Jan 3, 2023
This December 2022 issue of HānaiʻAi comes before the Holidays. All of us at SOAP wish you and yours Happy Holidays! This issue features some exciting articles, providing insight into alternative sweetpotato weevil management tools. For the home gardener, check out the article from our extension faculty which provides tips on how to successfully grow cilantro in the garden as well as chocolate making at home with "One Cacao Tree".
Many producers rely on the use and benefits from planting Sunn Hemp as a covercrop. Unfortunately, growers are seeing increased incidents in fusaruim on their Sunn Hemp, "Subbing Sunn Hemp with Sorgum grass in Fusarium Soils", provides insight into rotating sorgum and Sunn Hemp as a management practice. If you are interested in garlic production, take a look at the "Garlic Production Guide for Hawai'i" as well as "new farmer" grant opportunities and more.