Hemp Update #5

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

https://twitter.com/Cornell_U_Hemp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ACornell_U_Hemp&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhemp.cals.cornell.edu%2F

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If you have a posting but it is no longer valid, please let Maire mru2@cornell.edu or Kathy kal64@cornell.edu  know and it will be removed/changed.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