News From Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

Red Delicious apples in crate
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [9.10.25]

Published - September 11, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Red Delicious apples in crate
2025 Apple Pilot Maturity Program [9.04.25]

Published - September 4, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Red Delicious apples in crate
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.27.25]

Published - August 28, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Buckeye Gala apples in a crate
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.21.25]

Published - August 22, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Three rows of apples on purple tray: two rows whole, bottom row halved showing interior browning.
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.13.25]

Published - August 14, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
JIm Walgenbach, Ag Hall of Fame
Walgenbach Inducted Into WNC Agricultural Hall of Fame

Published - August 11, 2025

Late blight on tomato fruit
Reports of Late Blight on Tomato in WNC (8/8/2025)

Published - August 8, 2025

From: Extension Plant Pathology
Green apple with a long brown cracked scar across its skin and small bruises
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [08.06.25]

Published - August 8, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Three rows of green apples on purple tray: whole top and middle, cross-sections with internal browning bottom
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [07.30.2025]

Published - July 30, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Cucumber downy mildew
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Found 7/30/2025 in Haywood County

Published - July 30, 2025

From: Extension Plant Pathology
Whole and halved green apples in purple tray; halved apples browned with mold.
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [07.24.2025]

Published - July 25, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
NC State Extension agroforestry farm tour Durham County forest farming alley cropping
An NC State Extension Program Teaches Integration between Agriculture and Forestry

Published - July 18, 2025

From: NC State Extension
Image of several apples on a tray in advance of fruit quality evaluations
2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [07.18.2025]

Published - July 18, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
2025 Success with Growing Cover Crops
July 23: Success With Growing Cover Crops

Published - July 7, 2025

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

Published - June 19, 2025

From: New Crops & Organics
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!

Published - June 10, 2025

From: New Crops & Organics
Botrytis blight on petunia
Ornamental Growers: Interested in an Educational Conference in NC?

Published - May 13, 2025

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

Published - May 12, 2025

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

Published - May 7, 2025

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

Published - May 7, 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

Published - April 18, 2025

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

Published - April 9, 2025

From: New Crops & Organics
Photo of Firewall
Applying FireWall 50WP

Published - March 31, 2025

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

Published - March 31, 2025

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

Published - March 30, 2025

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Soil sampling
NCDA Offers FREE Soil Testing & Services for WNC Through June 2025

Published - March 27, 2025

From: Extension Plant Pathology
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

Published - March 18, 2025

From: NC State Extension
2025 SE Veg Crop Handbook
2025 SE Vegetable Crop Handbook

Published - March 17, 2025

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

Published - March 12, 2025

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

Published - February 25, 2025

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

Published - February 18, 2025

From: New Crops & Organics
Tomato flowers with bee
2025 North Carolina Fungicide Guides for Tomato and Pepper

Published - February 17, 2025

From: Extension Plant Pathology
Petunias in a greenhouse
2025 Fungicide Guide for Herbaceous Ornamentals in the Greenhouse, Nursery, & Landscape

Published - January 31, 2025

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

Published - January 27, 2025

From: NC State Extension
people harvesting Chinese medicinal herb roots in the field
Chinese Medicinal Herb Project Highlighted in Local News

Published - December 16, 2024

From: New Crops & Organics
tomatoes growing in a high tunnel with a woman pointing to them
WNC 2025 Winter Vegetable Conference Registration Is Open

Published - December 16, 2024

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

Published - December 12, 2024

From: New Crops & Organics
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

Published - November 19, 2024

From: NC State Extension
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

Published - September 26, 2024

From: NC Fresh Produce Safety
Bitter rot on 'Rome' apple fruit
The Perfect Storm

Published - September 24, 2024

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
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