NYC Market Growers Update
NYC Market Growers Update is an occasional email publication focused on production-oriented resources for NYC urban farmers who are growing for market or growing at a similar scale (e.g. nonprofit farms growing for food banks). Updates and announcements from the Cornell Cooperative Extension Urban Agriculture Program are provided too.
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2023 Archived Issues
2/6 - NYC Market Growers Update
Downy mildew-resistant cucumbers and basil
2022 Archived Issues
11/11 - NYC Market Growers Update
Spotted lanternfly / aphids / downy mildew-resistant cucumbers
10/13 - NYC Market Growers Update
Basil chilling damage / aphids / cover crops
8/15 - Heads Up: Pest & Disease Alerts
Spotted lanternfly / twospotted spider mite / cucurbit downy mildew
6/16 - NYC Market Growers Update
Aphids / cabbageworm / onion thrips / twospotted spider mite / *guide to ordering predatory mites* / cabbage whitefly / bacterial leaf spot on peppers / bacterial speck on tomato
4/19 - NYC Market Growers Update
Brassica break and early season pests
2/24 - NYC Market Growers Update
2022 NYC Crop Planning Guide -- vegetable diseases, pests to watch for in 2022
2021 Archived Issues
12/3 - NYC Market Growers Update
announcements
11/12 - NYC Market Growers Update
ginger trial results
9/15 - NYC Market Growers Update
spotted lanternfly / brassica pests (cabbageworm, whitefly, harlequin bug) / tomato pests/diseases (twospotted spider mite, bacterial speck) / cucumber and squash pest/disease (downy mildew, powdery mildew, squash bug)
7/26 - NYC Market Growers Update
cabbage whitefly / cabbageworms / black rot / tomato diseases / onion thrips / pigweed flea beetle (callaloo) / basil downy mildew
7/14 - Heads Up: Cucumber Problems
cucurbit downy mildew / twospotted spider mite
5/19 - NYC Market Growers Update
farmer-to-farmer Slack channel / cabbage whitefly / pillbug (roly-poly) on radishes & turnips / spinach leafminer / flea beetles
1/8 - NYC Market Growers Update
ginger trials
2020 Archived Issues
8/7 - NYC Market Growers Update
twospotted spider mite / tomato diseases (bacterial canker & speck, fusarium) / brassica pests / black rot / flea beetle on callaloo
6/16 - NYC Market Growers Update
aphids / potato leafhopper
4/2 - NYC Market Growers Update
aphids on winter greens
2/19 - NYC Market Growers Update
2020 NYC Crop Planning Guide -- basil / cucumbers, squash, melons / tomatoes / kale, collards, other brassicas / peppers
2019 Archived Issues
12/03 - NYC Market Growers Update
NYC Agricultural Soil Survey / soil testing and nutrient levels
10/15 - NYC Market Growers Update
harlequin bug / cabbageworms / whitefly / cabbage aphids
09/19 - NYC Market Growers Update
basil downy mildew / twospotted spider mite / whitefly / cabbageworms / harlequin bug
07/26 - NYC Market Growers Update
Bacterial canker on tomatoes / blossom end rot and water stress / onion thrips
07/18 - Heads Up: Twospotted Spider Mite
07/09 - NYC Market Growers Update
Black rot on brassicas / basil downy mildew / bacterial diseases on tomatoes
06/11 - NYC Market Growers Update
early-season nutrient deficiencies / cabbageworms / flea beetles / potato leafhopper
05/01 - NYC Market Growers Update
tomato bacterial diseases / grafting cucumbers onto squash
03/15 - NYC Market Growers Update
NYC Agricultural Soil Survey / hydroponic nutrient deficiencies
02/22 - NYC Market Growers Update
cabbage aphids
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January 13 - February 12, 2026
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