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At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Randy’s tunnel crops

May 14, 2018 by Marilyn Odneal

Randy is pleased with the potato crop this year.

When there is some open space in the tunnel (before we put our demonstration plantings in for the October Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop) Randy Stout grows some crops for use by the field crew. The starts are purchased by us for use in station fish fries and winter soups for lunches during the dormant pruning season. … [Read more...] about Randy’s tunnel crops

Filed Under: Vegetables

Sweet potato fasciation

October 6, 2016 by Marilyn Odneal

This sweet potato vine is fasciated showing a flattened, ribbed stem.

John Rumfelt brought his weird looking Beauregard sweet potato vine in to the station wondering why it looked so strange. It is fasciated - flattened and ribbed - due to hormonal imbalance from a mutation or other factors. Fasciation is not contagious and John told Leslie Akers that the vines had a good amount of sweet potatoes. I have seen this symptom on highbush blueberry … [Read more...] about Sweet potato fasciation

Filed Under: Vegetables

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