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- From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:01:12 -0500
From: "Allan Balliett" <igg AT igg.com>
> I try to have 'ridge pole high' Divas on the North wall of our 40x96
> hoop house by the first share delivery in the first week of June.
> Last year, we had the vines, ok, but no real fruit until later in the
> summer. I did get more than two weeks off from the initial planting.
>
> What about you?
Last year I planted Soyo Long Asian cucumbers in the greenhouse, which I
operate essentially like a high tunnel all summer (windows open, etc).
They started producing in May and produced like crazy all summer and
through until November. They finally died from a combination of mildew and
the cold. Unfortuately, I didn't set them up so I could 'drop' them, as
someone suggested, so I was climbing ladders into the rafters to pick
cucumbers all summer. BTW, I LOVED these cucumbers. Thin-skinned, sweet,
held up well. They are beautiful, in their own way. My customers seemed
scared to death of them...you'd think I had a pile of snakes on the table.
No accounting for taste!
I planted Diva on trellises outside, and they did horribly. Lots of bugs
and slugs, even though they were off the ground.
Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
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[Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers,
Kathy Somers, 01/10/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers, Bill Shoemaker, 01/11/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers,
Wiediger, Alison, 01/11/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers, Allan Balliett, 01/11/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers,
Wiediger, Alison, 01/11/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers,
Allan Balliett, 01/11/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers, David Inglis, 01/11/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers, Lynn Wigglesworth, 01/11/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers,
Allan Balliett, 01/11/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse Cucumbers, Wiediger, Alison, 01/11/2006
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