Tag Archives: Cultural management

Rhubarb Informational Session – 14 March, 2025

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Evan Elford

In addition to the recent presentations on rhubarb management and value added products provided by Libby Indermaur from Cornell University at the 2025 Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention, Cornell Cooperative Extension is also providing a free online session Friday, March … Continue reading →

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Haskap Pruning Basics

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Evan Elford

Evan Elford, OMAFRA New Crop Development Specialist Please click here for a printable version of this article. Pruning is an important part of bushberry management. Like many other bushberry crops, it is important to prune mature haskap plants to increase … Continue reading →

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Haskap Pruning in Ontario

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Evan Elford

Evan Elford, OMAFRA New Crop Development Specialist Pruning is an important part of bushberry management. Like many other bushberry crops, it is important to prune mature haskap plants to increase yields and fruit quality while improving plant vigour and harvesting … Continue reading →

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Hop Leaf Stripping in Ontario

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Evan Elford

Leaf stripping (removing lower leaves and laterals; Figure 1) to increase air flow is a common cultural practice to manage hops downy mildew (P. humuli). Leaf stripping is performed earlier in Ontario than in other growing regions due to a shorter … Continue reading →

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Can you see the difference? ‘Under Cover’ Hops.

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Evan Elford

With the cooler spring temperatures this year, we decided to cover a few hop hills with row-cover to see if it would advance the hop plants in the OMAF and MRA Herb Demonstration Garden at the Simcoe Research Station. Applying … Continue reading →

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