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Lighting hydroponic lettuce.

Now that the days are shorter with much less daylight, how much advantage is there adding supplenental lighting over the growing benches. H…

Started by Richard Freeman

1 Nov 5, 2012
Reply by Hort Americas

10 Things Farm Stands Won't Tell You

The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch web page recently posted a story called "10 Things Farm Stands Won't Tell You." The list covers topic…

Started by Brian Sparks

4 Oct 30, 2012
Reply by Mark Schindlbeck

Nutritional veggies grown conventionally

Just sayin! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48888214/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ I still have not seen any studies that have shown this is wr…

Started by Greg

4 Oct 30, 2012
Reply by Mark Schindlbeck

Neem Oil

Has anyone else had good luck using neem oils for Pesticides, Insecticides and Miticides. We have had great luck but unfortunatley we have…

Started by Gregg Burns

5 Oct 26, 2012
Reply by Dan Wickware

Battling Birds

This season, Florida blueberry growers faced extraordinary pest pressure from hungry birds. The worst experienced in several years was repo…

Started by Paul Rusnak

7 Sep 28, 2012
Reply by Paul Rusnak

Pomegranates In Florida

The 2012 UF/IFAS Mid Florida Citrus Foundation Pomegranate Field Day in Winter Garden drew a good crowd yesterday. I was there and I was im…

Started by Frank Giles

3 Sep 19, 2012
Reply by Paul Rusnak

Genetically Engineered Non-Browning Apple: Your Thoughts

We've been covering the potential USDA approval of the Arctic apple, a genetically engineered non-browning apple from Canada. The GrowingPr…

Started by Brian Sparks

2 Sep 1, 2012
Reply by Woody Thorpe

Overblown Hurricane Coverage

For those of us in Florida, the media coverage of Tropical Storm Isaac was epic. And I’m not sure why. Based on the amount of air time dedi…

Started by Paul Rusnak

4 Aug 31, 2012
Reply by Paul Rusnak

Marketing The Health Benefits Of Fruit

There was a welcome report recently from the Huffington Post on 24 "Superfruits", those deemed by nutrition scientists to be packed with an…

Started by Brian Sparks

1 Aug 31, 2012
Reply by Matt

Friday the 13th Microburst

Just put a new cover on a 30' X 96' high tunnel this Spring. Came home Friday evening after attending a Farmers Market in Red Lodge, Montan…

Started by Greg

3 Jul 27, 2012
Reply by Greg

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