Wenjing Guan’s team published the research ‘Effects of Irrigation and Fertigation on Seedless Watermelon Yield in Southern Indiana’. This project is financially supported by an ISDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, and supports from National Watermelon Association, Illiana Watermelon Association and Indiana Vegetable Growers Association. This publication is highlighted in National Watermelon Association E-mail Magazine On[Read More…]
The “Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Producers” took place on September 4 at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center. This event is part of an ISDA, Indiana Specialty Crop Block Grant project led by Wenjing Guan and Liz Maynard. Co-hosted by Purdue Extension, NRCS, and Urban Soil Health, speakers included Cara Bergschneider, NRCS State Urban and Small-Scale[Read More…]
Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center hosted a Watermelon Variety Evaluation Open House on July 24. Representatives from Hazera Seeds, Syngenta, BASF, Seedway, Origene Seeds, Clifton Seeds, Sakata, Glades Crop Care and Corteva visited the trials. The watermelon variety trials conducted at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center are supported by Purdue Extension and seed companies. Our goal[Read More…]
The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was held July 25 at the Purdue Student Farm. Petrus Langenhoven, Sofia Catucuamba, Miranda Purcell, Stephen Meyers, Wenjing Guan, Lian Duron, Ashley Adair, Brittany Weerts, and Hoagland Lab members Ada Martinez and Sophia Mears presented their research to attendees. Colleagues from the Departments of Entomology, Food Science, ABE,[Read More…]
Wenjing Guan talk about her research and Extension programs to more than 100 middle and high school students this month. The groups that have visited or will visit Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center include South Knox Middle School’s summer activity program (June 4, about 25 students), Vincennes University’s Techmaster Camp (June 12, about 10 students), Vincennes[Read More…]
Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Moriah Bilenky, Emmanuel Cooper, Celia Corado, Josué Cerritos García, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, Liz Maynard, Steve Meyers, Karen Mitchell, Jean Zavala and Linda Prokopy all attended the Indiana Small Farm Conference, which took place 2/29 and 3/1 last week. Ashley Adair presented a cover crops demonstration on 2/29 and facilitated the[Read More…]