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It’s Berry Easy: Grow Your Own Strawberries!
Have you enjoyed a sweet, juicy strawberry this spring? If so, it was likely grown in a warmer climate and shipped to your local grocery store. While...
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From St. Louis Metro East: Fruit crop looking good
Since the last newsletter, several cold fronts have come through the region; not enough to take the fruit crop, but enough to slow development and do...
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Frost and freeze risk across Illinois next week
Illinois state climatologist, Trent Ford, shared this updated freeze risk alert for next week. After a warm March and first week of April,...
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From St. Louis Metro East: Field work ramping up with warming temperatures
Sprayers are up and running for the 2025 season.  Plasticulture strawberries are uncovered, and the first round of fungicide has been applied,...
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Fruit and Vegetable School
Fruit and Vegetable School connects local growers with industry experts
MT. VERNON, Ill. – Commercial fruit and vegetable growers face a lot of uncertainties. One thing is certain: University of Illinois Extension has the practical, current research to help you make those important production decisions. Get practical research-based information to make your specialty...
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Extension to offer February programs on fruit trees and small fruits
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. – Fruit trees and small fruits can add a sweet addition to your home landscape or garden. Join Extension for two free programs in February to learn how to grow a bountiful harvest of delicious fruit right outside your back door. Growing fruit trees can be a rewarding...
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Day Neutral Strawberries: Why Grow Annual Strawberries?

 

Why grow annual strawberries compared to June-bearing/perennial berries? Grant McCarty, Local Foods and Small Farms Educator, explains reasons for his day-neutral strawberry research and what he has seen so far from last year's harvest. More conclusive recommendations will be...

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Elizabeth Wahle

Elizabeth Wahle

Extension Specialist, Agriculture and Agribusiness (Commercial Agriculture)

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