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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'market farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: greenhouse question
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:33:43 -0600


And, we'll weigh in here also. We've been growing this way in zone 6 for 6
years. We use double plastic, with IR as the inner layer, find the inside
temps average 6-10 degrees above outside in winter when the sun isn't
shining (when it is, it can be 80+), and our lettuces actually got worse
damage when we covered with remay than they did uncovered. We also can seed
at any time and get growth, although it slows from mid-Dec to mid-Feb.
Everything is dependent upon your unique environment, and you have to
experiment to find out what works for you. We also find that things do fine
in the hoophouses over summer (and our summers are HOT), but it's really hot
for us to work in them. We are going to trial several things this summer.
As it is, we use them for ten months (September-June), that's not bad! Our
website has some pictures of our crops.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
http://aunaturelfarm.homestead.com

> ----------
> From: Lynn Byczynski[SMTP:growing4market AT earthlink.net]
> Reply To: market farming
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:29 AM
> To: market farming
> Subject: Re: greenhouse question
>
> One additional comment on Bill's excellent report below: He says his
> hoophouses are useless in summer because of the heat. We built ours with
> 40inch sidewalls that can be rolled up and we remove the endwalls in
> summer.
> They become great microclimates for tomatoes, cukes, and heat-loving
> flowers
> such as celosia and lisianthus, plus those that bloom in fall that you
> might
> otherwise lose in the north such as Salvia leucantha.
> --
> Lynn Byczynski
> Growing for Market
> news and ideas for market farmers
> PO Box 3747, Lawrence, KS 66046
> 800-307-8949
> http://www.growingformarket.com
>
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