High Brix Plants Are Avoided by Picky-Eating Insects
One must understand at some level that insects do not attack healthy plants. Knowing your leaf Brix levels is crucial to knowing your crop.
Growing goldenberries and ground cherries
Physalis is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, which also includes tomatillo and is more distantly related to peppers, tomatoes and potatoes. They grow in warm temperate and subtropical regions of the world, primarily in the Americas.
How to Determine Alfalfa & Forage Quality
By Dr. Harold Willis What is quality? Is a high quality hay crop one that produces the largest number of bales or tons per acre? Or one that produces the greatest amount of meat, milk, or wool per pound and that fosters good animal health and reproduction? I think...
Alfalfa 101: Seeding, Feeding and Soil for Success
What kind of soil, fertility, and soil conditions do alfalfa and other forage crops need to establish a good stand?
Alfalfa Basics: The Queen of All Forage Crops
Alfalfa is the oldest crop grown solely for forage. It is native to the mountainous regions of southwestern Asia, in the vicinity of Iran and the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia.
Tools of the Trade — Using Refractometers & Penetrometers
Forage producers can measure the percentage of sucrose and other soluble content of their grasses with the use of a refractometer, although the accuracy of the reading can be dependent on the cost of the instrument.
