2012-2013 New England Vegetable Management Guide

Now Available!

When vegetable growers across New England are asked what resources they rely on most for information about producing vegetables, the New England Vegetable Management Guide is always high on their list. Updated every two years by vegetable specialists from the Universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, it consists of 250 information-packed pages with latest on cultural practices, nutrients and soil fertility, and pest management.

Introductory sections cover:

• General cultural practices for vegetables, including soil fertility and nutrients, soil management, cover crops, organic production, raised beds, irrigation, and much more.
• General pest management topics including weed, insect and disease management, IPM, efficacy tables, biological controls, organic and lower-risk pesticides, and pesticide safety.
• A comprehensive guide to vegetable transplant production.

In the crops section you will find recommended cultural practices, varieties and nutrient recommendations for each crop, along with specific information on management of weeds, insects and diseases for that crop or crop group. The specific production practices for each crop were extensively revised and updated for the 2012 edition.

Our audience includes wide range of types of farms -- large and small, organic and conventional, growing many or just a few crops, and the information reflects that diversity. If you are looking to find out about newly registered pesticides, or new label changes, you will find it here. If you want to know which pesticides are least toxic or are allowed for organic production, this is the place to find it. Trying to identify your pests? You will find a color photo of nearly every weed, disease or insect found on vegetable farms in the Pest Identification Guide bound together with the text.

Most vegetable growers want a hard copy to carry in their truck or have handy in their office. The New England Vegetable Management Guide may be ordered online from the UMass Extension Bookstore among the Books and Resources, at

http://www.umassextensionbookstore.com/store.php?crn=238

For quick reference from your computer, the full Guide may also be found online at www.nevegetable.org.