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Vegetable Crop Production - General Publications
Basic information for commercial artichoke producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7221
Basic information for commercial asparagus producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7234
Basic information for commercial beet and Swiss chard producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #8096
Basic information for commercial bell pepper producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7217
Basic information for commercial broccoli producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7211
Basic information for commercial cabbage producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7208
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7226
Basic information for commercial cauliflower producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7219
Basic information for commercial celery producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7220
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7244
Basic information for commercial cilantro producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7236
For more than 50 years California farmers have been growing common dry beans, a nutritious food source that stores well and grows on a plant that adds nitrogen to the farmer's soil. Learn the basics of dry bean production in this publication. Note that this revised electronic edition replaces the 1989 print edition, Common Dry Bean Production in California (Publication 21468).
Catalog #8402
Cucumber is a profitable commercial crop over a large area of California. This publication gives tips on planting, cultivating, and marketing.
Catalog #8050
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7229
Basic information for commercial dehydrator bulb onion producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7239
Basic information for commercial edible-pod pea producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7233
Basic information for commercial eggplant producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7235
California Master Gardener Tip Sheet. Food poisoning can start anywhere -- from a big commercial processor or grower to your own vegetable garden. Learn some simple ways to keep your home-grown food as safe as it is delicious!English edition of "La seguridad alimentaria en su huerto familiar" (Publication 8366s).
Catalog #8366
Basic information for commercial fresh-market bulb onion producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7242
California farmers grow more than 550,000 tons of fresh-market tomatoes a year. This publication gives you concise information on culture, pest management, and marketing for this important crop.
Catalog #8017
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7243
Basic information for commercial iceberg lettuce producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7215
Basic information for commercial leaf lettuce producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7216
Surface mulches are widely used in the production of strawberries and certain high-value vegetable crops. Reflective plastic and some cover crop mulches share similar features in crop production: insect and disease management, weed management, fertilizer availability, and water conservation. For production practices using either polyethylene or cover crop mulches to be successful, production goals must be matched with management know how and experience.
Catalog #8129
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7210
Olive growers can improve the marketability of their crop by thinning the fruit with naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) spray. This publication explains timing, method, spray concentrations, and results.
Catalog #7238
An overview of production including growth cycle and climactic needs, varieties, planting, irrigation, harvesting and drying, and postharvest handling and storage.
Catalog #8008
This guide includes safety tips for preserving peppers along with recommended methods for storing, freezing, drying, pickling, and canning. Also includes seven recipes:
Sweet Pickled Peppers
Hot Pickled Peppers
Hot Chili Salsa
Marinated Peppers
Pepper Relish
Apricot Pepper Jelly
Catalog #8004
Farmers up and down California are using plastic mulches, row covers, and tunnels to improve vegetable production or extend the growing season. This publication describes the variety of materials available, their uses, and their potential benefits.
Catalog #8016
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7228
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7222
Rhubarb is a frost-tolerant cool-season perennial. Its edible stems' unique flavor makes it a favorite ingredient in pies and desserts. This publication gives you the basics on commercially growing, harvesting, and marketing fresh rhubarb.
Catalog #8020
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7240
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7212
Sprouts have been grown for food since prehistoric times, and they remain a viable crop today. This publication gives tips on growing, packaging, and marketing sprouts.
Catalog #8060
Basic information for commercial growers of zucchini and other summer squashes, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7245
Basic information for commercial sweet corn producers, including information on crop climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7223
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7237
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7246
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
Catalog #7241
Growers who use greenhouse transplants can target early-season markets and often produce multiple crops in a single growing season. In addition, they reduce pest and disease losses, and help ensure a more uniform stand.
Catalog #8013
Pathogens in the soil can seriously curtail vegetable crop production. Learn how to identify and control them and keep your crop disease-free.
Catalog #8099
Essential points to consider when you are planning a vegetable garden.
Catalog #8059
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