News From Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

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

April 21, 2020

apple orchard
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - April 21, 2020

April 21, 2020

Petal Fall on Gala
2020 Apple Disease Update: Petal Fall

April 14, 2020

tree shoots
Prohexadione Calcium to Manage Tree Vigor

April 7, 2020

steven and claudia
Sanders Ridge Farm Brings on New Farmers in Yadkin County

April 3, 2020

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

March 31, 2020

apple blossoms
Crop Load Management Update: Pink to Bloom

March 31, 2020

apple tree
Minimizing Blind Wood on Apple

March 24, 2020

Tight Cluster on Gala
2020 Apple Disease Update: 1/2" Green and Tight Cluster

March 24, 2020

Tomato field at Mountain Research Station
2020 Tomato and Pepper Fungicide Spray Guides for North Carolina

March 19, 2020

Silver Tip and Green Tip Photographs
2020 Apple Disease Update: Late Silver / Green Tip

March 18, 2020

two people crouching in the woods looking a forest plants
A Forest Farming Success Story

February 28, 2020

Volunteers digging and planting in a shaded forest clearing
Meet the WNC Woodland Stewards

February 27, 2020

woman taking truffle from soil
We Are Harvesting Lots of Black Perigord Truffles at NCSU!

January 31, 2020

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

January 9, 2020

Marssonina Blotch
Marssonina Madness on Malus

September 17, 2019

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

September 16, 2019

Nectrotic leaf blotch
Don't Be Fooled by Nectrotic Leaf Blotch

September 10, 2019

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!

August 27, 2019

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

July 10, 2019

forest farming demonstration
Forest Farming and Ginseng Growing Podcasts

June 7, 2019

organic carrots in field
Growing Organic Produce for the Wholesale Market

June 6, 2019

Developing apple scab lesions on immature fruit
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 2, 2019

June 4, 2019

2019 Henderson County Small Grain whistle stop tour announcement
2019 Small Grain Whistle Stop

May 24, 2019

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

May 21, 2019

Downy mildew on coreopsis
Downy Mildew on Coreopsis and Related Plants

May 17, 2019

apple bloom
Apple Thinning Update: 4/30/19

April 30, 2019

First cover apples
Apple Disease Update: 1st Cover

April 30, 2019

Apple bloom image
Post-Bloom Thinning Update: 4.28.19

April 28, 2019

Dr. Randy Gardner
Dr. Randy Gardner Featured in "North Carolina Agriculture" Magazine Article

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

April 12, 2019

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

April 5, 2019

patch of ramps
It's Ramps Season! Grow Them, Eat Them, Sell Them

April 1, 2019

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

March 26, 2019

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

March 25, 2019

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

March 19, 2019

Young corn seedlings planted in straight rows on freshly tilled field
Help us serve you better with this survey

March 15, 2019

Silver Tip and Green Tip Photographs
Apple Disease Update: Late Silver Tip + Green Tip

March 1, 2019

Leaves with overwintering apple scab and Glomerella leaf spot fungi
Pre-Season Disease Clean-Up

February 28, 2019

Field of Echinacea plants
A Visit to the Gaia Herb Farm

February 1, 2019

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