Growing Potatoes and Tomatoes in a Disease-Plagued World

Come to an information-sharing session on December 10th (10-12:30) to learn about some of the major diseases of potatoes and tomatoes and how to manage them.  If you have seen diseases on your foliage or noticed problems with your tubers or fruit but don't know what they are or what to do about them then this workshop is for you.

* Worried about potato tuber quality?  Bring your own potatoes for help in determining what is effecting your tubers.
* Unclear on how to distinguish late blight and early blight on potatoes/tomatoes?  Learn from Cornell plant pathologist Tom Zitter and Keith Perry to improve your identification skills
* Interested in learning the latest on disease resistant varieties and other management practices?  Cornell plant pathologists Tom Zitter and Keith Perry,  Michael Glos of Cornell’s organic plant breeding program, and Elizabeth Dyck will offer up varieties and management
practices to improve your tomato and potato production and quality.

Stunning snacks made from potatoes, tomatoes, and cover crops will be served.   The workshop will be held at the Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) office in Ithaca NY.  The office is conveniently located at 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-2292 , just off of Route 13.  This workshop is sponsored by the Northeast Organic/Sustainable Potato project (NOSP) and is free and open to the public.

For additional information please either email (mag22@cornell.edu) or
call (607-227-7793) Michael Glos.