, where its been pretty windy lately. We discuss the history of hedgerows, bramble maintenance, wild fruits, and landscape alterations on the farm.

 

History of hedgerows in the UK

The Hedgelayer Documentary

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Summertime Madness, Matt Large; Disco Makumba, El Flaco

]]> Wide ranging conversation touching on the history of hedgerows, bramble maintenance, wild fruits, and landscape alterations on the farm. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 2037 6 full Susan & Morgan are interested in early childhood education Susan & Morgan are interested in early childhood education https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-morgan-are-interested-in-early-childhood-education/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-morgan-are-interested-in-early-childhood-education/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/1a4d39ec-82a1-3c4b-bce3-9aeba4f23070 Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. She brings a ton of commercial experience to her college classroom but she also runs a community garden and has been extending her expertise to the on-campus daycare.

We're joined by a fellow parent from Susan's daycare and we discuss how gardening in the classroom has long term benefits for young children, why principles of farming may not be immediately applicable to gardening, and some of the best vegetables for beginners.

Key findings from Cornell Garden-Based Learning

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Short Circuit, Ryan James Carr;  Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt 

 

]]> Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. She brings a ton of commercial experience to her college classroom but she also runs a community garden and has been extending her expertise to the on-campus daycare.

We're joined by a fellow parent from Susan's daycare and we discuss how gardening in the classroom has long term benefits for young children, why principles of farming may not be immediately applicable to gardening, and some of the best vegetables for beginners.

Key findings from Cornell Garden-Based Learning

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Short Circuit, Ryan James Carr;  Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt 

 

]]> Wide ranging conversation about benefits of gardening with young children and some of the best vegetables for beginners. New Hampshire Community Supported Research false No 1965 5 full Kasi has voles gnawing on her trees Kasi has voles gnawing on her trees https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-has-voles-gnawing-on-her-trees/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-has-voles-gnawing-on-her-trees/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:13:43 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/bd9ea609-2e8c-3b08-838a-3bb72d9a0393 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she recently lost quite a few apple trees to rodent damage despite her best efforts to protect them.

We discuss behavior & pest management of voles and deer causing injury to trees, with the help of publicly-funded research brought to us by the US Department of Agriculture.

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstramentalist, Oh Please, Gerhard Feng; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Whiskey Saved My Soil, Daniel Fridell

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she recently lost quite a few apple trees to rodent damage despite her best efforts to protect them.

We discuss behavior & pest management of voles and deer causing injury to trees, with the help of publicly-funded research brought to us by the US Department of Agriculture.

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstramentalist, Oh Please, Gerhard Feng; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Whiskey Saved My Soil, Daniel Fridell

]]> We discuss behavior & pest management of voles and deer causing injury to trees, with the help of publicly-funded research brought to us by the US Department of Agriculture. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 2141 4 full Jason tore up his front lawn Jason tore up his front lawn https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-tore-up-his-front-lawn/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/jason-tore-up-his-front-lawn/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:30:51 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/36276714-2e49-3b02-b21a-99ef81c98dfb Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing.

Learn more about Community Supported Research

Oregon State Extension resources for backyard berries and fruit tree pruning

Saffron Lifecycle 

Container growing for blueberries? 

Growing Sweetpotato? What could go wrong? 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Riding High, John Runefelt; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil, Takes Two to Tango, Ryan James Carr

]]> Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing.

Learn more about Community Supported Research

Oregon State Extension resources for backyard berries and fruit tree pruning

Saffron Lifecycle 

Container growing for blueberries? 

Growing Sweetpotato? What could go wrong? 

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Riding High, John Runefelt; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil, Takes Two to Tango, Ryan James Carr

]]> Backyard blueberry and saffron growing for a beginner audience. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1425 3 full Susan wants to talk about hornworms Susan wants to talk about hornworms https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-wants-to-talk-about-hornworms/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/susan-wants-to-talk-about-hornworms/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:37:48 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/cc87395b-e76f-3b91-995f-cdee914dbfdd Susan is a professor of agriculture in the seacoast region of New Hampshire. She runs a community garden and works with students and community members across a wide range of age groups. She's an experienced commercial farmer but she has thoughts on how we value the non-commercial aspects of growing.

Listen into this wide ranging conversation about unique pests in high tunnels, as well as a deep dive into tomato hornworm and breeding for resistant tomato varieties.

UNH Farm2You on Facebook & Instagram

The full interview with tomato breeder, Dr. Greg Vogel, Cornell University 

Learn more about Community Supported Research

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Beginning to Dream, Ryan James Carr; Just a Friend, Matt Large; overture, doseoff; In the Bag, John Runefelt

 

]]> Susan is a professor of agriculture in the seacoast region of New Hampshire. She runs a community garden and works with students and community members across a wide range of age groups. She's an experienced commercial farmer but she has thoughts on how we value the non-commercial aspects of growing.

Listen into this wide ranging conversation about unique pests in high tunnels, as well as a deep dive into tomato hornworm and breeding for resistant tomato varieties.

UNH Farm2You on Facebook & Instagram

The full interview with tomato breeder, Dr. Greg Vogel, Cornell University 

Learn more about Community Supported Research

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Beginning to Dream, Ryan James Carr; Just a Friend, Matt Large; overture, doseoff; In the Bag, John Runefelt

 

]]> Wide ranging conversation about pests of high tunnel crops, including hornworm, ants, & rodents. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 2667 2 full Kasi wants to know about these wasps Kasi wants to know about these wasps https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-wants-to-know-about-these-wasps/ https://seriousgrower.podbean.com/e/kasi-wants-to-know-about-these-wasps/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:35:21 -0400 seriousgrower.podbean.com/30577770-cf31-3d46-95cc-e7a524bed149 Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she encountered a planting of cowpeas during a recent tour of her ag experiment station that was meant to support wasps. She wants to know what gives?

We chat about stinging wasps and the non-stinging parasitic wasps who provide biocontrol of pest insects.

Full interview with Dr. Veronica Yurchak Extension Specialist in Commercial Vegetable Production at the University of Maryland

 

Learn more about Community Supported Research

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Summertime Madness, Matt Large; Whisky Saved My Soul, Daniel Fridell

 

 

 

]]> Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she encountered a planting of cowpeas during a recent tour of her ag experiment station that was meant to support wasps. She wants to know what gives?

We chat about stinging wasps and the non-stinging parasitic wasps who provide biocontrol of pest insects.

Full interview with Dr. Veronica Yurchak Extension Specialist in Commercial Vegetable Production at the University of Maryland

 

Learn more about Community Supported Research

 

Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Summertime Madness, Matt Large; Whisky Saved My Soul, Daniel Fridell

 

 

 

]]> We chat about stinging wasps and the non-stinging parasitic wasps who provide biocontrol of pest insects. New Hampshire Community Supported Research true No 1414 1 full