Serious Grower

New Hampshire Community Supported Research
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  • LIFE SCIENCES

Join Anna (a stone-cold nerd) and her co-hosts to find out how science can help all the serious growers out there! ​Expect some expert visitors to drop in and get into the weeds, both literally and metaphorically. Please reach out if you are interested in being a co-host or if you have a question that needs some serious attention!

  1. 21H AGO

    Field Report for May 13, 2026

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!   More information on alium leafminer https://extension.psu.edu/allium-leaf-miner-on-track-to-emerge-in-early-april    More information on identifying brassica pests https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/    More information on beet leafminer https://www.umass.edu/agriculture-food-environment/vegetable/fact-sheets/beet-spinach-leafminer    Jonathan Ebba's Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association webinar on Improving High Tunnel Ventilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJX51TBZL4&list=PLszfvPfJBpgwzTlvLlnQlojedJnj0zoe3&index=11    More from the UNH Greenhouse Team https://media.unh.edu/channel/Greenhouse%2BProduction%2BWebinars%2Bby%2BUNH%2BCooperative%2BExtension/383388602

    9 min

  2. 3D AGO

    Susan is a fiber artist

    Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire... but just like the rest of us she has many interests, including knitting! In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how to avoid bringing pests into our home when we are repurposing second hand items, as well as an instagram reel from @rachelisknitting.   Please reach out to your local extension office if you think you have a bed bug infestation! Sometimes its something else but - if it is bed bugs - you want to act sooner than later and knowledge is power! Check out this Review Paper, as well as some interesting papers about remediation and IPM programs for public housing.    Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Beginning to Dream, Ryan James Carr; Overture, Dozeoff; Summertime Madness; Matt Large; Whiskey Saved My Soil, Daniel Fridell

    30 min

  3. MAY 6

    Field Report for May 6, 2026

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!   Andy Wyenandt's post on Recognizing cold injury in spring crops https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/cold-injury-in-cucumber-2/   More information about weeds from the morning glory family https://extension.psu.edu/the-noxious-persistent-invasive-and-perennial-bindweeds   More information about wireworm damage in rootcrops https://www.uvm.edu/d10-files/documents/2026-03/Lewins_Wireworm_Research.pdf    Webinar from eOrganic on using High Glucosinolate Mustard as an Organic Biofumigant in Vegetable Crops https://youtu.be/yHilDyTmxTo?si=q1eGP1RJIPSHp9zj

    9 min

  4. MAY 4

    Kasi has a system

    Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss what it takes to live on the cutting edge of art and science, how we adopt new ideas, and how we develop our own systems for doing things. This one is mostly heart and very little science.   Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; AAH!, TAGE; Lock Stock, The Big Let Down

    38 min

  5. APR 29

    Field Report for April 29, 2026

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!   US Drought Monitor Northeast Report https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast    Prediction model for cabbage maggot https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/    More information about asparagus beetle https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/5/3/B1/2194056    More information about leek moth https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center    More information about allium leafminer https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer    Video from Cornell’s Veg Team’s Stop the Rot Project identifying foliar symptoms of bacterial diseases of onion and how to distinguish bacterial diseases from other non-bacterial lookalikes. https://youtu.be/pTYmdIwjbao?si=Mf0GfKlioUIxSlE7    From Christy Hoepting (CCE Cornell Vegetable Program): Cornell Onion (Dry Bulb) Fungicide “Cheat Sheet” for Control of Leaf Diseases in New York, 2025 https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1216.pdf    Onion disease risk prediction tool that can help you track your risk to Botrytis leaf blight, onion downy mildew, and purple blotch https://newa.cornell.edu/onion-diseases/

    8 min

  6. APR 27

    Seth has a new plan for cabbage aphid

    Seth is a commercial grower in mid-coast Maine and he is getting serious about managing cabbage aphid infesting his organic Brussels sprouts. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of chemigating with overhead irrigation to apply insectical soaps with the frequency required for good control, as well as the potential non-target effects on biocontrol agents living on the farm.   Check out all the great stuff from The Brassica Pest Collaborative for more on managing brassica pests in the northeast.    Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertailia, Arc De Soleil; Brighter, Stonekeepers

    33 min

  7. APR 22

    Field Report for April 22, 2026

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!   Leek moth information center https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center   Allium Leafminer Factsheet https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer   More information about cabbage maggot https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/  https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=919  https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5005e/   More information about damping off https://extension.umn.edu/solve-problem/how-prevent-seedling-damping#:~:text=Low%20light%2C%20overwatering%2C%20high%20salts%20from%20over,are%20all%20associated%20with%20increased%20damping%20off

    11 min

  8. APR 20

    Kasi is a pillar of the community

    Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and a Granger! In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics. Learn more about the Grange!  Find my conversation with UNH Extension's Jeremy Delisle about what could go wrong when starting and maintaining a home orchard.   Music: With the Homes, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr

    35 min
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Join Anna (a stone-cold nerd) and her co-hosts to find out how science can help all the serious growers out there! ​Expect some expert visitors to drop in and get into the weeds, both literally and metaphorically. Please reach out if you are interested in being a co-host or if you have a question that needs some serious attention!

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  • Creator
    New Hampshire Community Supported Research
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
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