2020 Biweekly Vegetable News Podcast- Episode 4- 6/3/20 - a podcast by CCE ENYCH Team

The June 3rd, 2020 edition of the Eastern New York Vegetable News covers the following topics:

Sweet Potato Slip Handling and Planting (1:14)
Abiotic Disorders of Transplants (aka Hot Cold Wet Dry) (8:28)
Striped Cucumber Beetle PSA (15:13)
Options for Managing Onion Thrips in 2020 (19:23)
Managing Wireworms in Root Crops (31:43)
Berry News (31:43)

Here are links to additional resources mentioned in the episode:

Striped cucumber beetle PSA
Note: Row covers used for cucumber beetle management must be removed during flowering to allow for pollination, unless parthenocarpic varieties are grown.

Perimeter trap cropping for yellow and green summer squash, by T. Jude Boucher, formerly of University of Connecticut.
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/raw2/Perimeter%20Trap%20Cropping%20for%20Yellow%20and%20Green%20Summer%20Squash/Perimeter%20Trap%20Cropping%20for%20Yellow%20and%20Green%20Summer%20Squash.php

Setting up traps
DIY traps for striped cucumber beetle management, by Christie Shee, Perdue University. The milk jug trap was developed by Jaime Piñero, currently at the University of Massachusetts.
https://vegcropshotline.org/article/diy-traps-for-striped-cucumber-beetle-management/#:~:text=Beetles%20are%20attracted%20to%20the,for%20live%20striped%20cucumber%20beetles.

Cucumber beetle trap directions for assembly and use, from Agbio. This is one of several commercial trap designs available.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.arbico-organics.com/images/Cucumber_Beetle_Trap_Instructions.jpg

Managing Wireworms Root Crops, by Teresa Rusinek
https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_879.pdf

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