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- Tangi-Washington Grower Update - 29 January 2025
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I want to remind you about the Watermelon Education Meeting coming up next week and provide a few other updates.
This newsletter is primarily about commercial horticultural crop production, but I’m sharing information about our home gardening and lawn care series in case you or someone you know might be interested. Click here to learn more.
This year’s meeting will take place from 6:00 to 7:45 PM on Friday, February 7, 2025, at the LSU AgCenter’s Washington Parish office (1104-B Bene St., Franklinton). Dr. Michael Deliberto of the LSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness will discuss farm enterprise budgeting, breakeven analysis, and pricing of watermelons. I will review and provide updates on watermelon production and pest management recommendations.
Click here for more information and a link to the application.
Click here for more information and to register.
Click here for more information and a link to register.
I recently posted several articles about the blueberry variety
demonstration in Hammond, which includes 31 cultivars. I’m also including a
link to one I wrote in 2023.
Oldies are Sometimes Goodies: An Update on the Blueberry Variety Demonstration
Having Multiple Varieties Can Extend the Blueberry Harvest for Two Months or More
Growing Blueberries Can Be Easy with Good Site Selection and Preparation
Blueberry Varieties: What We Learned from the 2023 Season
The Winter 2025 edition of Small Fruit News from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium is available. If you’d like, you can sign up to receive notifications about new issues directly from the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium.
Let me know if you have questions.
Contact Mary Helen Ferguson, Ph.D.
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