WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Connect with different small farmers on the Small Farm Education Field Day on July 29, introduced by the Purdue Student Farm and the Purdue University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.
Topics to be lined embody:
- BCS curler crimper demonstration
- Black soldier fly composting
- Drip irrigation
- Efficacy of natural pesticides to handle Colorado potato beetle and caterpillars
- High tunnel desk grape manufacturing
- High tunnel candy pepper selection choice and manufacturing
- Postharvest meals security issues
- Use of spray gear on small plots
- Raised backyard beds for vegetable manufacturing
- Reading fertilizer labels and calculating software charges
The Purdue Student Farm is situated at 1491 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette. Sign as much as attend at puext.in/3HiXaAs. A meals truck can be on web site for individuals who want to buy lunch after the academic demonstrations conclude.
Writer: Abby Leeds, 765-494-7817, [email protected]
Source: Lori Jolly-Brown, [email protected]
Agricultural Communications: 765-494-8415;
Maureen Manier, Department Head, [email protected]
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