Bob Semyck of Willow Mountain Mushrooms http://www.willowmountainmushrooms.com/ dropped off the second group of mushroom kits and looked at the growth of the first ones he dropped off last Wednesday. It looks like we will be harvesting some oyster mushrooms tomorrow and some baby bella / cremini mushrooms early next week (or possibly this weekend). A couple of slugs harvested … [Read more...] about Mushrooms growing well in shroom room
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GDD base 50 accumulation for today = 1445 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L System http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
The gourds were planted in the field today. Panels were installed for the smaller gourds to grow over and the larger gourds were planted in the ground. Blue Hubbard Squash was planted at the end of each row as a trap crop. The varieties planted are: Tennessee Dancing, Bird House, Big Apple, Mayo Bule, Zucca and Bushel Basket. Seeds were purchased at Baker Creek Heirloom Seed … [Read more...] about Gourds Planted
Bob Semyck of Willow Mountain Mushrooms http://www.willowmountainmushrooms.com/ guided us through the set up of our Shroom Room where we plan to produce Baby Bella cremini (portabella) and Oyster mushrooms. We hope to feature the Shroom Room at events and obtain information on our production to share with specialty crop growers. Bob put the kits in the room today and we plan to … [Read more...] about Shroom room set up for production today
Ten students from Ningxia University completed their practicum at the Mountain Grove Campus today. Activities included shoot positioning grapevines in the Genomics vineyard under the direction of Susanne Howard, training young Catawba vines, recording grape phenology, collecting disease and insect samples in the vineyard and looking at the problems under the microscope to … [Read more...] about Ningxia grape and wine students complete practicum at Mountain Grove