The OSU Vegetable Production Systems Laboratory

09/27/2018

https://offer.osu.edu/SB-call-in

03/07/2018

We are now registering for our 2018 Call-in Conversation Series on "Building capacity for best use of microbial-based biostimulants/biofertilizers in organic and sustainable vegetable production." Visit http://u.osu.edu/vegprolab/research-areas/vegebiostimsferts/ for more information and to register.

02/22/2018

http://go.osu.edu/VPSLmicrobials

06/15/2017

Popcorn being grown in horticultural plots was harvested at the OARDC August, 2016. The kernels were weighed, air-popped and counted for fully, partially, and unpopped kernels January, 2017. The volume of fully popped kernels was measured using sand.

06/15/2017

Carrots were harvested at the OARDC on May 15, 2017. The carrots were then washed, sorted, weighed for fresh biomass, and measured for root length, shoulder and tip diameter.
Three representative roots were weighed and used for external colorimeter readings.
These roots were then cut in half; three halves are weighed and dried in an oven, while the other three halves are used for internal colorimeter readings and then stored at -20 degrees Celsius for Brix measurements.

06/14/2017

Lettuce harvested in raised beds at OARDC April, 2017

06/14/2017

Artisan Acres is being featured in the 2017 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. OSU researchers will be on the tour discussing their current on-farm soil-balancing investigations and demonstrating their collecting techniques.
For more information, visit the Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour website at http://policy.oeffa.org/farmtours2017
or the Wooster Weekly News article on the Artisan Acres at http://www.woosterweeklynews.com/article/20170608/AG/170609965/0/wwn?sectioncat=wwn

04/29/2016

This album contains images and captions on multiple topics of interest to low, mid and high tunnel users. In this album, a single image is used to make a point. In the "High Tunnels - Specific Topics" Album, a series of images typically is used.

02/21/2016

02/20/2016

This album features images and captions on specific topics related to high tunnel setup and use. Specific topics are addressed with series of images and captions intended to address basic questions and to prompt others to comment.

03/24/2015

High tunnel growers understand that crop and other conditions in the tunnel can change rapidly, especially during the volatile conditions of spring. 'Normal' crop cycles and crop management will be discussed in programs held in Cleveland on March 24 and in Wooster on March 28. The sessions on season extension are part of OSUE programs focused on urban agriculture (http://cuyahoga.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/market-gardening-and-urban-farming) and success on small farms (http://agnr.osu.edu/small-farm-programs/small-farm-conferences-and-trade-shows).

03/15/2015

Twenty-five growers from around western Ohio discussed major aspects of vegetable grafting (what it is, what role it can have in their business, and where to learn more) at Wilmington College. Thereafter, Bizhen Hu, M.S., demonstrated tomato grafting techniques and guided participants in grafting plants for testing on their farms. Bizhen is a PhD student in the VPSL and she studies the healing of newly-grafted plants.