Vegetable Pest and Cultural Management Field Meeting for Auction Growers -- Allegany
Event Details
Date
July 15, 2026
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
Ernest Girod's farm
10477 County Rd 23
Fillmore, NY 14735
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramJudson Reid
585-313-8912
email Judson Reid
A field walk will demonstrate pest management in fresh market vegetables in both field and greenhouse (high tunnel) vegetables, primarily for those growing for wholesale auction. CCE Cornell Vegetable Program Specialist Judson Reid will identify weeds, insects and diseases in vegetables and will go over management options such as inter-row cover crops, grafting, and where appropriate, spray options.
Cornell Cooperative Extension staff will instruct participants and facilitate peer-based learning.
DEC recertification credits available: 2.0 in categories 10, 1a, 23 and 24.
FREE! No pre-registration required.
AGENDA
7:00 PM -- Welcome
7:05 -- Weed control in row crop vegetables
- Why?
- Moisture competition
- Insect and disease management
- Labor efficiency
- How?
- Cultivation
- Herbicides
- Inter-row cover crops: spring seeding or winter rye; pros- and cons
7:45 -- Tomato and potato disease updates
- Late blight and early blight updates
- Grafting for improved root-zone disease resistance in greenhouse and high tunnels
8:15 -- Cucurbits
- Greenhouse cucumber grafting for vigor and yield
- Downy mildew management: cucumbers, cantaloupes and watermelon
- Tunnels/greenhouses
- Effective fungicide programs
- Cucumber beetle, squash bug, stink bug
- Powdery mildew
- Resistance
- Effective fungicide programs
8:45 -- Questions and answer / other farm specific crop observations / food safety news
9:00 -- Adjourn and pick up DEC certificate
Attendees will present an ID and record their certification ID number, print name and sign the Recertification Training Roster. The roster will be secured by a Cornell Vegetable Program representative and only the attendees who sit for the entire course will be awarded a certificate.
Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
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