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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes
  • Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 14:33:44 -0400

Alison, First things first I hope you survived yesterday's and last night's
storms. It appears your area got the brunt of them. I was glad we got
another 1.75" yesterday since I noticed the mud was starting to thicken up
some.

In general, what crops are you growing on black plastic (Biotelo)?
Do you have to watch out for overheating of some crops?
I have laid black plastic down on a few rows in the past for tomatoes and
liked the advantages, was concerned about the heat buildup for other
transplants. Do you use straw over the plastic to help mitigate heat build
up on less heat tolerant plants?

Don't bust your chops answering all of these questions or in great detail,
but any advice you have is always welcome.

Martin's Produce Supplies in Liberty KY 42539 has Biotelo @ $350 for 4'x500'
0.6mil. He also has a basic flatbed layer #SL43 for $998. This guy has the
Nolt's products.

Thanks,
Farmer Breck
Breck Carden
Carden's Garden
2400 E Hwy 22
Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
(502) 905-8066
breck AT breckcarden.com
www.breckcarden.com



-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wiediger,
Alison
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:25 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes


It was very nice under the mulch. In fact, on some beds we had to run
the drip tape for a while to be sure there was ENOUGH moisture for the
transplants. 'Course, it rained buckets again Tuesday morning, (and
Wednesday, and yesterday, and early this morning - 4-5 inches this week
we think!), so they are all plenty hydrated now since the rain goes
through the planting holes.

The beds are not raised. The flat bed layer is adequate for us, takes
less horsepower, and costs a lot less. The good thing is that when we
COULD till (even though it wasn't optimum) last week, we did, spent the
day laying enough plastic to do all our first planting, and then it
didn't matter if it rained, we could still plant. This year,
especially, it has made a huge difference.

Permanent aisles in clover sound REALLY nice.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of breck
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 9:16 AM
To: 'Market Farming'
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes

Alison, you may convert me to "roll" mulch yet.
How much drier was it under the bio-telo?
Are the beds raised?


The one thing that I have done that allows me to enter the field without
loosing shoes is to set my tractor wheels to there max. width and
straddle my beds. This allows me to plant Dutch clover where the
walkways are and have permanent beds without compaction. This is my
first year to really get this going, so time will tell as to the
efficacy.

Thanks,
Farmer Breck
Breck Carden
Carden's Garden
2400 E Hwy 22
Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
breck AT breckcarden.com
www.breckcarden.com




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