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Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC)

GROWOUTS, WINTER NURSERY, AND SEED PRODUCTION

One of our substations on the island of Oahu is an excellent location for winter nursery growouts and production. HARC supports the breeding programs of seed companies and other agricultural institutions with our research staff trained in horticulture, agronomy, entomology, pathology, genetics, physiology, weed science, and environmental chemistry.

A wide variety of crops have been grown at this substation including corn, potato, watermelon, banana, papaya, rice, wheat, soybean, sorghum, sunflower, lettuce, onion, pepper, broccoli, asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, zucchini, basil, coffee, and sugarcane. Maximum winter temperature averages 79.8° F while the mean minimum temperature is 63.9° F. Winter rainfall averages 2.5 inches per month with solar radiation of 352.8 cal/cm2/day. The soil is a well drained oxisol (Molokai silty clay loam) with pH ranging from 6.0 to 6.8. The station has good quality irrigation water supplying drip irrigation systems in all fields. The advantages of Hawaii's year-around growing conditions make it an important location for seed production companies. The Experiment Station laboratories and administrative offices are located 15 minutes away at the Robert L. Cushing Building in Aiea, Hawaii. These modern laboratories are equipped with state of the art instrumentation and equipment to assist our scientists in meeting our clients' needs.

HARC Substation Weather Based on 25 Years Data

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Precipitation (In.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avg. Precipitation

4.38

3.08

1.94

1.80

1.45

0.82

0.72

0.47

1.16

2.84

3.65

3.91

Max. precipitation

15.4

9.92

5.84

6.19

6.39

2.32

2.07

1.65

8.29

12.4

14.6

15.4

Min. precipitation

0.22

0.03

0.12

0.21

0.10

0.03

0.08

0.02

0.04

0.13

0.13

0.16

Temperature (Deg. F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avg. Min. Temperature

61.4

60.9

62.3

63.2

64.3

66.2

67.4

67.4

68.0

67.2

65.1

62.8

Avg. Max. Temperature

78.3

78.6

79.3

79.9

81.9

83.3

84.3

85.4

84.8

83.6

81.8

79.5

Avg. Temperature

69.9

69.8

70.8

71.6

73.1

74.8

75.9

76.4

76.4

75.4

73.5

71.2

Solar Radiation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avg. Radiation (cal/cm2/day) measured on first day of month

345

394

442

478

501

534

537

529

476

413

350

324

Day Length (hrs.)

10.8

11.3

11.7

12.4

12.9

13.3

13.4

13.2

12.5

11.9

11.4

10.9


Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC)
Telephone: (808) 487-5561 Fax: (808) 486-5020
For more information, contact Lance Santo
phone: (808) 677-5541
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