Last Call for Crop Scouting!!
If you have not yet, please fill out attached application and return via e-mail. The scout will be organizing visits starting next week. I know planting has just begun, but we need to develop a seasonal scouting route.
Some Good Greenhouse Pest Management Sites:
Whiteflies: http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/agriculture/whiteflies/
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7401.html
Root Diseases (hemp appears to be quite susceptible to Pythium and Rhizoctonia): https://ag.umass.edu/greenhouse-floriculture/fact-sheets/root-diseases-of-greenhouse-crops
Sanitation/Cleaning between crops: https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ho/ho-250-w.pdf
Powdery Mildew: https://kentuckypestnews.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/powdery-mildew-of-hemp/
Article on Cannabis Uses for Animals
From the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/190601f.aspx
Sign Up for Larry Smart’s Hemp Twitter Feed
US Hemp Expo in Albany Coming Up June 2-4:
https://www.ushempexpos.com/about-eastern
Mark Your Calendars -Other Future Educational Meetings with Cornell:
§ Willsboro Farm Field Day – July 10
§ Aurora Farm Field Crops Field Day – July 11
§ Freeville Organic Farm Field Day – July 31
§ Long Island Hort Res Ext Center Plant Science Day – July 31
§ Hemp Workshop – Empire Farm Days – Aug 6-8
§ Cornell Hemp Field Day – Geneva – Aug. 13
§ Cornell CBD Hemp Field Day – Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca – Sept. 10?
NY Hemp Exchange/Buy and Sell Board:
It’s not fancy but its effective!
Current Buy/Sell Listings: https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.cce.cornell.edu/attachments/37547/hempadupdate4-24.pdf?1556201539
To post your own listing (updated ~ weekly): https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e35Eb3pNfpWkqhv
If you have a posting but it is no longer valid, please let Maire mru2@cornell.edu or Kathy kal64@cornell.edu know and it will be removed/changed.
Did You Miss a Previous Update:
See them here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.cce.cornell.edu/attachments/38094/hempupdate5-17.pdf?1558456477