Tag: variety trials
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Posted on January 18, 2016
Evaluating Variety Trials: A Virtual Walk-through the Potato Fields
By Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm and Dr. Ruth Genger, UW Madison Department of Plant Pathology Admittedly, I have a bit of winter amnesia when […]
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Posted on July 13, 2014
Wet weather, weeds, and early potatoes
The wet weather we’ve had in the Midwest through the spring and early summer has made it difficult to time field operations, letting the weeds […]
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Posted on July 6, 2014
Insect management in organic potato
July is here, and so are the bugs! Two insect species are notorious pests on growing potatoes in mid-summer: potato leafhoppers and Colorado potato beetles. […]
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Posted on March 17, 2014
Spring update
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Just a quick update today, to share the poster I presented at the Organic Farming Conference last month. It was a […]
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Posted on February 17, 2014
Heirloom and specialty varieties in our collection
Thanks to our collaboration with Seed Savers Exchange, we have a large collection of specialty and heirloom varieties that we maintain in a tissue culture […]
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Posted on February 10, 2014
Potato varieties for on-farm trials in 2014
EDIT – I have updated this list by striking out the varieties that are no longer available. We have limited seed, and some requests have […]