Annual Reports (pdf's)
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Visit the Farm Day
Saturday, September 25
Farm Descriptions
Map of Tour Sites
2010 Guide to Farm Products
Farm Listing - text only
Allegany County Map
Cattaraugus County Map
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Master Gardener Brenda Starr w/ Educator Colleen Cavagna
The season has arrived to start putting away your vegetables for the winter months. How do you know the vegetable is ripe enough to harvest? How do you go about storing it for the winter? What vegetables will holdup the best during the cold months ahead? Why are humidity, temperature, light, and air circulation important? By following the charts storage conditions below, you will ensure the longest storage life of your favorite stored vegetables. |
Vegetable
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Relative Humidity
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Temperature (F)
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Length of Storage Period
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Misc.
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Beets
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85/90%
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35/40 degrees
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3 to 4 months
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Small: 1-2 dia., cut leaves 1/2" above crown.
Do not wash – can store in layered sand.
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Cabbage*
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75/85%
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35/50 degrees
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3 to 4 months
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Pull mature/hard heads w/roots.*
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Carrots
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80/90%
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35/50 degrees
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4 to 6 months
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Pick after light frost as they become sweeter, cut leaves 1" above crown. Can be stored in layered sand.
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Garlic
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55/70%
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40/50 degrees
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6 to 7 months
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Wait till tops are at least half brown, pull and dry on soil 1-2 days or air dry inside. Can be braided and hung if desired.
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Onions (Dry)
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60/70%
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36/55 degrees
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1 to 4 months
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Bend over tops, dry in sun – roots and all. Can be braided or you can cut the leave 1",trim back root
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Potato
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65/70%
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40/50 degrees
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6 to 9 months
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Fully mature when stems have died, dig carefully to avoid bruising and dry 2 to 3 weeks at 60-75 degrees; then store in cool damp unlit area.
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Pumpkins
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70/80 %
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50/55 degrees
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2 to 3 months
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Harvest when thumbnail won't penetrate the skin. Choose fully mature pumpkins with stems on, cure 10-14 days in a warm place,
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Squash (Winter)
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75/80%
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50/55 degrees
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2 to 6 months
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Same as pumpkins, (Acorn do NOT need to be cured)
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Turnips
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85/90%
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30/40 degrees
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4 to 6 months
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Harvest mature golfball size turnips, leave dirt on roots. Turnips have high water content and quickly dehydrate when exposed to air.
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arvest ONLY firm, healthy vegetables, ones with visible diseases or spots are bound to rot in storage quickly.Don’t harvest right after a rain event, storing moist vegetables can cause early rot, so only harvest when they are dry. The ground should be dry for potatoes, onions, garlic, etc.
Be gentle when harvesting, avoid bruising the vegetables as this can lead to early deterioration.
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Don’t harvest at the hottest part of the day, try early morning or late evening, if you have no other choice but to harvest when it is hot, allow the vegetables to cool before putting them into storage.
If you store apples in cellar remember, apples give off a gas called ethylene. This gas can cause carrots to be bitter and potatoes to spout. In the same vein, potatoes can cause apples to have a musty flavor.
*Cabbage: Keep your wrapped cabbages as far away from other vegetables as you can, due to the gas they produce. Cabbages can permeate a home, so if you root cellar them keep the outer leaves then wrap in several layers of newspaper or place in moist soil in a box. You may opt to store you cabbage family in an outside building.
Meetings and Events
Fall pH Clinic - Wellsville
Thursday, September 2, 2010
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wellsville Farmers Market (Jones Memorial Parking Lot)
Master Gardeners Terry Haas and Mary Harris are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Maple Production for
the Beginner
Thursday, September 2, 2010
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cooperative Extension Centers in Belmont & Ellicottville
Contact Lynn Bliven at lao3@cornell.edu
Fall pH Clinic - Willing
Saturday, September 4, 2010
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Willing Fire Hall
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells and Dave Chamberlain are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Early and Late Blight: How to Reduce the Chances of Getting It Next Year!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
7:00 PM
Our Common Grounds (Houghton)
Master Gardener Rick Martin
Fall pH Clinic - Belmont
Monday, September 13, 2010
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Belmont Lumber & Hardware
Master Gardeners Brenda Starr and Susan Duke are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Switchgrass Field Evening
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Delevan, NY
More information in this <pdf>
or contact Dean Sprague at das57@cornell.edu
Pasture Walk and Dairy Nutrition Round Table
Friday, September 17, 2010
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Dan Brown Farm - Great Valley NY
More information in this <pdf>
Register by Sept. 14 with Dean Sprague at das57@cornell.edu
Fall pH Clinic - Houghton
Saturday, September 18, 2010
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Our Common Grounds
Master Gardeners Joyce Fisher and Rex Spencer are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Visit the Farm Day
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Farm Descriptions
Map of Tour Sites
Fall pH Clinic - Alfred Station
Saturday, September 25, 2010
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Tinkertown Hardware
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells and Terry Haas are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Cuba
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Cuba Feed Mill
Master Gardeners Robin Stewart-Woodford and Rick Martin are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall Garden Preparation and Cover Crop Presentations
Saturday, October 9, 2010
1:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Our Common Grounds (Houghton)
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells and Dave Chamberlain