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  • From: wildernessflowers AT comcast.net
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Staking tomatoes:u of PA site
  • Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:06:53 +0000


http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/counties/Dauphin.html

lots of insite here

ive worked in home brewed tunnels fo r years but have found them difficult
commercial cold frames especially with 4 -6 foot side walls are the way to go
excell greenhouse has a 28 X 96 for $1100 cant beat that martin
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> Jerry- If I were in your shoes, as I'm going to do in my own shoes,
> but in Montana this seems especially worthwhile, I'd look into a high
> tunnel made from hardware store items. I think they are now calling
> these 'field covers.' You can build one very reasonably and it will
> give you much better temp control than row cover will AND you will
> have the space to stake you tomatoes, as Chile Man suggested, when
> they are young and not once they are loaded with tomatoes. As you
> have noticed, it's just too late then - - the stems are 'set in their
> ways' at that point and don't take well to lifting and tying. You can
> make a tunnel that moves (ala Coleman) you can grow in the tunnel all
> season (bye-bye 120 day growing season!) or you can take the tunnel
> down and let the tomatoes stand out in the sunshine, so that picking
> is easier.
>
> Does this sound fair?
>
> -Allan Balliett
>
> >I was wondering if anyone could help with some advice. We are

> >market gardeners in Billings, Montana with a growing season of 120
> >days. We grow mostly determinate tomatoes concentrating on Northern
> >Exposure and Early Goliath. We set transplants out under row cover
> >which is removed in about 5 weeks as blossoms begin to set. At this
> >time we have very vigorous plants that set heavy fruit. Our problem
> >with staking is that the fruit is so heavy that the main stems
> >break off as the fruit grow while we are trying to get the plants to
> >stand up. What usually happens is that the plants grow along the
> >ground and are hard to pick and do not ripen very evenly. I believe
> >we need to stake earlier with a better structure than just a short
> >bean poll. Any suggestions.
> >Thanks
> >Melon Patch Kids
> >
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