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  • From: Zachary Mathes <zwmathes AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Summer Salad Mix
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:57:47 -0500

I have seen salad mix grown along edges of fields where the trees blocked the afternoon sun in the summer time.  Keeping soil moisture up and soil temps down with afternoon drip tape irrigation helps.  I have less experience with heat tolerant variety selection, but suspect that would help.  No matter what, summer salad mix quality seems to suffer, and its more a matter of doing what you can to keep the quality acceptable.  You can always grow and sell heat tolerant baby heads and push chopped salad as the best local seasonal choice.  I would love to hear what other folks have done.
Zac Mathes

Short of putting up shade cover. Does anyone have good ideas for growing a good salad mix in the heat of the summer.  Were doing about 100# a week to restaurants and would like to continue.  I live in Ames, iowa zone 5.  Any suggestions would be great.
 thanks
Chris Corbin



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