News From Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

person holding a brown paper bag behind purple flowers in a field
Internship for Henderson Co. Residents With Interest in Agriculture!

June 19, 2025

Apple tree
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025

Group of people sitting on the ground pruning and training hops on a research station.
Check Out These Hands-on Learning Opportunities in North Carolina!

June 10, 2025

Apples on a tree
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

Close-up of an apple leaf heavily infested with small green aphids clustered along the underside and stem.
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025

Trap in apple orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

Insect trap in apple orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025

Botrytis blight on petunia
Ornamental Growers: Interested in an Educational Conference in NC?

May 13, 2025

Apple orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

two people planting little Chinese medicinal herb plants in a prepared bed on a farm
Our May Newsletter Is Ready for Your Viewing Pleasure!

May 12, 2025

2025 Mtn Hort Field Day — Aug 14, 2025, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
2025 Mtn Hort Field Day

May 7, 2025

NC STATE MTN HORT Mills River, NC — cover photo of farms and mountains; text: "Annual Report 2024"
2024 Annual Report

May 7, 2025

European red mites on apple leaf
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - May 5, 2025

May 5, 2025

Spraying apple orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

Plum curculio adult
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025

Image of several Gala apple fruit clusters that have fruit that are 8mm in diameter and appear to be setting with 4 or 5 fruit in a cluster.
Apple Thinning Update: 04.18.25

April 18, 2025

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station irrigation pond and orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025

Three bloodroot flowers blooming in the woods surrounding by dried leaves
April Showers and Forest Flowers-Our Latest Newsletter

April 9, 2025

Photo of Firewall
Applying FireWall 50WP

March 31, 2025

Apple blooms
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025

Photo showing pink bud and bloom phenology stages in apple
Apple Disease Update: Pink Bud and Bloom

March 31, 2025

A photo of blossom blight on an apple flower
March 31 and April 1: Blossom Blight Infection Alert!

March 30, 2025

Soil sampling
NCDA Offers FREE Soil Testing & Services for WNC Through June 2025

March 27, 2025

Margaret Bloomquist, research scholar with NC State Extension's NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program, wrapping up a March workday at Mountain Gardens, near Burnsville, N.C.
Margaret Bloomquist: Rebuilding Together After Helene

March 18, 2025

2025 SE Veg Crop Handbook
2025 SE Vegetable Crop Handbook

March 17, 2025

Green seedlings sprouting from mulch in a garden bed with greenhouses beyond
Our Latest Newsletter-Spring in the Mountains!

March 12, 2025

Rows of young saplings planted in furrows across a rural field with distant mountains
Commercial Tree Fruit Extension Meeting in Henderson County [March 6th]

February 25, 2025

Young woman holding a handful of truffles recently harvested from a truffle orchard in North Carolina
Truffles, Forest Farming, Chinese Herbs, and More!

February 18, 2025

Tomato flowers with bee
2025 North Carolina Fungicide Guides for Tomato and Pepper

February 17, 2025

Petunias in a greenhouse
2025 Fungicide Guide for Herbaceous Ornamentals in the Greenhouse, Nursery, & Landscape

January 31, 2025

NC State Extension Hurricane Helene response helping North Carolina ornamental industry
NC State Extension Helps Ornamental Growers Recover After Helene

January 27, 2025

people harvesting Chinese medicinal herb roots in the field
Chinese Medicinal Herb Project Highlighted in Local News

December 16, 2024

tomatoes growing in a high tunnel with a woman pointing to them
WNC 2025 Winter Vegetable Conference Registration Is Open

December 16, 2024

a group of people standing in a field
Reflections on 2024 from the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program Team

December 12, 2024

NC State Extension helping Western North Carolina WNC apple growers in aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Hope After Helene: Extension Promotes Resilience, Renewal for N.C. Apple Growers

November 19, 2024

Tomato plants on stakes with green and red fruit in a flooded, plastic-mulched row
Assessing Damage in Produce Crops During Times of Excessive Rainfall

September 26, 2024

Bitter rot on 'Rome' apple fruit
The Perfect Storm

September 24, 2024

Brown marmorated stink bug trap
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 6, 2024

September 6, 2024

Announcement of 9/11/2024 Forest Farming Field Tour at Warren Wilson College
Forest Farming Field Tour-Sept 11-in Swannanoa, NC

September 6, 2024

Brown marmorated stink bug damage spots on apple
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 28, 2024

August 28, 2024

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