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Flier for the 75th anniverary of the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

75th Anniversary Celebration Horticulture Research Field Day!

7/24/2024 - It's almost here! The 75th anniversary of the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC. Join us for this field day and celebration of the wonderful…

high tunnels with rows of vegetables growing in front

New Programming at Winter Vegetable Conference in Asheville

1/18/2024 - We have a wonderful program developed for the Winter Vegetable Conference in Asheville, NC on Feb. 21-22, 2024. We added a whole new session specifically for the smaller scale, direct…

blooming goldenseal plant emerging

May in the Mountains-Forest Farming, Fun Jobs, and More

5/12/2022 - It is springtime in the mountains of western North Carolina and the staff in my program and at our research and extension center are very busy. There are a lot of exciting things going on…

two people planting hemp plants in raised beds with white plastic

Hemp, Tomatoes, and Chinese Herbs!

5/26/2021 - Research assistant and graduate student, Katie Learn, provided these pictures of recent activities in our North Carolina Alternative Crops and Organics Program.

people looking at organic tomato studies in the field

Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!

11/25/2019 - The new funding for the multi-state Tomato Organic Management Initiative (TOMI) research and extension project was announced in the Southeast Farm Press over the weekend. We are excited…

leaves showing disease symptoms

Can You Mix Serenade With Copper? Organic Farmers Want to Know

8/17/2022 - Update. We have several more products in our "organic toolbox" now than we did eight years ago, but Serenade and copper are still important ones that we use. (Still receiving comments on…

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Herbicide Carryover in Manure-Last of the Tomato Study Results

11/11/2022 - I wrote the post below twelve years ago, but the problem is just as big as ever. Take a look at the earlier posts (3 weeks and 5 weeks) on this topic. And here is a link to our recently…

damage on leaves of plants grown with suspect composted manure

Close-Up Pictures of the Suspected Herbicide Carryover Damage on Tomatoes

11/29/2022 - Unfortunately, this post is as relevant now as when I posted it over eleven years ago.7/29/2010 - Please read the previous post to find out the details here. In short, these are pictures…

tomatoes grown for 5 weeks in standard potting mix

Five Weeks After Planting Tomatoes in Manure Compost-Damage Evident

9/6/2022 - I wrote this post twelve years ago and it is as relevant now as it was then...unfortunately. Here is our recently updated bulletin, too. AND BE SURE TO INVESTIGATE OTHER REASONS FOR PLANT…

healthy looking tomato plants displaying late blight resistance

New Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties Being Developed

Heirloom-type hybrid variety with late blight resistance Heirloom tomato, 'Akers West Virginia' without late blight resistance 7/7/2022 - Update. We started these efforts over thirteen years ago, and…