Getting Started

• UK Center for Crop Diversification Production Resources

• Vegetable and Melon Budgets

• UK Vegetable Crops Extension and Research

• Kentucky Vegetable Crops Extension & Research YouTube Channel

• Agricultural Lime Recommendations Based on Lime Quality (ID-163 )

• Fruit and Vegetable Ripening Dates in Kentucky (HortFact-3000, PDF)

• Go with the Flow Simple Calculations for Small Drip Irrigation Systems (HO-122)

• Kentucky Vegetable Growers Association

• Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Reports

• Off the Grid: Ultra-low Pressure Drip Irrigation and Rainwater Catchment for Small Plots and High Tunnels (HO-120)

• Organic Farming in Kentucky

• Organic Manures and Fertilizers for Vegetable Crops

• Recommended Storage Conditions for Vegetables (HortFact-7002)

• Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (ID-36)

• Web Soil Survey

Videos

• Greenhouse irrigation management for vegetables

• High Tunnel Construction

Pest Management

• Disease Information for Greenhouse Crops

• Disease Information for Vegetable Crops

• Bt Basics for Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (ID-156)

• Growers' Guide to Bt (ID-156)

• Herbicide Injury Symptoms on Vegetables

• Vegetable Pests

• IPM scouting manuals and fact sheets

• National Pesticide Information Retrieval System

• Info for Certified Private Applicators

• Soil Solarization for High Tunnels (HortFact-7003)

• Tomato Disease Management in Greenhouses (ID-233)

Marketing

• UK Center for Crop Diversification Marketing Resources

• Kentucky Farmers Market Manual (from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture)

• Kentucky Farmers Market Report

• Kentucky Produce Auction Report

• Marketing Options for Commercial Vegetable Growers (ID-134)

• Promotion and Advertising for Kentucky's Direct Markets (ID-106)

• Understanding Produce Marketing for Kentucky's Direct Marketers (ID-107)

Research Reports

• 2023 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-832)

• 2021 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-798)

• 2020 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-779)

• 2019 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-762)

• 2018 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-757)

• 2017 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-739)

• 2016 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-721)

• 2015 Fruit and Vegetable Research Report (PR-706)

• 2014 Fruit and Vegetable Crop Research Report (PR=688)

Greenhouse Pests

• Agricultural Chemical Storage and Handling (IP-41)

• Greenhouse Pesticides and Pesticide Safety (PAT-4)

• Tomato Disease Management in Greenhouses (ID-233)

Greenhouse Production

• Greenhouse Tomato Production Practices (PDF)

• High tunnel tomatoes 

Greenhouse Use of Organic Fertilizers and Composts

• Analysis of Organic Fertilizers for Use in Vegetable Transplant Production (Floriculture Research Report 19-04, PDF)

• Nutrient Analysis of Selected Commercial Organic Fertilizers for Greenhouse Lettuce Production (Floriculture Research Report 20-04, PDF)

• Organic Fertilizers and Composts for Vegetable Transplant Production (Floriculture Research Report 17-04, PDF)

High Tunnel Production

• Center for Crop Diversification High Tunnel Webinar Series

• How to Build a High Tunnel

• Soil Solarization for High Tunnels (HortFact - 7003)

Irrigation

• Tensiometer Installation (HortFact--7003)

Tomatoes

• Blossom End Rot (CCD-FS-11)

Watermelons

• Ozone Injury in Watermelon (HortFact-7001)