Category Archives: Sweet Potato

Understanding the Value of Fertilizers and Supplements for Specialty Crops

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Sean Westerveld

Growers of all crops are bombarded with advertisements and salespeople selling a wide range of fertilizers and supplements. For specialty crop growers there is added uncertainty given the limited research specific to these crops on all aspects of fertilization. As … Continue reading →

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Where in Ontario can you grow sweet potatoes? Commercial production of a tropical crop in the great white north

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Melanie Filotas

The sweet potato is a tropical plant native to Central and South America, with most commercial production occurring in warm regions with very long frost free periods.  Given this, many people are surprised to learn that sweet potatoes are commercially … Continue reading →

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Updated OMAFRA Crop Protection Guides Available

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Sean Westerveld

The following updated crop protection and production guides are available for download and/or print. Many of these will be applicable to specialty crop growers as well.

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Small Plot Irrigation: Are You Applying Enough?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Sean Westerveld

Many specialty crop and market garden growers have small acreages in production and may not have full irrigation systems for their crops. These growers often rely on water tanks carted through the field, garden hoses with sprinklers or other watering … Continue reading →

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Irrigation Update – June 24, 2016

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Sean Westerveld

By Rebecca Shortt, OMAFRA Water Quantity Engineer The month of May and the first 2 weeks of June have been extremely dry (<40% of avg rainfall).  The areas of Niagara and Peterborough are of particular concern because of lengthy dry … Continue reading →

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FREE Online Tutorials to Help You Use the Agricultural Information Atlas!

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Sean Westerveld

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) developed a series of tutorials to help you use the Agricultural Information Atlas (AIA). The tutorials provide step-by-step instructions on a range of topics – from the basics of navigating through … Continue reading →

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