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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tell us about the cukes!
  • Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:27 -0600 (CST)

While I think his principles are sound, I'd remind you that Elliot's
experiences are in a unique place. His principles can be applied but tactics
need to be adjusted for different places, perhaps even different seasons. For
example, if you're in a much colder place, such as the upper Midwest, you may
have a signficant gap during the end of Winter that Elliot might not
experience. Still, I think he is providing sound leadership on the topic.

Bill



>Allan Balliett wrote:
>> Someone help me here: has Eliot Coleman quit growing cool season
>> crops in for harvest in December/January due to the slow growth the
>> comesfrom short days/low sun? It seem to me I read that somewhere.
>
>
>Well, he just published a book on the topic of winter production:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816/
>
>
>The crux of this book is that he does two different types of greenhouse:
>cool (barely heated above 0C), and cold (not heated at all). Different
>crops works in different type of greenhouse. In the depth of winter,
>growth is extremely slow (if not nil); as such, the trick for winter
>harvest is to grow crops in the fall, and cover them for winter harvest.
>
>I have never experimented any of the above, I am just reporting what I
>have read in the book. If anybody have actual experience with these
>practices, I would love to hear about their experiences to correlate and
>compare with what Coleman advocate in his book.
>
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William H Shoemaker, UI-Crop Sciences
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