Sodium, Salt and Soluble Salts …

Gary Shafer, ISP Research In grower meetings during the past couple of months, an often-asked question concerns the terms “salt”; ”sodium”; and “soluble salts”.  It appears there is quite a lot of misunderstanding surrounding these terms.  The most common salt of which most of us are familiar is sodium chloride, or common table salt.  But … Read more…

High Tunnel Tomato Variety Results

Gary Shafer, ISP Research As with the greenhouse tomato variety data given in the Autumn issue of this newsletter, the owner of the farm where the trail was located grows “pesticide free” produce, so we were limited as to the materials we could use to offset disease and insect pressures.  Diseases identified included; early blight, … Read more…