Organic Production - Some Thoughts And Considerations
Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture is taking a strong lead in research and teaching in sustainable production of horticulture crops, particularly vegetables. For years Dr. Ron Morse has been conducting cutting ... [... more]
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Vegetable Planting Guide
The Planting Area Map linked to this file can be used to determine the average date of last frost in your area. Actual dates will vary due to local conditions and yearly temperature fluctuations. The average date of ... [... more]
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Seed For The Garden
There are certain considerations to be kept in mind when saving seed. Seeds from hybrid varieties will not produce plants that are the same as the parent plants; therefore, only open-pollinated varieties should be ... [... more]
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Home Hydroponics
Whether a plant is grown in soil or a soilless medium, there are many factors affecting plant growth and productivity. All plants require nutrients, water, light, and air to grow. A plant grown in soil obtains ... [... more]
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Soil Preparation
The type of equipment used to prepare your garden will depend on the size of the garden, your physical ability, time, and budget. Options include hand digging with a spade or shovel, tilling with a power rotary ... [... more]
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Foliar Feeding Of Plant Nutrients
Armed with this knowledge they dug out of the research journals, commercial agricultural chemists began developing foliar feeding formulations. Their continuous product improvement research has resulted in products ... [... more]
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Beets And Swiss Chard
Swiss chard can be treated as a two-part crop in that the deeply crinkled leaves have prominent central ribs up to 2 inches across that can be cut away from the rest of the leaf to be cooked and served similar to ... [... more]
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Onions, Garlic, And Shallots
Onion varieties have different requirements as to the number of hours of daylight required to make a bulb. If the seed catalog lists the onion as "long day," it sets bulbs when it receives 15 to 16 hours of daylight ... [... more]
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Is Saving Garden Seeds A Saving?
Once you determine that you have some plants whose seeds are worth saving, you need to harvest and store the seed properly. Fruit must be fully ripe; for tomatoes that means riper than you'd like to eat it. Peppers ... [... more]
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Planting The Fall Garden
When planting seeds in a summer garden, keep in mind that conditions are different in the summer than in the spring. Rains tend to be infrequent and heavy rather than frequent but light. Provide the constant soil ... [... more]
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Coldframes
Management of a coldframe is quite simple if a few basic rules are followed concerning ventilation, watering, and protection from extremes in temperature. Ventilation is most critical in late winter and early spring ... [... more]
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Specialty Crop Profile:Globe Artichoke
Diseases: Powdery mildew and Ramularia leaf spot can attack the bud bracts and foliage in artichoke, causing premature leaf drop and unmarketable buds. There are specialized chemical registrations in California; ... [... more]
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