Mercer County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
| 1051 - Commercial Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1051.1) | 8 |
Number of participants engaged in commercial horticulture programming |
Success Stories
Tomato Webinar
Author: Jessica Bessin
Major Program: Commercial Horticulture
In an effort to offer more educational classes for commercial horticulture producers, UK Extension Specialist and Extension Agents teamed up to offer webinars on a variety of horticultural topics. These webinars were broadcast state wide using Zoom and were presented by a combination of agents and specialist. One of the webinars within this series was on tomato production. The tomato webinar was broken down into two session the first being on site selection, irrigation set up, weed managem
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High Tunnel Basics for New Growers
Author: Jessica Bessin
Major Program: Commercial Horticulture
Over the last few years high tunnels have started to grow in popularity in Mercer County. High tunnels are primarily use for specialty crop production, including fruit and vegetables, and have been shown to increase quality and yield. One huge benefit is they are able to extend the growing season for small and large commercial growers to provide produce when field production is on the decline or it is too early in the season. Due to this interest in high tunnel production the Mercer County Horti
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