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New mobile resource for commercial vegetable production
Just like growers who attend winter meetings to increase their knowledge and skills, Extension educators are continuously learning new or updated...
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Spice up your November with cranberries
October just left us with blistery cold snowy reminder that the growing season is over. Now we can turn our focus to our families, friends, and...
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Hydroponic day-neutral strawberry production observations
Hydroponic production allows for different configurations or growing systems that can include gutters, rails, troughs, buckets, slabs, and bags, as...
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Day-neutral strawberries still producing
With our research partner, Freeport High School Student Vegetable Farm, the annual strawberry plants study has continued to grow well into September...
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Growing Great Grapes
Join University of Illinois Extension Educator Grant McCarty as he presents “Growing Great Grapes” as part of the Spring Break Gardening Series. This program is taking place on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 starting at 6 p.m. at the Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 Vine St. Elizabeth, IL...
Illinois Extension to Offer Get Growing Webinar Series
  Join Grant McCarty, Illinois Extension Local Foods and Small Farms Educator, for the Get Growing Webinar Series. The series will be held on Thursday evenings beginning April 22 and going through May 13. The presentations will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. each evening and will be held via...
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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 coming in...

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