Vegetable Crop Resources for Small Farms

Vegetable and Specialty Seed IPM

About Oregon Vegetables and the Vegetable Cropping Systems Program.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Horticultural Crops

These resources offer detailed information on production of specific horticultural crops, focusing on sustainable and organic production methods for traditional produce, and also introducing a range of alternative crops and enterprises. In these publications you can find information on strategies for more sustainable greenhouse and field production of everything from lettuce to trees.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Edamame Production

Edamame, a traditional Japanese vegetable, is popularly grown in the United States. Information on the varieties, soil maintenance, planting, and production of edamame plants.

Carol Miles, Justin O'Dea, Catherine H. Daniels, Jacky King | Feb 2018 | Online resource

Baby Corn Production

Fresh baby corn has a crisp texture and a subtle, slightly sweet corn flavor. Although almost all the baby corn found in the United States is pickled or canned and imported from Asia, fresh baby corn is easy to grow in the Pacific Northwest. Baby corn is no longer a delicacy or specialty food reserved for salad bars and Asian restaurants; it is a locally produced delicious treat to eat raw or cooked in many recipes.

Carol Miles, Leslie Zenz | Apr 1997 | Online resource

The Diagnosis of Mineral Deficiencies in Plants by Visual Symptoms

During the past two years, the Agricultural Research Council has been concerned in coordinated investigations at a number of Agricultural Research Institutes, University Departments, and Advisory Centers, designed to increase our knowledge of the frequency and importance of abnormalities in crop development caused by deficiencies of those minerals, particularly trace elements, that are essential for normal plant growth, and of the methods by which such deficiencies may most effectively be remedied.

Thomas Wallace, M.C., D.Sc., A.I.C. | Apr 2018 | Online resource

Vegetables and Fruits A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship

Part of a set of three publications regarding a variety of vegetables and fruits.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

SeedQuest

Global information service for seed professionals around the world.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Organic Seed Alliance

Organic Seed Alliance advances the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed. We accomplish our mission through collaborative research, education, and advocacy programs that closely engage organic farmers and other seed professionals.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Seed Savers Exchange

Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Since 1975, our members have been passing on our garden heritage by collecting and distributing thousands of samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western United States: Second Edition

Designed for use by growers, pest control advisers, crop managers, and county agents in the western states, this manual also is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in potato production. The second edition contains extensively revised sections on aphid management and virus transmission, leafhoppers and phytoplasma transmission, late blight, bacterial early dying, black dot, silver scurf, and cover crops for nematode management. Inside you will also find 51 new color photos, a section on organic potato production, and a comprehensive index.

Larry Strand | Apr 2006 | Online resource

Cornell Vegetables Resources

Cornell Vegetables Resources was developed to provide access to the many Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets produced over the years by Media Services at Cornell. The addition of color photographs enhances the use of these sheets for plant disease diagnosis.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management

Cornell University book "Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management" available on-line.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Pest Management

This page has links to specific pest management information. Many of the fruit and vegetable guides have information specific to pest of those crops (i.e. Grapes: Organic Production, has much information on grape pests), so if you're unable to find what you need here, search for production guides in the appropriate section, or try the Ecological Pest Management D-base, which contains information about materials to help manage a wide range of pests, as well as information about prevention of specific pests.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Steel in the Field: A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools

Weed control demands time, labor and expense for every farmer every year. Steel in the Field shows how today's implements and techniques can control weeds while reducing—or eliminating—herbicides. In practical language, Steel in the Field presents what farmers and researchers have learned in the last 20 years about cutting weed-control costs through improved cultivation tools, cover crops and new cropping rotations.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Potato Nematode Root-Knot Problem

The northern and Columbia root-knot nematode attacks potatoes and causes injury to tubers in the Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington as well as other areas of the Pacific Northwest. Both nematodes blemish tubers and may render them unmarketable.

R. E. Ingham, Phil Hamm, Cynthia M. Ocamb | Mar 2023 | Online resource Peer reviewed (Gray level)

WSU Vegetable Research and Extension

The Vegetable Research and Extension program at WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center includes a wide range of projects such as screening new crops and breeding lines for suitability for production in Western Washington, testing new products such as degradable mulch and high tunnels, evaluating integrated pest management strategies, and implementing water and soil conservation practices.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

OSU Potato Information Exchange

The PIE is an information clearing house for growers and other production-oriented professionals. It provides text on most aspects of production, storage, and marketing and links to many additional topics of interest such as weather, food and water quality, pesticides and endangered species.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

The Corn Growers Guidebook

Welcome to the Corn Growers' Guidebook, a repository of resources about the King of American Crops. Within this site you will find both timely and timeless information that will assist you to grow corn more profitably. Resources assisting in growing corn profitably. A repository of resources about the King of American Crops.

Apr 2018 | Online resource