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Vegetable Resources

Easy Gardening Fact Sheets

  • Artichokes
  • Asparagus
  • Beets
  • Carrots
  • Cilantro
  • Cole Crops (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts)
  • Collard Greens
  • Cucumbers
  • Eggplant
  • Green Beans
  • Melons
  • Okra
  • Onions
  • Peppers
  • Irish Potato
  • Radishes
  • Spinach and Other Greens
  • Squash
  • Sweet Corn
  • Tomatoes
  • Turnips and Mustard
  • Composting
  • Disease Management
  • Fertilizing
  • Harvesting and Handling
  • Insect Control
  • Mulching
  • Planning
  • Planting
  • Soil Preparation
  • Easy Gardening Fact Sheets en Español

Guides

  • Commercial and Specialty Vegetable Crop Guides
  • Crop Briefs
  • Crops of Texas
  • Texas Vegetable Growers Handbook
  • Organic Vegetable Production Guide
  • Composts in Vegetable & Fruit Production
  • Guide to Marketing Organic Produce
  • Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide
  • Vegetable Gardening in Containers
  • Growing Herbs in Texas
  • Building a Raised Bed Garden
  • Producing, Preparing and Processing Vegetables for Health
  • How to Grow the Tomato and 115 Ways to Prepare It For The Table
  • How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing Them for the Table

Vegetable Variety Recommendations

  • Vegetable Variety Selector

Vegetable Problem Solvers

  • Cucurbit Problem Solver
  • Tomato Problem Solver
  • Diagnosis & Control of Watermelon Disease

Web Sites and Useful Links

  • Texas High Plains Vegetable Program
  • Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab
  • Tomato 101
  • USDA/ARS Pecan Breeding and Genetics Lab
  • Vegetable IPM
  • Vegetable Home
  • Vegetable Show Planning Guide
  • Commercial Vegetable Crop Guides
    • Specialty Vegetables
      • Amaranths (Chinese Spinach)
      • Celeriac (Celery Root)
      • Chayote
      • Chinese Beans
      • Chinese Cabbage and Mustard
      • Chinese Kale (Kailaan)
      • Chinese Okra
      • Chinese Radish
      • Edible Flowers
      • Edible Podded Peas
      • Edible Soybeans
      • Endive
      • Ginger
      • Globe Artichoke
      • Horseradish
      • Jerusalem Artichoke
      • Jicima
      • Leeks
      • Mushrooms
      • Parsnip
      • Pigeon Peas
      • Rhubarb
      • Rutabaga
      • Salsify
      • Shallots
      • Spaghetti Squash
      • Specialty Melons
      • Taro
      • Tomatillo
  • Crop Briefs
    • Carrots in Texas
    • Citrus in Texas
    • Corn in Texas
    • Cotton in Texas
    • Melons in Texas
    • Onions in Texas
    • Peanuts in Texas
    • Pumpkins in Texas
    • Rice in Texas
    • Sorghum in Texas
    • Sugercane in Texas
    • Watermelons in Texas
    • Wheat in Texas
  • Guide to Marketing Organic Produce
    • Introduction
    • Marketing Alternatives
    • Market Characteristics
    • Organic Certification
    • Planning Procedures
    • Information Sources
    • Acknowledgements
  • Horticultural Crop Variety Trials
    • Statewide Watermelon Trials
      • Overall Results
      • College Station, Texas
      • Comanche, Texas
      • Wintergarden Area of Texas
      • Overton, Texas
      • Lubbock, Texas
      • Weslaco, Texas
      • Quality Ratings
      • Trial Cooperators
      • Participating Seed Companies
      • Generalized Protocol
      • Cultural Practices Specific to Location
      • Variety Pictures
  • Composts in Vegetable & Fruit Production
  • Organic Vegetable Production Guide
    • Introduction
    • Key Factors in Vegetable Production
    • Organic Certification
    • Organic Certification Requirements
    • Organic Crop Production Requirements
    • Managing Pests
    • Summary
    • Useful Sources of Information
    • Appendix of Useful Tables
    • Literature Cited
  • Texas Vegetable Growers’ Handbook
    • Chapter I: Introduction
    • Chapter II: Marketing
    • Chapter III: Soils and Fertilizers
    • Chapter IV: Cultural Practices
    • Chapter V: Irrigation
    • Chapter VI: Insect Management
    • Chapter VII: Disease Management
    • Chapter VIII: Weed Management
    • Chapter IX: Chemical Application and Safety
    • Chapter X: Harvesting and Handling
    • Appendix
      • Tables – Commercial Vegetable Growers Handbook
  • How to Grow the Tomato and 115 Ways to Prepare it for the Table
  • How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing Them for the Table
  • Cucurbit Problem Solver
    • Cucurbit Fruit Disorders
      • Angular Leaf Spot
      • Bacterial Rind Necrosis
      • Belly Rot
      • Blossom End Rot
      • Charcoal Rot
      • Choanephora Rot
      • Cold Damage
      • Cucumber Mosaic
      • Fusarium Root and Stem Rot
      • Fusarium Rot
      • Gray Mold
      • Gummy Stem Blight
      • Light Belly Color
      • Measles
      • Phytophthora Rot
      • Poor Pollination
      • Pythium Rot
      • Scab
      • Soft Rot
      • Southern Blight
      • Squash Leaf Curl
      • Watermelon Mosaic
      • Zucchini Yellow Mosaic
    • Cucurbit Leaf Disorders
      • 2,4-D Pesticide Injury
      • Air Pollution Injury
      • Alternaria Leaf Blight
      • Angular Leaf Spot
      • Anthracnose
      • Atrazine Pesticide Injury
      • Bacterial Wilt
      • Beet Pseudo-Yellows
      • Calcium Deficiency
      • Cercospora Leaf Spot
      • Chilling/Frost Injury
      • Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic
      • Cucumber Mosaic
      • Dodder
      • Downy Mildew
      • Excess Soil Moisture
      • Fusarium Wilt
      • Gummy Stem Blight
      • Iron Deficiency
      • Manganese Deficiency
      • Molybdenum Deficiency
      • Nitrogen Deficiency
      • Phytophthora Root Rot
      • Potassium Deficiency
      • Powdery Mildew
      • Root-Knot
      • Salt Injury
      • Scab
      • Squash Leaf Curl
      • Squash Mosaic
      • Sulfur Injury
      • Target Leaf Spot
      • Verticillium Wilt
      • Watermelon Mosaic
      • Wind and Sand Injury
      • Zucchini Yellow Mosaic
    • Cucurbit Insects
      • Beet Armyworm
      • Cabbage Looper
      • Corn Earworm
      • Cucumber Beetle
      • Earwig
      • Flea Beetle
      • Garden Webworm
      • Grasshopper
      • Lacewing
      • Ladybird Beetles
      • Leafcutting Ant
      • Leaffooted Bug
      • Mealybugs
      • Melon Aphid
      • Melon Worm
      • Onion and Western Flower Thrips
      • Pickle Worm
      • Pillbugs
      • Serpentine Leafminer
      • Southern Mole Cricket
      • Spider Mite
      • Squash Bug
      • Squash Vine Borer
      • Whitefly
    • Cucurbit Root, Stem and Seedling Disorders
      • Charcoal Rot
      • Damping Off
      • Fusarium Root and Stem Rot
      • Fusarium Wilt
      • Gummy Stem Blight
      • Root-Knot
      • Sclerotinia Stem Rot
      • Sting Nematode
      • Verticillium Wilt
  • Tomato Problem Solver
    • Common Insect Pests of Tomatoes
      • Beet Armyworm
      • Cutworm
      • Leaf Miner
      • Pinworm Damage
      • Tomato Fruitworm
    • Disorders of Green Tomato Fruits
      • Alternaria Canker
      • Bacterial Canker
      • Bacterial Speck
      • Bacterial Spot
      • Blossom End Rot
      • Buckeye Rot
      • Late Blight
      • Radial Cracking
      • Spotted Wilt
      • Sun Scald
      • Tomato Mosaic
    • Disorders of Ripe Tomato Fruits
      • Alternaria Canker
      • Anthracnose
      • Black Mold
      • Blossom End Rot
      • Cloudy Spot
      • Cottony Leak
      • Early Blight
      • Sour Rot
      • Spotted Wilt
    • Disorders of Tomato Leaves
      • Alternaria Canker
      • Bacterial Canker
      • Bacterial Speck
      • Bacterial Spot
      • Cucumber Mosaic Virus
      • Early Blight
      • Gray Leaf Spot
      • Late Blight
      • Leaf Mold
      • Phosphorus Deficiency
      • Powdery Mildew
      • Salt Damage
      • Septoria Leaf Spot
      • Spotted Wilt
      • Verticillium Wilt
    • Disorders of Tomato Roots
      • Corky Root
      • Damping Off
      • Fusarium Crown Rot
      • Phytophthora Root Rot
      • Root Knot
      • Southern Bacterial Wilt
      • Southern Blight
    • Disorders of Tomato Stems
      • Alternaria Canker
      • Broomrape
      • Early Blight
      • Fusarium Crown Rot
      • Fusarium Wilt
      • Late Blight
      • Southern Blight
      • Timber Rot
  • The Crops of Texas
    • Forward and Acknowledgements
    • Introduction & Background
    • Highlights and Overviews
    • Root and Tuber Crops
    • Bulb Crops
    • Beans and Vegetables Legumes
    • Brassica/Cole Crops
    • Leafy Greens and Petioles
    • Fruiting Vegetables
    • Cucurbits/Melon Crops
    • Citrus and Subtropical Tree Crops
    • Tree Fruit Crops
    • Berry and Nut Crops
    • Grains, Fiber and Oilseed Crops
    • Forage Grasses
    • Forage Legumes
    • Herbs and Spices
    • Miscellaneous Food Crops
    • Non-Food Crops
    • Commercial Seed Production
    • Green Industries
    • Appendix 1. Descriptions of geographic regions in Texas
    • Appendix 2. Honey Bees and Crop Pollination
    • Appendix 3. Crop Fertilization
    • Appendix 4. Pesticide Application
    • Appendix 5. Health Benefits
    • Appendix 6 – References
    • Appendix 7 – Contributors
  • Watermelons
    • Seeded Watermelon Crop Guide
    • Seedless Watermelon Crop Guide
    • Suggested Watermelon Varieties for Texas
    • Watermelon Foliar Diseases
      • Alternaria Leaf Spot
      • Anthracnose
      • Bacterial Fruit Blotch
      • Cercospora Leaf Spot
      • Downy Mildew
      • Gummy Stem Blight
      • Herbicide Injury
      • Leaf Mosaic
      • Myrothecium Leaf Spot
      • Powdery Mildew
      • Squash Leaf Curl Virus
      • Tobacco Ring Spot Virus
    • Watermelon Fruit Diseases
      • Anthracnose
      • Bacterial Fruit Blotch
      • Bacterial Rind Necrosis
      • Belly Rot
      • Blossom End Rot
      • Bottle Neck
      • Cross Stitch
      • Fruit Cracking/Scarring
      • Lasiodiplodia Fruit Rot / Diplodia Stem-End Rot
      • Pimples
      • Splitting
      • Sunburn
    • Watermelon Insects
    • Watermelon Root & Vascular Diseases
      • Charcoal Rot
      • Damping Off
      • Fusarium Wilt
      • Monosporascus Root Rot / Vine Decline
      • Nematodes
      • Non-Pathogenic Causes
      • Southern Blight
      • Yellow Vine
    • Watermelon Weeds
  • International Spinach Conference
    • 2004 Spinach Conference
      • Pictures from the 2004 Spinach Conference
    • 2008 Spinach Conference
      • Pictures from the 2008 Spinach Conference
    • 2012 Spinach Conference
      • Pictures from the 2012 Spinach Conference
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