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- Matt Kleinhenz is speaking with stakeholders about soil balancing vegetable research plots on August 9, 2018.
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- Mowing of rye cover crop in preparation for plowing vegetable plots in Spring 2017.
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- Two different types of low tunnel coverings were used to cover red romaine lettuce planted in raised beds located inside this high tunnel.
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- Use of data loggers in research allow us to record soil temperatures during different times and seasons.
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- Newly seeded tomato trays are being misted in one of our greenhouse rooms on April 25, 2018.
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- Petiole sap from spinach leaves is being used to measure leaf nitrate levels on May 2, 2017.
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- Grafted and ungrafted transplants are being planted by members of the VPSL in one of our high tunnels on May 2, 2018.
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- Splice grafted tomato transplants ready for planting.
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- A 30×80 feet high tunnel prepped and nearly ready for spring planting.
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- High tunnel grown, microbe-based biostimulant inoculated carrots sown mid-March are growing well on May 4, 2018.
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- Members of the VPSL are evaluating samples of romaine lettuce harvested on May 9, 2018.
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- Romaine lettuce (either uninoculated or inoculated with a microbe-based biostimulant) samples were collected from this high tunnel on May 9.
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- Undergraduate students learn how to graft tomatoes in class on March 8, 2017 with the assistance Mahmoud Soltan of the VPSL.
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- Zheng Wang samples rhizospheric soil of spinach to determine the effects of bio- and natural fertilizers on yield and quality.
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- Sickle bar mowing as preparation for strip tillage plots at the OARDC in Wooster, Ohio in May 2016.
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- Roots harvested from strip tillage plots at the OARDC in Wooster, Ohio in September 2016.
The Department of Horticulture and Crop Science has developed this site to provide resources and tools to strengthen vegetable farms and businesses, to aid peers, and to increase product value to end-users and consumers.
The site provides:
- Information on our areas of research: crop environments, microbial bioproducts, product quality, soil balancing, vegetable grafting
- Descriptive photo galleries from these different research areas
- Reports, publications, and presentations based on the outcomes of our research
- Digital tools, including access to online communities, developed to aid stakeholders in decision making and troubleshooting
- Demonstration videos intended to assist growers and others to implement improved production and quality methods and practices
NEWS AND EVENTS
Collections of up-to-date COVID-19 News and Resources for Growers and Consumers:
Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association
OSU’s Knowledge Exchange
New Resource for Understanding Microbial Biostimulants in the Grower’s Toolbox:
VPSL’s Matt Kleinhenz discussed microbial biostimulants in vegetable crop production on the Great Lakes Vegetable Producer’s Network weekly roundtable discussion series, July 8, 2020. Find the recorded conversation HERE. Learn more about the GLVPN by visiting their website and find more recordings from the series here. To find more of our resources to demystify these crop inputs, visit our Bugs in a Jug page.
More Recordings:
Six Call-in Conversations to help growers select, use, and evaluate microbe-containing crop biostimulants