vegetables
Growing bodies require lots of TLC so kids grow up to become healthy adults. According to the Healthy Eating Research (HER), a national research program dedicated to improving children's nutrition and preventing childhood obesity, school-aged children between the ages of five and eight are ready to...
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This week we dig deeper into root vegetables. By planning ahead and anticipating challenges, you can get ahead of common problems that limit yields. Get your stew mix ready, let’s talk carrots, beets, radishes, and turnips.
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We are hitting the growing season's first heat wave. While the last few years have been hot, you can refresh yourself on the ways hot weather can change the way our crops grow and yield.
Ways hot weather impact crops before fruit set...
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As soil starts to warm and vegetables get in the ground, complaints about cutworms often follow. Minnesota is home to a few species of cutworms, some of which we can track and predict, and others we can’t. Regardless of the species, we...
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Are you looking for low-cost and safe ways to wash fruits and vegetables to prepare them for sale this summer? You do not need to spend a lot of money to build a safe washing station. While stainless steel and permanent tanks and sinks...
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Last spring and summer our team visited 100 small-scale vegetable farms in Minnesota to do soil health assessments, and one of the key drivers of healthy soil was tillage. Soils with less tillage had better aggregate stability, faster...
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When saving tomato seeds, look for unblemished fruits from healthy, disease-free plants.
The gardening season is coming to a close. If you are saving seeds, now is the time to start collecting them.
Choosing which seeds to save
Some...
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Hot weather can cause tomato flowers to wither and become brittle, falling off the plant easily.
It has been a hot few weeks in Minnesota, and people are reporting disappointing yields in their vegetable gardens. Bushy cucumber plants...
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Extension is offering soil testing in high tunnels and fields at 100 vegetable farms across the state. Participants will receive complimentary soil tests that include a basic soil series (texture, organic matter, pH, phosphorus, potassium...
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One significant challenge for gardeners who use organic practices is to provide enough nitrogen to meet vegetable needs without over-applying phosphorus. Last year, we shared our findings that most home gardens are over-fertilized; the...
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