Summary: Peppers in experimental trials at Meigs Farm are
blooming; possible nutritional problems observed in red raspberries; white
druplets seen in blackberries; blossom end rot and zippering of tomatoes
observed; pests observed on tomatoes include aphids, cabbage loopers, yellow
striped armyworm, and stink bug (eggs only).
Join us again on June 18, 2012. 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Eastern/11:30-12:30 Central. Point your web browser to
https://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/htct/ and click on the phone icon to be dialed
in to the call, or just dial 1-866-492-6283.
Dr. David Conner from Univ. of Vermont will join us to
discuss results of his economic research on high tunnel production in Michigan.
You might be interested in reading some of the information in advance. See
'Model Business Plan for Season Extension with Hoophouses' at http://www.mottgroup.msu.edu/uploads/files/59/HoopHouseBulletin.pdf,
and 'Hoophouse Contributions to Farm Profitability and Food System
Sustainability: Lessons from Michigan' at
http://www.joe.org/joe/2011february/tt9.php. There is also an abstract '
Determinants of Hoophouse
Profitability: A Case Study of 12 Novice Michigan Farmers' available at http://horttech.ashspublications.org/content/22/2/215.abstract.
