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Harvest is now underway on some farms.  To date, there continues to be no widespread problems.  There has been excessive rains in some areas, which have caused some crops to turn yellow.  Additional nitrogen has been applied in these cases to try … Continue reading →

The crop continues to progress quite well. Topping has begun on some farms. Recent rains and warmer weather have helped to push out the buds in the earlier plantings. Leaf counts of topped tobacco on some farms have been reported to be in the … Continue reading →

Most crops are continuing to progress quite well. Cultivation is a common activity on most farms at this time. Side-dressing is also occurring now and will continue up until the last cultivation. There are no widespread problems being reported at … Continue reading →

Planting of the crop is mostly complete with the majority of it having been done in May. Most fields were planted in a short time with good quality plants and, at this point, appear to be quite uniform. To date, … Continue reading →

Seedlings in most greenhouses continue to progress quite well. To date, very few problems have been reported. Symptoms of cold injury to seedlings continue to be seen in both tray and muckbed greenhouses. Now is the time that nitrogen deficiency … Continue reading →

Most growers seem satisfied with seed germination and seedling establishment in their greenhouses.  In some of the earlier seeded greenhouses an application of fungicide has been made for control of Rhizoctonia damping-off.  Clipping has started in some of the float tray greenhouses with more expected to start … Continue reading →

CTRF is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Catarina Saude as the Team Lead of CTRF’s Plant Protection Program. Dr. Saude worked as a Research Plant Pathologist for vegetable and horticultural crops in the Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, and in the Department … Continue reading →

This website contains some useful information on plug tray production of transplants. The three questions below are frequently asked by growers. The answers to these questions can be found in CTRF’s documentation on Plug Tray Seedling Production, available in the … Continue reading →

The annual tobacco variety meeting was held on February 20, 2014.  Highlights of this meeting are provided in the plant breeding area of the website.

With another greenhouse season soon to be here, things to be on the lookout for are provided in the plant protection area of the website.