Horticulture

12 May 2021

Many pumpkins are lost each year due to rotting in storage. Find out what causes rot in stored pumpkins and how to counteract it.

24 January 2023

Explore our podcast collections for practical know-how and expert insights that aims to help you farm better. New episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays.

11 May 2021

This section is about the activity of fly pests, beetles, caterpillars, aphids and cabbage whitefly in brassicas. Read information on different approaches to managing these pest insects.

29 August 2019

SCEPTREplus trials covering both pre and post-planting weed control in celery crops

2 March 2023

How can playing with Lego boost labour productivity in horticulture?

24 July 2019

How and why spray irrigation can be reduced or stopped under Section 57

9 December 2019

Meet the SCEPTREplus research team

12 December 2019

SCEPTREplus is a four year programme of work funded by AHDB to £1.4 million with financial and in-kind support from agrochemical and biopesticide manufacturers.

14 October 2019

A new model has been developed to improve the management and control of strawberry powdery mildew and to predict periods when the crop is at risk of infection.

4 October 2022

Read this Grower issue to find out how garlic can help battle aphids, how using light to grow sweeter apples and about a new virus that threatens tomato crops

27 June 2019

SCEPTREplus trials covering both pre- and post-emergence weed control in sweetcorn crops.

23 November 2020