Our Recordings
The OSU Vegetable Production Systems Lab YouTube Channel
Success with High Tunnel Production is Rooted in Environmental Management
Presented February 18, 2025 as part of the Utah State University 13th Annual Urban and Small Farms Conference
The Value of Nutrient Density with Matt Kleinhenz
Recorded March 24, 2018 on the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
Our VegNet Articles
Below are articles we have contributed to VegNet Newsletters. To access all VegNet articles, click here.
Observations of Pepper Seedling Development in Stabilized Plugs, not Standard Loose Rooting Medium
Posted March 22, 2025
First Impressions of a Stabilized Seedling Plug
Posted March 1, 2025
Daylength Effects on Seeding/Transplanting Dates for Fall-to-Spring Harvesting of Annual Specialty Crops
Posted September 21, 2024
Using Each Season and Crop as Preparation for the Next in High Tunnel Production
Posted August 31, 2024
A Better High Tunnel Poly Covering?
Posted August 17, 2024
Crop Selection and High Tunnel Soil Productivity
Posted July 27, 2024
Foliar Feeding of Vegetable Crops: An Overview of Why, Why Not, and What to Consider
Posted July 13, 2024
Blotchy Ripening of Tomato Fruit: Description, Contributing Factors, and Prevention
Posted July 6, 2024
Prune Fresh Market Tomatoes (field, high tunnel): Yes or No?
Posted June 22, 2024
Hilling Sets Potato Crops Back but Improves Them
Posted June 8, 2024
Four Fast Facts about Vegetable Grafting in the U.S.
Posted April 18, 2024
High Tunnel Crop and Market Period Diversity
Posted February 17, 2024
A Minimalist Approach to Ensuring Fall through Spring Vegetable Harvests
Posted February 3, 2024
Maximize Success with Summertime High Tunnel Crops by Enhancing Soil Conditions Fall to Spring
Posted October 28, 2023
Mid-Late Season Check of Fertilizer Programs: Are They Right?
Posted August 12, 2023
Crop Vigor and Weed Pressure
Posted July 15, 2023
“Can I…?”, “What about…?”: Farmers Improving Their and Other Farms through Research
Posted July 8, 2023
Optimize Potato Seeding Depth and Hill Management for Your Varieties, Soils, and Markets
Posted June 24, 2023
Six Factors to Consider Given the Dry Season So Far
Posted June 10, 2023
Growers, Grafters, Researchers, and Extension Partner in Identifying Best Management Practices for Grafted Vegetable Plants – Watermelon in Ohio in 2023
Posted May 27, 2023
Successful Production Begins with the Best Varieties: An Example from Potato Breeding
Posted May 13, 2023
Maintaining Soil Productivity/Health in High tunnels: What’s the Problem?
Posted April 29, 2023
Plant Biostimulants: What They Are and Including Them in Your Cropping Toolbox
Posted April 22, 2023
How Will Your Yield and Efficiency Increase this Season?
Posted March 11, 2023
Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 2: Ventilation Status
Posted February 18, 2023
Efficient and Effective Management of High Tunnel Environments, 1: The Need and Challenge
Posted February 11, 2023
Fruit and Vegetable Production: What’s Next with Consumers, Technology, and More?
Posted November 5, 2022
New Plant Hardiness Zone, Growing Degree Day, and Heat Zone Maps
Posted October 29, 2022
Wintertime Programs to Refresh, Reflect, Reconnect, and Prepare
Posted October 15, 2022
Greater Success through Improved Management of High Tunnel Environments
Posted October 8, 2022
Mechanization-Automation in Vegetable Production: It’s Personal and Important
Posted March 26, 2022
Why Aren’t My High Tunnel Tomato Plants Growing Faster?
Posted March 5, 2022
Solar Energy and Your Farm
Posted Feburary 26, 2022
A Simple, Inexpensive, DIY System for Controlling the Height of High Tunnel Sidewall Rollbars Remotely
Posted December 19, 2021
Soil Heating Effects on Days to Harvest, Quality, and Regrowth of Three High Tunnel- and Fall-grown Vegetable Crops
Posted November 6, 2021
Optimizing Film, Fabric, and Root Zone Heating Combinations in Fall-to-Spring High Tunnel Vegetable Production
Posted October 9, 2021
Grafted Watermelon Plants: Under What Conditions and Practices Does Using Them Offer the Best Return on Investment?
Posted August 21, 2021
Optimizing Vegetable Fertilizer Programs
Posted July 24, 2021
Syncing the Amount of Water Available to Crops with Their Need for It
Posted July 10, 2021
Partnerships, Teamwork, and Persistence Bring New Potato Varieties
Posted June 26, 2021
Recognize and Mitigate Crop Heat Stress
Posted June 12, 2021
What are You and Others You Hear from Willing to Pay for New Farming Technology?
Posted May 29, 2021
Irrigation Water Quality Testing
Posted May 1, 2021
How Do you Maintain the Health – Quality – Productivity of Soils in Your High Tunnel(s)?
Posted April 10, 2021
Re-Introducing The Vegetable Beet and Re-Thinking Transplant Production
Posted March 20, 2021
Soil Limiting Bird Damage in Sweet Corn
Posted March 6, 2021
Soil Sampling and Analysis for High Tunnel Production
Posted February 20, 2021
Grafted Plants: What They May Offer You and How to Obtain Them
Posted January 30, 2021
Improving Success with Soil-less Rooting Media
Posted October 10, 2020
Grafting, In-row Spacing, and Seasonal Nitrogen Application Rate Effects on Watermelon Yield and Quality
Posted October 3, 2020
High Tunnel Site Selection Tips
Posted September 19, 2020
Optimizing Plant Spacing (Population) and Seasonal Nitrogen Rates in Grafted Watermelon Production
Posted August 22, 2020
Rotation Crops in High Tunnel Production
Posted August 8, 2020
Optimizing Soil Moisture in Drip-irrigated Soils
Posted August 1, 2020
Grafting, In-row Spacing, and Total Seasonal Nitrogen Effects on Watermelon Yield and Quality
Posted July 11, 2020
Water Needs and Supplies, and Delivered during Typical Drip Irrigation Events
Posted July 4, 2020
Factors Influencing Measures of °Brix (Soluble Solids), an Indicator of Potential Crop Quality
Posted June 27, 2020
Grafted Plants, Suppliers, and Experiments
Posted June 6, 2020
Transplants: Roots, Shoots, and Water
Posted May 23, 2020
Upcoming Session to Focus on Long-term Success in High Tunnel Production
Posted April 20, 2020
From New and Unusual to Common (or Maybe Not): The Dynamic World of Specialty Varieties
Posted September 28, 2019
One Example of How Grafting May Benefit Pepper Growers
Posted September 21, 2019
Harvests of Data Hopefully Increase Harvests of Money
Posted August 24, 2019
Lab to Field to Basket: Potato Research and Extension to Strengthen the “Chip Business”
Posted August 17, 2019
Making Up Lost Ground (actually, for Lost Plants or Leaves)
Posted July 6, 2019
Persistently-wet Soils Early in the Season: Consequences and Mitigation
Posted June 29, 2019
More and Better Tools to Help Respond Effectively to Weather-related Challenges
Posted June 8, 2019
Research newly Completed and Started
Posted May 25, 2019
Growers and Researchers continue to Study Grafted Vegetable Plants
Posted May 4, 2019
Specialty Crop Growers’ Roundtable at OARDC
Posted January 19, 2019
The 2019 Ohio Produce Network Program: Count on It
Posted January 12, 2019
Grower, Gardener, Educator, and Researcher – All can Gain from Vegetable Grafting
Posted January 4, 2019
Biodegradable Mulch: Your Next Production Tool?
Posted October 6, 2018
Fruit Yield and Quality in a Strip-Till Tomato System as Influenced by Grafted Plants and Crop Biostimulants
Posted September 1, 2018
Building a Shared Understanding of Soil Balancing
Posted August 13, 2018
Can Microbial Inoculants (Biostimulants) Enhance Vegetable Yield and/or Quality?
Posted July 22, 2017
Monitor and Predict Conditions during Production, Storage, and Transport
Posted June 17, 2017
That’s a Great Idea! Can I/We Test It?
Posted May 27, 2017
High Tunnel Vegetable Production: Challenges and Opportunities Workshop
Posted May 20, 2017
Graft, Roll, Crimp, Crush, and Strip: A Few of the Steps included in an Ongoing Study
Posted May 20, 2017
Larger, better, and more stress-tolerant crops with microbial biostimulants?
Posted May 11, 2017
Vegetable Grafting: Why and How
Posted May 3, 2017
A High-Tunnel That is Easy to Move and Easy to Keep in Place
Vol. 23, No. 21, pp. 1-2
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Are Grafted Plants Especially Beneficial When Strip- or No-Tillage are Used?
in Vol. 23, No. 20, pp. 1-2
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Does the Base Cation Saturation Ratio (BCSR) Philosophy Affect Your Crops, Soils, Weeds, and Bottom-line?
Vol. 23, No. 18, pp. 1-2
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Drainage Around High Tunnels is Important
Vol. 23, No. 17, pp. 1-2
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Understanding the Base Cation Saturation (BCSR) Philosophy of Soil and Nutrient Management
Vol. 23, No. 14, pp. 4-5
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Will Grafted Plants be Useful in Processing Tomato Production?
Vol. 23, No. 13, pg. 3
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Getting the Most from Crop Biostimulants and Biofertilizers
in Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 4-5
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When Does Low Soil Moisture Most Affect Cabbage?
Vol. 23, No. 11, pp. 2-3
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Typical Yield Patterns of Grafted and Ungrafted Tomato, Watermelon, and Melon Plants
Vol. 23, No. 10, pg. 9
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Strip Tillage and Grafting: Useful Combination?
in Vol. 23, No. 9, pg. 3
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Three Quick Points About Diagnosing Nutrient Deficiencies
Vol. 23, No. 7, pg. 2
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Three Things to Look for on Microbe-containing Biofertilizer and Biostimulant Labels
in Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 7-8
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Research Enhancing Fall-to-Spring High Value Leafy Vegetable Production
in Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 5-6
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Strip Tillage and Grafting in Vegetable Production – Results from 2015 and New Study in 2016
in Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 3-4
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Strip Tillage and Grafting in Vegetable Production – Results from 2015 and New Study in 2016
in Vol. 23, No. 2, pg. 2
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