Steve Bogash, Vegetable Crop Advisor Growing vegetables indoors in high tunnels and greenhouses often provides opportunities to produce longer season, higher quality crops at higher densities and greater yields when compared to ‘outdoor, in-soil’, production. Many growers successfully use the soil in their greenhouse or tunnel, but there are some major advantages to growing in … Read more
Steve Bogash, Vegetable Crop Advisor Producing fully colored bell peppers in the field can be a challenge due to diseases aggravated by weather conditions. Weather often causes fruit rots just as the peppers begin to reach full color. The simple practice of growing peppers in a high tunnel is often enough to “flip the script”, … Read more
Gary Shafer, Research Director We’ve discussed soil compaction, poor drainage, and the negative effects of excess water for several decades. Several of the ISP products have very positive effects upon all of these potentially serious situations. These include MetaboliK HV-1, Phytogro Xtra, Pow’rPak, ReStore 3g, and even to a lesser extent MetaboliK SB. We used … Read more
There’s a number of greenhouses that have already been planted, with some getting close to picking the first tomatoes of the season. As Steve Bogash’s wife, Roberta says, there are only two seasons of the year… “tomato season, and waiting for tomato season.” With that in mind we are getting very close to TOMATO SEASON! … Read more