SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio — Autumn will be here before you know it and if you are a pumpkin grower, you may be interested in the Aug. 17 Pumpkin Field Day.
Registration for the field day begins at 5:30 p.m. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Western Agricultural Research Station, 7721 S. Charleston Pike South in Charleston, and will offer beginning and experienced growers valuable research updates regarding disease management, insect management, weed control and new pumpkin and winter squash varieties.
Current production information designed to help growers will be presented during the tour of the research plots by experts from the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and Ohio State University Extension. OARDC and OSU Extension are the research and outreach arms, respectively, of OSU’s College of Food Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
“The field day will feature some traditional and new projects on the wagon tour,” said Jim Jasinski, Ohio State University Extension Educator and Integrated Pest Management Program Coordinator. This includes a seven-treatment powdery mildew fungicide demonstration trial, a powdery mildew fungicide drip irrigation trial, a pumpkin variety trial with 20 hybrids ranging from small to large fruit, and a variety trial with 11 winter squash varieties.
There will be presentations by other faculty at OSU on how to identify and control weeds, insects and diseases. After formal presentations, growers will have time to revisit any of the plots in more detail and talk to specialists.
Pre-registration is required by Aug. 15. There is a $5 per person fee, payable at the event. To pre-register, go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/pumpkin17 or call 937-462-8016 and leave a message.
For more information, contact Jim Jasinski at jasinski.4@osu.edu.
— Ohio State University Extension