The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a growing environment that’s high risk for disease. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin and Hensall Co-op field marketer Meghan Scott take a look at the perennial threat of white mould and discuss strategies to defend crops against the yield-robbing disease. On the heels of Hurricane Beryl’s rainy trek across the province, Tobin and Scott visit a soggy white bean field in Ontario’s Huron County. Scouting the field, Scott notes that some early flowers are starting to appear in the canopy. “As…
The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a growing environment that’s high risk for disease. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin and Hensall Co-op field marketer Meghan Scott take a look at the perennial threat of white mould and discuss strategies to defend crops against the yield-robbing disease. On the heels of Hurricane Beryl’s rainy trek across the province, Tobin and Scott visit a soggy white bean field in Ontario’s Huron County. Scouting the field, Scott notes that some early flowers are starting to appear in the canopy. “As… Read More