Alan Tonne, Kieran Gleason and Erin Carr plant spring wheat at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm. |
Spring planting is underway at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm. Crews planted vegetables and grains for ongoing variety trials.
Heidi Rader and Nicole Carter plant winter squashes as part of the vegetable variety trials. |
Eighty varieties of vegetables are being planted in the experiment farm fields at UAF. Recent variety trials have been conducted at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, so the trials are moving across Yukon Drive. Crops include corn, carrots, beets, beans, fennel, winter squash and spinach. Demonstration plots will be planted in the botanical garden to provide outreach and education opportunities for the public. All trials except corn are being replicated at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center. Results from the last three years of trials are available here.
For questions about the vegetable trials, contact Glenna Gannon at gmgannon@alaska.edu or project director Heidi Rader at hbrader@alaska.edu.
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