Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Grants And Education To Advance Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture

Project Overview

FNE04-516
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2004: $1,121.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $215.00
Region: Northeast
State: New Jersey
Project Leader:
Erin Hitchner
Grant J. Hitchner Farm

Pre-sidedress Nitrate Test in Pumpkins

Commodities

  • Vegetables: peas (culinary)

Practices

  • Crop Production: double cropping, nutrient cycling, application rate management, tissue analysis
  • Production Systems: general crop production

Proposal summary:

Excessive nitrogen reduces the yields of pumpkins, and this farm trial grant will use the pre-sidedress nitrate test to determine if additional nitrogen needs to be applied to a pumpkin crop that follows an early planting of peas. Outreach will be through an article in the Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory.

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