Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 August 2014 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday, August 7, 2014

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Pinney Purdue Field Day scheduled for Aug. 20

GOSHEN The 2014 edition of Pinney Purdue Field Day is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 20. Pinney Purdue Agriculture Center is located at 11402 County Line Road, Wanatah, two miles west of US 421 and Vi mile north of U.S. 30. Participants will have opportunities to get updates on current Ag production issues, visit with neighbors and fellow producers, and enjoy a great sponsored meal. Registration and exhibitor booths open at 7:30 a.m. near the machinery shed on the west side of County Line Road; parking is on the east side of the road. The Field Day program starts at 8:15 a.m. CDT. The prqgram begins at 8:15 a.m. Jim

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Zucchini is a late summer favorite

The last several years when I have written my column I have often written about the weather since it affects our food. This summer has been different with the cooler temperatures, and I have heard from many of you that it feels like fall. I am interested to see what Aygust brings when it comes to the temperature. Mother Nature's rain has also been an issue for growing vegetables and fruits. Part of the area needs rain and other parts are good with the moisture in the ground. When your garden is small you can water and that certainly helps vegetable production and quality. The variety of temperatures in June, July and now August has slowed the maturing of some vegetables and now a little warmer weather has encouraged vegetables to grow quickly. According to the calendar, and now the warmer weather, now is a good time to begin to use zucchini in your healthy eating plan. The Spanish are credited with introducing squash to Europe; they believed the squash to be melons. We can all thank the Italians for downsizing the huge gourds in the 18th century into the delicate green vegetables we today know as the zucchini. This dainty vegetable, with its elegant flavor and tender flesh, was immediately popular in France as well as Italy. The English acquired the vegetable through the French and therefore called them courgettes, whereas Italian

Mintert, a Purdue Extension Ag Economist, will discuss the new farm bill and the options available to farmers this season. Field tours will begin at 9:20 a.m. and will include stops with Purdue Extension Specialists Bob Nielsen on com growth and management, Jim Camberato on avoiding N losses, Bill Johnson, on avoiding resistance to herbicides, and Larry Bledsoe on current field crop pest issues. Lyndon Kelly, Irrigation specialist for Purdue and Michigan State, will be on hand to discuss irrigation management .The field day will conclude with a sponsored pork chop lunch cooked by Birky Family Farms of Kouts, IN. Participants m wefcpß&;t*.

This is the season for '.' ' I plant disease to take hold

We have reached that portion of the summer I think of as disease time. Warm or hot conditions with moisture or humidity in abundance favors many of the plant diseases that affect our local crops and plants. Fungicides, the products we spray on plants to fight diseases, are the first thing many people ask me about when they believe their plants have disease. There are to major categories of fungicides: protective and curative. The most common of these are the protectants. These products must be applied before the plant is infected. These fungicides are only effective where they are applied to the plant, so good coverage is extremely important. When you think of protective fungicides, think of a blanket being placed over the plant, keeping the evil diseases at bay by providing a layer of protection. When the spores for disease splash onto a protected leaf, the fungicide does not allow the spores to penetrate the leaf surface. Common protective garden fungicides include captan, mancozeb and chlorothanonil. Curative products have some ability to cure a plant of disease, providing the plant is not too fargone to begin with, and the fungi-

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immigrants brought them to America, and we have always called them by their Italian name, zucchini. Zucchini are best for you when eaten while they are young and tender and as a vegetable not in a baked good. A common question is, "Is there noticeable difference in flavor between the green and yellow?" Most people would say there is no difference as along as the vegetable is young and tender. The difference in flavor is when the green variety grows large and the skin becomes tough. Consumers in the United States prefer straight, dark green zucchini; consumers in Syria prefer a tapered, pale green zucchini to which the edible blossoms are still attached. When choosing zucchini select a small one with a fresh, bright appearance. At the local Farmers' Market, you will find green and you may find yellow. Zucchini lends itself to many food preparation techniques. A couple of ways you might consider are grilling and stuffing. Grilled zucchini are excellent served hot as a side dish, as well as cold in salad. To grill zucchini, work with a medium hot heat. You can

visit with Field Day exhibitors, which will be recognized for their help in sponsoring the Field Day, and talk to neighbors and presenters. A twilight program is planned again this year for those unable to attend the morning programs. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. CDT, Tony Vyn, a Purdue agronomy specialist, will talk about cropping systems management, including nutrients, pests, tillage and soil health. Phil Sutton and Robert Yoder will discuss field crop insect and weed management issues. Those needing recertification credits for their private applicator pesticide licenses .can recs yß a 6\ v3<>*va

dde is used correctly. Most of these curative fungicides are somewhat systemic, meaning they may move from the point they are applied into the plant tissues. All fungicides depend heavily on timing. Some disease, like late blight or anthracnose on tomatoes can go from a small number of plants to a full-blown epidemic in a few days' time. Others like early blight of tomatoes or powdery mildew on lilac progress slowly, meaning they do not need to be treated as aggressively. Labels on most fungicides often state the product should be reapplied every seven to 10 days, or 15 to 20 days, etc. as long as favorable conditions for the disease exist. Many people ignore those second or ongoing applications. Fungicides do not work like bug sprays, where one spray usually can do the job. Fungicides generally keep plants from being severely infected, so reapplication is important.

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Food and Nutrition By Mary Ann Uenhart Cross

light program (a $lO fee will be charged for PARP credits). Commercial pesticide applicators can get Continuing Certification Hours (CCHs). Certified Crop Advisers can also acquire needed continuing education hours. For more information, please call the Purdue Extension - Elkhart County office at 574-533-0554. A field day flyer with more details can be accessed at www.ag.purdue. edu/counties/laporte; click on tne link under "Hot Topics" or go to the "Field Crops" section under "Agriculture."

Extension Tips By Jeff Burbrink

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determine this by holding your hand over the coals. If you can hold your hand over the coals for five seconds, it is ready for the zucchini. It is very important for ou to brush the zucchini slices generously with oil. It can be a plain vegetable oil or you can season the oil. Another option is to use an Italian salad dressing, just make sure it has some oil in it. Plan on grilling the zucchini slices about five minutes on each side, and turn them only once. Grilled zucchini make a wonderful side dish with any meat that you have prepared. Some other ideas for summer squash varieties are to serve them sauteed, steamed for use as a side dish, or battered and deep friend. They may be baked with seasoning, cheese and crumbs. When hollowed out, they can be refilled with a seasoned stuffing of meat or their own flesh. Summer squash can also be purged for soups, or eaten raw in salads or with dips. The delicate squash blossoms can be stuffed, battered, and deep fried. The other varieties of summer squash that you will find are crookneck, patty pan, and scaloppini. They all should have a thin edible skin and soft, barely developed seeds. Zucchini exist in a wide range of shapes, colors and sizes. I encourage you tb try it for the first time, or again in a new recipe, just include it this summer in your healthy eating plan.

Rain and irrigation is another issue that fungicide applicators face. Most of the fungal infections of plants occur when the plants are wet for long periods of time. So fungicides, especially the protectants, are designed to be applied on before plants get wet. That protective blanket helps keep infection away. Let's look at an example of how to best use a fungicide. Let's say a label says to reapply every seven to 14 days. At the end of the seven days, the weather forecast does not predict rain, so we would not spray. Flovyever, 10 days after you sprayed, they are predicting rain in the evening. It would be advisable to spray the morning of the tenth or the evening of the ninth. This continues the protection on the plant you started nine days ago. Scientists have developed prediction models for many diseases, which are used by farmers and plant professionals. These models take into account heat, humidity, temperature and other growth factors affecting diseases. These models include Tomcast for tomato disease (Ohio State), Melcast for melons (Purdue) and Turfcast for turf and golf courses (Purdue).