SW Purdue Ag Center hosts High Tunnel Tour

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center will host a tour focusing on raising tomatoes in high tunnels.

The tour is 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 22. The center is located at 4369 N. Purdue Road in Vincennes.

Topics include:

• High tunnel tomato diseases and management.
• End-of-season field sanitation.
• Potential use of grafting in high-tunnel tomato production.
• Use of shade cloth.
• Sprayer calibration.

The tour is free but registration is required. For more information, or to sign up, contact Wenjing Guan, guan40@purdue.edu or Dan Egel, egel@purdue.edu. 

Writer: Darrin Pack, 765-494-8415, dpack@purdue.edu 

Source: Wenjing Guan, 812-886-0198, guan40@purdue.edu

Agricultural Communications: (765) 494-2722;
Keith Robinson, robins89@purdue.edu
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