Season's on!

Season's on!

There are 18 experimental field trials taking place right now in 3 different states: Iowa, Kentucky and New York, where IPM strategies for organic cucurbit production systems are being assessed by our research team. 

 

We're very excited to be working in this research project, and although we've had some challenges to get our field trials going, we're overcoming them.

 

More updates will come forward as season continues!

 

Jose Gonzalez

Project Coordinator

Transplanting muskmelon plants
Transplanting some muskmelon plants to the field.
poking wholes to install metallic hoops
Poking wholes through the black fabric, to easily install previously bended metallic (10 ft x 1/2 in) hoops after.
draggin the net through the plot
Pulling the net along the hoops structure.
installing the net
Weighing down the mesotunnel using sandbags.
Squash field with mesotunnel structure
Voilà!