The Top 10 Muscadine Grape Varieties For Consumer Appeal
WEBAug 10, 2016 · After evaluating 58 of the roughly 100 muscadine grape varieties available, University of Florida scientists have ranked the Top 10 based on high potential for consumer preference.. Muscadine grapes are known for their health benefits and other nutritive values – even for potential preventive measures against …
Who Are Today’s American Vegetable Growers? This Survey Digs …
WEBIf you look at the most common responses from American Vegetable Grower’s annual State of the Vegetable Industry Survey, a grower’s operation: Is between 25 and 50 years old (39% of all growers) Has less than 25 acres (47%) Has a direct-to-consumer division (74%) Grows tomatoes (63%) Naturally, that’s not the whole story.
KeyPlex, Record Buck Farms Spreading The Word About Citrus
WEBMay 28, 2010 · Record Buck, is one of the most well respected producers of container grown citrus trees in Florida. They are tree suppliers to the large chain garden centers of Lowes, Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot and to independent garden centers across Florida. Look for pink flamingos that mark citrus trees’ where KeyPlex and Record Buck have provided ...
13 Sweet Pepper Varieties You Need To Know - Growing Produce
WEBJul 7, 2014 · Breeder: Golden Valley Seed. Type: Lamuyo type sweet pepper. Color: Green to red. Disease resistance/Tolerance: Tobacco mosaic virus, bacterial spot, potato virus Y. Days to maturity: 71 to 76 days to transplant. Yield potential: High. Region (s) best suited for production: Southwest.
Field Scouting Guide: Gummy Stem Blight - Growing Produce
WEBApr 10, 2019 · Based on detailed surveys of 46 commercial watermelon fields in spring 2015 and 2016, 45% of the fields had gummy stem blight on more than 50% of the diseased leaves in the field. The watermelon yield lost to gummy stem blight is estimated to be $2.6 million each year in South Carolina, based on an average loss of …
Largest Berry Processing Facility In Southeast Opens
WEBJul 23, 2014 · Current capacity is for more than 10 million pounds of fresh berries during the Southeast growing season, with room to expand to match the anticipated growth in production in the region. In 2013 MBG celebrated its 30th anniversary in Georgia. Don Wade, a retired grower-member who was one of about a …
9 Traceability Tools To Keep You Compliant - Growing Produce
WEBJul 24, 2014 · 2. Fresh QC, FireTag. From Virtual One, Fresh QC provides traceability from each individual package to the picker in the field, integrating data collection, traceback, and payroll capabilities. Data such as grower, field, picker, time of harvest, variety, planting date, and more, is stored electronically. FireTag is a laser marking system that ...
What You Need to Know about Organic Grape Production
WEBMay 7, 2018 · KP: Well, it depends to which point the concept of “organic wine” (or, say, “natural wine”) is pushed. Indeed, organic winegrape production is a system that benefits the establishment of a rich microbiota that can further contribute in winemaking, if no sulfur and no commercial yeast is used.
10 Top Performing Watermelon Varieties - Growing Produce
WEBJan 5, 2015 · Weight/length: 8 to 13 pounds. Seedless/seeded: Seedless. Color: Dark-green rind with small yellow markings (“stars”) and large yellow markings (“moons”), and. red flesh. Days to maturity: Early to ripen. Yield potential: Average of 2 to 3 fruit per plant. www.johnnyseeds.com. Sweet Polly. Company: Siegers Seed Co.
Field Scouting Guide: Waterhemp - Growing Produce
WEBFeb 5, 2020 · This latest edition of Field Scouting Guide concentrates on common waterhemp. Stephen Lawrence Meyers, Purdue University, and Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Ph.D., Cornell University, offer advice on how to spot and treat this weed. Waterhemp is most commonly mistaken for other pigweed species. Note the difference in leaf shape and pattern between these ...
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