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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:02:29 EST
A nearby grower deliberately sets up his tomato hoop frame going
up an incline. Top end of the hoop frame is perhaps 10' in
elevation above the bottom end. On hot clear days, he just opens up each
end and it not only keeps the interior from getting hot but the fresh moving air
really helps with pest and disease control. On the hottest days he says
standing on that high end is like standing behind a jet engine, but his tomatoes
are sure happy. He relies on that incline to help his irrigation efforts
too, with his water supply in a big tank at the top of the house, gravity-fed to
the plants stepping down the slope. Seems to work really well because he
keeps setting it up that way every year.
Kathryn Kerby Frog Chorus Farm
Snohomish, WA
In a message dated 3/8/2010 11:23:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
SaladG AT aol.com writes:
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes
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- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, Sheila Payne, 03/07/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, SaladG, 03/07/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 03/07/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, Jay Sleichter, 03/07/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, KAKerby, 03/07/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 03/08/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
BarbaraJ, 03/08/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
Barking Cat Farm, 03/08/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, Deb Taft, 03/08/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
Barking Cat Farm, 03/08/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes,
BarbaraJ, 03/08/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, SaladG, 03/08/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Easy to pick cherry tomatoes, KAKerby, 03/08/2010
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