News From Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

Glomerella leaf spot photo
Apple Disease Update + Research Recap #1

Published - April 22, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Apple tree
Crop Load Management Update (4/21/2020): A Surplus of Challenges

Published - April 21, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Petal Fall on Gala
2020 Apple Disease Update: Petal Fall

Published - April 14, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
tree shoots
Prohexadione Calcium to Manage Tree Vigor

Published - April 7, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
steven and claudia
Sanders Ridge Farm Brings on New Farmers in Yadkin County

Published - April 3, 2020

From: NC FarmLink
Pink and bloom apple bud stage
2020 Apple Disease Update: Pink Bud and Bloom

Published - March 31, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
apple blossoms
Crop Load Management Update: Pink to Bloom

Published - March 31, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
apple tree
Minimizing Blind Wood on Apple

Published - March 24, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Tight Cluster on Gala
2020 Apple Disease Update: 1/2" Green and Tight Cluster

Published - March 24, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Tomato field at Mountain Research Station
2020 Tomato and Pepper Fungicide Spray Guides for North Carolina

Published - March 19, 2020

From: Extension Plant Pathology
Silver Tip and Green Tip Photographs
2020 Apple Disease Update: Late Silver / Green Tip

Published - March 18, 2020

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
two people crouching in the woods looking a forest plants
A Forest Farming Success Story

Published - February 28, 2020

From: New Crops & Organics
Volunteers digging and planting in a shaded forest clearing
Meet the WNC Woodland Stewards

Published - February 27, 2020

From: New Crops & Organics
woman taking truffle from soil
We Are Harvesting Lots of Black Perigord Truffles at NCSU!

Published - January 31, 2020

From: New Crops & Organics
Creek winding through dry grassland with leafless trees and distant hills under blue sky
Fantastic 102 Acre Farm and Farm House for Lease Near Murphy, NC

Published - January 9, 2020

From: NC FarmLink
Marssonina Blotch
Marssonina Madness on Malus

Published - September 17, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Two people wearing caps and sunglasses kneeling beside rows of planted seedlings in a field
Old Farm, New Farm. John and Jessica Rowe of Cannabis Consortium Breathe Life Into Montgomery County Farm

Published - September 16, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
Nectrotic leaf blotch
Don't Be Fooled by Nectrotic Leaf Blotch

Published - September 10, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Young Farmers BBQ Mixer at Hickory Nut Gap Farm — Sept 26 5pm–9pm, 57 Sugar Hollow Rd Fairview NC
Young Farmers Mixer! Chef Prepared BBQ Dinner, Square Dancing, and No Cost!

Published - August 27, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
CBD hemp growing on red, black and white plastic mulch
Our Hemp Projects in the News!

Published - July 10, 2019

From: New Crops & Organics
forest farming demonstration
Forest Farming and Ginseng Growing Podcasts

Published - June 7, 2019

From: New Crops & Organics
organic carrots in field
Growing Organic Produce for the Wholesale Market

Published - June 6, 2019

From: New Crops & Organics
Developing apple scab lesions on immature fruit
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 2, 2019

Published - June 4, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
2019 Henderson County Small Grain whistle stop tour announcement
2019 Small Grain Whistle Stop

Published - May 24, 2019

Flyspeck and Sooty Blotch Symptoms on Apple
2019 Apple Disease Update: 3rd and 4th Cover

Published - May 21, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Downy mildew on coreopsis
Downy Mildew on Coreopsis and Related Plants

Published - May 17, 2019

From: Extension Plant Pathology
apple bloom
Apple Thinning Update: 4/30/19

Published - April 30, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
First cover apples
Apple Disease Update: 1st Cover

Published - April 30, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Apple bloom image
Post-Bloom Thinning Update: 4.28.19

Published - April 28, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Dr. Randy Gardner
Dr. Randy Gardner Featured in "North Carolina Agriculture" Magazine Article

Published - April 24, 2019

Wide grassy field with distant tree line and blue mountain ridgeline under clear sky
7 Acres Bottomland Organically Certified Prime Soil for Lease in Cherokee County

Published - April 12, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
Cropped field surrounded by woods and orange parcel lines, label WILLIAMS
+/- 25 Acres of Cropland for Lease in Yadkin County Near East Bend

Published - April 5, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
patch of ramps
It's Ramps Season! Grow Them, Eat Them, Sell Them

Published - April 1, 2019

From: New Crops & Organics
Pink and white blossom showing stamens and a water droplet on a petal
Blossom Thinning Apples With Lime Sulfur: Old Dog - New Trick

Published - March 26, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Triangular harvested field beside curved Silvers Welch Rd, adjoining forest and scattered buildings
7 Acres Bottomland for Lease in McDowell County

Published - March 25, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
1/2 inch green/tight cluster photo
Apple Disease Update: 1/2" Green / Tight Cluster

Published - March 19, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Young corn seedlings planted in straight rows on freshly tilled field
Help us serve you better with this survey

Published - March 15, 2019

From: NC FarmLink
Silver Tip and Green Tip Photographs
Apple Disease Update: Late Silver Tip + Green Tip

Published - March 1, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Leaves with overwintering apple scab and Glomerella leaf spot fungi
Pre-Season Disease Clean-Up

Published - February 28, 2019

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Field of Echinacea plants
A Visit to the Gaia Herb Farm

Published - February 1, 2019

From: New Crops & Organics
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