Welcome to the online edition of the New England Vegetable Management Guide.

The content of this site has been fully updated, as of August 2009, and is the same information that will be published in the  2010-2011 printed edition of the New England Vegetable Management Guide.

Printed Guides will be available in December, 2009.

There are many Best Management Practices listed in this Guide.  Click here for information on a new guide to Best Management Practices for vegetable crops in Massachusetts, currently under development.

This is a comprehensive guide for commercial vegetable growers with information on current production and pest management techniques for vegetable crops.

This manual is a collaborative effort of members of the Extension Vegetable Programs of the Universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. 

Introductory sections cover:

• general cultural practices for vegetables, including soil fertility and nutrients, soil management, cover crops, organic production, raised beds, irrigation, and much more.
• Pest management topics that are important on all vegetable crops, including weed, insect and disease management, integrated pest management, efficacy tables, biological controls and lower-risk pesticides, and pesticide safety.
• a comprehensive guide to greenhouse vegetable bedding plant production.

In the crops section you will find recommended cultural practices, varieties and nutrient recommendations for each crop, along with specific information on management of weeds, insects and diseases for that crop or crop group.

You can find color photographs of all the weeds, insects, diseases and non-pathogenic disorders that are mentioned on this website in Northeast Vegetable and Strawberry Pest Identification Guide. This is available online as a downloadable file. We hope that growers will use these two publications together for identification and management of pests.

The New England Vegetable Management Guide and the Northeast Vegetable and Strawberry Pest Identification Guide are also available in print and may be ordered online or from any of the New England Extension publication offices.

Regarding pesticide information provided in the New England Vegetable Management Guide: the user of this information assumes all risks for personal injury or property damage. If the information in this guide does not agree with the current labeling, follow the label instructions.The label is the law.