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  • From: Peter <peter AT oldshawfarm.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Greenhouse toms in container culture
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:32:54 -0500

Hi. I am new to this list. We grow about 5 acres of organic veggies, herbs, and flowers, in northern Vermont. We also have two greenhouses and two hoophouses.

We had a particularly bad disease problem in one greenhouse last year (bacterial canker), and with the help of Carl Hammer at Vermont Compost Company, and a plant specialist at the University of Vermont, we have decided to go to a container culture for that house for a couple of years. We will be laying down old greenhouse plastic, building wooden bins (2' x 2' x 90'), filling those bins with a fairly complete growing on mix from Vermont Compost, and seeing what happens. We grow Buffalo tomatoes, plus some Sungolds and colored peppers in our houses. Buying in new growing media obviously adds to our expenses, but using what is essentially raised beds on top of plastic might get us to market a week or two earlier this year. Hopefully, it will be close to a wash.

Has anyone out there had any experience doing anything like this? Anyone have any obvious tips, pointers, resources for growing in a greenhouse container culture? So far, we have just been making this up as we go alone. Thanks in advance.




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