This guide is intended to assist commercial vegetable producers by providing information on production techniques and pest management. Sustaining New England’s vegetable farms will require that farmers make profits as well as sound management decisions that protect the environment and promote social acceptance of agriculture. We in Extension are committed to providing farmers with the information necessary to make the best possible management choices.

Although we list in this guide nearly all chemicals labeled for a crop use, whenever possible, growers should utilize an integrated management approach that considers cultural practices and biological interactions. To support vegetable growers in this approach, this guide includes sections on mechanical weed control, cover crops and the biological insecticides. In addition, nonfertilizer nitrogen credits are described, and charts are provided to help farmers optimize their fertilizer use.

Cooperative Extension also provides a variety of fact sheets to assist in properly managing pests, some of which are listed in the reference section of page 228. IPM programs are available in some states to help growers learn about scouting for pests and timing controls to get the best results. Finally, this guide is just one part of Extension’s effort to help sustain you, the vegetable grower. We also put together many educational meetings and conferences to provide you with information. We urge you to take part in these programs and to call on us whenever we may be able to help.

The Cooperative Extension System, land grant universities and the United States Department of Agriculture offer education and employment for everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.

Gregory Weidemann, Director
Cooperative Extension System
The University of Connecticut
Box U66, 1376 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4066
(860)486-6271

Jeffrey Seemann, Dean and Director
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Rhode Island
Woodward Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
(401)874-2970

John E. Pike, Dean and Director
Cooperative Extension
University of New Hampshire
Room 103 Taylor Hall, 59 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-3587
(603)862-1520

Nancy Garrabrants, Director
UMass Extension
University of Massachusetts
101 University Drive, Suite C1
Amherst, MA 01002-2376
(413)545-4800

John Rebar, Director
Cooperative Extension
University of Maine, 102 Libby Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5741
(207)743-6329

Douglas O. Lantagne, Dean and Director
University of Vermont Extension
19 Roosevelt Highway, Suite 305
Colchester, VT 05446-5933
(802)656-2990

The 2008-2009 New England Vegetable Management Guide was produced at the University of Massachusetts Extension Office of Communications and Marketing.

UMass Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.