The Nemali lab in collaboration with Marion county extension started the first workshop on ‘Home Hydroponics’ at the Artisan Market Place inside 16-Tech Innovation District, Indianapolis on June 23, 2022. The workshops will be conducted on a monthly basis for 20-30 people at a time. Their focus is to train attendees on how to grow[Read More…]
On June 24, Purdue Horticulture Extension hosted the 2022 Purdue Mint Field Day in Fair Oaks, Indiana. The first presentation of the day was Stephen Meyers who talked about the results of various herbicide trials at the research plot. Next, Petrus Langenhoven and Alejandro Rodriguez presented research on the biological approaches to Verticillium wilt management. 5[Read More…]
At Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC), we welcomed a tour of about 20 people from Illinois Jasper County Farm Bureau on June 7, 2022, and a tour of about 35 people from WIN Energy on June 23, 2022. SWPAC superintendent Dennis Nowaskie, and specialists Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel introduced the farm and research projects[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven is leading a farmer-to-farmer peppermint tour to the Pacific Northwest from June 27 to July 1, 2022. Indiana mint farmers, ANR Extension Educators, an Extension specialist, and HLA graduate student will be traveling to Washington State and Oregon to visit growers, researchers, and industry partners. They will visit growers around Yakima and Sunnyside[Read More…]