Vegetable Production

The Vegetable Production Program is designed to help commercial vegetable growers with all aspects of production. Information and workshops are offered on a variety of topics, from specific crops to planting, fertilizing, pruning, and pest control.

Vegetable Production Updates/News

• Vegetable Field Days

Information for Commercial Growers 

Information on:

• Vegetable Production Handbook
• Resources for Commercial Vegetable Producers by Crop
• Asian Bean Thrips in Florida
• Know Your Farmer Know Your Food (USDA)
• Commercial herb production
• Hydroponic production
• Hydroponic Vegetable Production in Florida
• Organic production
• Florida Tomato Scouting Guide
• A Guide to EPA's Proposed Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Criteria for Florida
• Fumigant Management Plans
• Fumigation Videos Series
  • Methyl Bromide Alternatives in Plastic Mulch Systems
  • Drip Fumigation: Factors Affecting Alternative Fumigants

Food Safety

Food safety should now be a part of every commercial vegetable grower’s program.  There are several websites that provide excellent information and resources about Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs):

• Farm & Packinghouse Recordkeeping Sheets (these can also be ordered from the link below)
• National GAPs Educational Materials
• National GAPs Web Links
• USDA GAPS audit
• University of Florida : Tomatoes & Food Safety
• Global G.A.P.
  • (please note that this is a private sector body that sets voluntary standards for the certification of agricultural products around the globe)

Managing Resistance

• Insecticides 

  • Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC): www.irac-online.org
  • IRAC Mode of Action Poster
  • IRAC Mode of Action Whitefly Poster
  • Insecticide resistance

• Fungicides

  • Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC): www.frac.info
  • Fungicide resistance

• Herbicides

  • Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC): www.hracglobal.com
  • Herbicide resistant weeds

Vegetable Field days

• January 2018

  •  Diseases

    • Squash - Phytophthora
    • Squash - Phytophthora capsici
    • Squash - Downey mildew
    • Squash - Powdery mildew
    • Tomato - Bacteria Spot
    • Tomato - Tospoviruses
    • Tomato - Spanish
    • Basil - Downy mildew (Trial)
    • Basil - Downy mildew
    • Celery & Cabbage - Soil Efficiency

  • Insects

    • Managing thrips
    • Common Vegetables - Thrips
    • Weeds - Thrips
    • Chili - Thrips
    • Melon - Thrips
    • Melon - Thrips - Chemistry
    • Pepper weevil - Fact sheet
    • Pepper weevil – Biol. / chem.
    • Pepper weevil - Varieties
    • Tomato - Silverleaf Whitefly

  • Fertilizers 

    • Tomato Fertilizer
    • Fertilizer Technology