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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: more greenhouse clarifying questions!
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:03:34 -0600

Title: Re: more greenhouse clarifying questions!
You mention a lack of insect problems in the hoophouse. My experience is that it takes a while for insects to find them but when they do, they proliferate in that protected environment. You have to keep a close eye on the crop. On the other hand, diseases seem to be significantly reduced, particularly foliar blights. This is probably due to lack of leaf wetness. Powdery mildew can become a problem in the Fall though.
 
Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: more greenhouse clarifying questions!

Having taken a clue from seeing Lynn’s hoop house last spring, we added the roll up sides to our rebuilt hoop house and removable end pieces for winter sunny days.  Then as the weather warmed up we put the shade cloth over the whole thing with the sides rolled up in place.  I cut lettuce from there until into July – picked bright lights chard for every market day (the only chard that did well last year) - and started my fall flats in there.  I was afraid it would be too hot also but I think the air movement at ground level like that helped a lot.  I also noticed that the hoop house didn’t have the insect problem that we had in the neighboring field.  Don’t know why.  We have a single layer of plastic.  I picked chard and kale from it the other day and have only put on a double layer of remay over the beds.  Spinach, lettuce, greens, and even the little hakeuri turnips are doing fine.  Ours is very low tech and has proven to us we want a bigger one!

joan
windwalker farm
ottawa, kansas
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