What's Killing My Kale?
In "What's Killing My Kale?", get research based solutions to pest issues affecting fruit and vegetable crops from University of MN Extension. Learn how to manage weeds, insects, diseases, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 13: Growing Kiwiberries in Minnesota
In Season 3, episode 13 of "What's Killing My Kale," Annie talked with Seth Wannmeuhler, a graduate research assistant at University of Minnesota, about kiwiberries. Seth has become an expert on kiwi…
Thu 06 Aug 2020
What's Killing my Kale Season 3 Episode 12: Spray programs for organic tomatoes
In Season 3 Episode 12 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Inga Meadows, Extension plant pathologist at NC State University, about disease management in organic tomatoes. It's nearly impo…
Thu 16 Jul 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 10: Flowering and fruit set in cucurbits
In Season 3 Episode 10 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Dr. Brent Loy, emeritus professor of plant genetics and cucurbit breeder extraordinaire at the University of New Hampshire. Ever…
Thu 21 May 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 9: Nutrient management in wet soils
In Season 3, episode 9 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked to Dr. Paulo Pagliari, an associate professor of soil science at the University of Minnesota, about nutrient management in wet soils. …
Thu 07 May 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 8: Measuring soil health: biological activity
In Season 3, episode 8 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked to Local Extension Educators Claire LaCanne (Rice & Steele Counties) and Shane Bugeja (Le Sueur and Blue Earth Counties) about their r…
Thu 07 May 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 5: The Economics of Spotted Wing Drosophila Management
Spotted wing drosophila damage on tart cherry. Photo: Annie Klodd In Season 3 Episode 5 of What's Killing My Kale, Annie talked with Gigi Digiacomo, a research fellow in the Department of Applied Eco…
Fri 10 Apr 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 6: An Update on Organic Spotted Wing Drosophila Management
Spotted wing Drosophila on a raspberry. Photo: Charlie Rohwer, UMN In Season 3 Episode 6 of What's Killing My Kale, Annie talked with Dr. Mary Rogers, an Assistant Professor studying organic food pro…
Fri 10 Apr 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 4: Climate adaptation at Little Hill Berry Farm
In Season 3 Episode 4 of What's Killing My Kale, Annie talked with Aaron Wills from Little Hill Berry Farm. They discussed how climate change is impacting fruit production, and strategies for adaptat…
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 3: Climate change adaptation at Open Hands Farm
In Season 3 Episode 3 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Erin Johnson and Ben Doherty from Open Hands Farm. They discussed the ways that they have noticed the impacts of climate change on…
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 2: Climate adaptation at Loon Organics Farm
We are back with another season of What's Killing My Kale! In Season 3 Episode 2, Annie talked with farmer Laura Frerichs from Loon Organics farm about how climate change is affecting their ability t…
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What's Killing My Kale Season 3 Episode 1: Growing produce in a changing climate with Kenny Blumenfeld
We are back with another season of What's Killing My Kale! In Season 3 Episode 1, Natalie talked with Kenny Blumenfeld, Senior Climatologist with the DNR about how our climate has changed over the la…
Mon 30 Mar 2020
What's Killing My Kale Episode 27: Swede Midge Management - an overview of what we know
Author: Natalie Hoidal. Interviewee: Yolanda Chen In episode 26 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Dr. Yolanda Chen, a professor at the University of Vermont. Yolanda has been studying Sw…
Fri 04 Oct 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 26: Swede Midge - a new brassica pest in Minnesota
Author: Natalie Hoidal. Interviewee: Angie Ambourn In episode 26 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Angie Ambourn, supervisor of the MDA's pest detection unit. Angie's team has been study…
Fri 04 Oct 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 25: Integrating flowering plants and vegetable production
Author: Natalie Hoidal. Interviewees: Julie Weisenhorn and Nathan Hecht In episode 25 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with Extension Educator Julie Weisenhorn, and recently graduated hortic…
Fri 02 Aug 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 24: Vertebrate Pest Management
Author: Natalie Hoidal. Interviewee: John Loegering. In episode 24 of What's Killing My Kale, Natalie talked with wildlife biologist John Loegering about vertebrate pest management. They discussed a …
Thu 18 Jul 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 23: Understanding Degree Day maps for insect monitoring with Anthony Hanson
Author: Natalie Hoidal, Interviewee: Anthony Hanson In episode 23 of our fruit and vegetable podcast What's Killing My Kale? we talked to Anthony Hanson, an Extension post-doc who has been creating d…
Wed 10 Jul 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 21: Solarization for weed management with Courtney Tchida
In episode 21 of our fruit and vegetable podcast What's Killing My Kale? we talked to Courtney Tchida, farm manager at Cornercopia student organic farm. Courtney has been trying various weed manageme…
Tue 11 Jun 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 20: Let's talk transplants!
In Season 2, Episode 2 of our fruit and vegetable podcast What's Killing My Kale? we're talking all about transplants with Alissa Jacobsen, a farmer who currently works at Open Hands Farm in Northfie…
Fri 24 May 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 19. Dealing with Bud Injury in Cold Climate Fruit Trees
Moongold apricot flowers, 5/7/19. Photo: Annie Klodd. In Season 2, Episode 1 of our fruit and vegetable podcast What's Killing My Kale? we take a deep dive into fruit bud injury with Dr. Amaya Atucha…
Wed 08 May 2019
What's Killing My Kale Episode 18: Navigating Natural Remedies: What Works and Why?
In episode 18 of our fruit and vegetable podcast What's Killing My Kale? we talked to Linda Chalker-Scott, a horticulturalist with Washington State University. The internet lays many claims about the…
Fri 30 Nov 2018
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