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
Upcoming Events
Log Inoculation Party
April 28, 2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
New York, NY
Join us for a log inoculation party and Community Mushroom Educator (CME) reunion at the Randall's Island Urban Farm with past and prospective CMEs. We will be inoculating local tree species with shiitake and oyster spawn as part of a larger research project with the Randall's Island Park Alliance Urban Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension. Announcements
Field Guide: Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables
Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables aims to help urban farmers and gardeners find, identify, and understand the most common and important insects and other arthropod pests found in New York City farms and gardens. Some of these pests are rarely mentioned in other guides but are common in NYC. The guide emphasizes scouting tips, including how to identify pests by the damage they leave behind, even when you can't find the insect itself.This guide was created as a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.