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Northern Vegetable Gardening

Information below provides general and specific information for vegetable gardening in the Upper Midwest with a specific focus on Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa when possible.

GENERAL
​Commercial Production Guides:
Midwest vegetable production guide for commercial growers 2017
Mid-Atlantic commercial vegetable production (2016)
Vegetable production guide for commercial growers (2016-2017; Kentucky)
Vegetable production handbook of Florida: 2016-2017
Minnesota high tunnel production manual for commercial growers
Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers manual for the beginning grower
​Nematode, insect and disease control (Michigan State)

Raised Bed Gardens and Trellises:

Nutrition:
Nutrient management for commercial fruit and vegetable crops in Minnesota (Rosen and Eliason)
​Maintaining soil fertility in an organic system (Rosen and Bierman)
​Using manure and compost as nutrient sources for vegetable crops (Rosena and Bierman)
Nutrient cycling and maintaining soil fertility in fruit and vegetable crop systems
Secondary and micronutrients for vegetables and field crops (Vitosh, Warncke and Lucas)

Propagation:
Vegetable management guide:  seeding and transplanting (Mass, 2017)
​
Planting:
Planting the vegetable garden (Fritz)
Planting vegetables in midsummer for fall harvest (MacKenzie)

Weed Control:
Cover crops in vegetable production systems
Conservation techniques for vegetable production:  Combining strip tilliage and cover crops

Food Safety:
Food safety begins on the farm
Guide to minimize microbial food safety hazards for fresh fruits and vegetables (USDA)


SPECIFIC CROPS
ASPARAGUS:
Asparagus beetles in home gardens (Wold-Burkness and Hahn)
Asparagus production guide (Fritz, Rosen, Hutchinson, Becker, Beckerman, Wright, Tong, and Nennich)

BEANS:


BEETS:


BROCCOLI:

CABBAGE:


CARROTS:


CAULIFLOWER

CUCUMBERS

EGGPLANT

GARLIC

GOURDS

HORSERADISH

LEEKS

LETTUCE

ONIONS

PARSNIPS

PEAS

PEPPERS

POTATOES

PUMPKINS AND WINTER SQUASH

SWEET CORN

SWEET POTATO:
Sweet potato cultivat trial (Iowa; Nair, Bergaum, Bilenky)

TOMATOES:
​Recommended tomato varieties for commercial production in Iowa (Nair and Hannan)
Growing tomatoes in cool, short-season locations (Bauer et al., U of Idaho, 2003)

TURNIPS

ZUCCHINI AND SUMMER SQUASH

OTHER
Edible flower gardening (Erwin, 1994).



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