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Horticulture Field Night at Piketon


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Welcome to the 1998 Horticulture Field Day Web Tour.  If there is any question about horticulture call 740-289-2071 or e-mail Tom Wall or Brad Bergefurd by clicking on there names.   Thanks you and enjoy.

 


 

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Peter Bierman discusses blueberry water and nitrogen management to the crowd.

 

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Tom Wall discusses how the raised beds were built for the blueberry water and nitrogen management study.

 

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Raised beds may allow blueberry root zones to drain enough that subsurface drainage may not be required for optimal yields.

 

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Attendees sampled different blueberry varieties to see which they preferred.

 

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Growers crowd around to learn which strawberry varieties PREC staff thought tasted the best.

 

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Matted-row and full-field strawberries right after renovation.

 

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Tom Wall discusses how rowcover may promote earlier fruiting and higher yields of fall raspberries.

 

Thank you for going through our web tour of the field day here at piketon. We hope that if you have any question about not only Horticulture crops but other question about the other programs that might help you in any way. Send e-mail or call 740-289-2071 or (in-state at 1-800-297-2072). If you have general question about the pictures e-mail the web developer by clicking on web developer.

Thank you

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