Vegetables
Production
- OSU Vegetable Production Guides - Oregon State University. A wide selection of crop specific production guides for a wide variety of commercial vegetable crops grown in Oregon. Includes horticulture, fertility, pest management, harvest and storage information and more.
- OSU vegetable crop fertilizer guides:
- Bush Beans: Western Oregon—West of Cascades Fertilizer Guide (html)
- Nutrient Management for Onions in the Pacific Northwest (html)
- Peas: Eastern Oregon—East of Cascades Fertilizer Guide (pdf)
- Sweet Corn: Eastern Oregon—East of Cascades Fertilizer Guide (pdf)
- Table Beets: Western Oregon—West of Cascades Fertilizer Guide (html)
- Vine Crops: Cucumbers, Melons, Squash, Pumpkins Fertilizer Guide (pdf)
- Other OSU Vegetable Production Publications
- Nutrient Management for Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Crops in Minnesota - University of Minnesota
- Edamame Production – Washington State University
- Baby Corn Production – Washington State University
- The Diagnosis of Mineral Deficiencies in Plants by Visual Symptoms by William Wallace 1943 ( University of Bristol). Classic photos of plants showing symptoms of various nutrient deficiencies.
- ATTRA Horticultural Production Guides - Crop specific organic production guides and other information
- Ohio State Vegetable Production Guides
Gardening
- Oregon State University Master Gardener Program
- Sustainable Gardening: The Oregon–Washington Master Gardener Handbook
- Growing Your Own (html)
- Other gardening publications from Oregon State University
Seed and varieties
- OSU Vegetable Variety Trials
- OSU Recommended Vegetable Varieties for home gardens
- Characteristics of Potato Varieties in the Pacific Northwest (pdf)
- Dry Small-Seeded Specialty Seed: A Resource Guide for Oregon and Washington Growers an OSU/WSU guide to seed resources
- Vegetables and Fruits A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship USDA Agricultural Research Service
- SeedQuest information for seed professionals
- Organic Seed Alliance education, research and advocacy for organic seed producers
- Seed Savers Exchange a network for sharing and saving heirloom seed
Pest management
Also check the biodiversity and pest management section of this website
- OSU Integrated Plant Protection Center This center publishes the PNW Pest Management Handbooks, provides extensive weather station links and pest and crop models, coordinates pest management and pesticide safety training
- Weed ‘Em and Reap OSU videos of weed control tools and reduced tillage systems in use on farms
- Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western United States - Learn More
- Vegetable MD Online - Cornell University web site
- Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management – Cornell University book available on-line
- Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada - book order form
- ATTRA Pest Management Publications
- Steel in the Field: A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools SARE book
- Vegetable Farmers and their Weed Control Machines video from Universities of Vermont and Massachusetts
- Columbia Root-Knot Nematode Control in Potato Using Crop Rotations and Cover Crops (html) OSU
Other useful links
- WSU Vegetable Research and Extension
- ATTRA vegetable publications
- Potato Information Exchange -- Oregon State University
- Vegetable Crops -- Pennsylvania State University
- Vegetable Crops - North Carolina State University
- Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market
- The Corn Growers Guidebook -- Purdue University
- Foliar Feeds