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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info)
- From: "Don Lareau" <dlareau AT tds.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info)
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:23:29 -0600
What do you use to burn the holes and how do you control the size? We are looking to use landscape fabric for a variety of crops. Thanks, Don
Zephyros Farm and Garden Daphne Yannakakis and Don Lareau 11466 3725 Rd. Paonia, Co. 81428 970-527-3636
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We are going to be a small plot of tomatoes this year. Maybe 100 plants total. We'll still be selling small tomatoes, but we are getting out of the tomato business pretty much all together and are simply growing for our selves. We will be doing what the folks at Half Pint Farm do. Set posts, run a high tensile steel cable (trellis wire in our case) over the top anchored at both ends and tie as they grow.
The entire patch will be covered in landscaping fabric with holes for the plants so irrigation and weed control is super simple.
We also grow soup pumpkins (Musque de France from Johnny's if I remember correctly) for a couple local restaurants by request. These are also grown on landscaping fabric as well. I cannot recommend it enough. Better than plastic, last several seasons as it is fairly UV tolerant. If you burn the holes using a propane torch the ends of the fabric cauterize and you avoid more damage when you remove it the following season (we rotate). If you cut the holes they have a tendency to tear when you remove.
Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio
An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855
(513) 967-1106
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[Market-farming] Florida Weave,
Harriet Allen, 03/18/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Don Lareau, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Jay Sleichter, 03/19/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info), Garth & Kim Travis, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Robin Follette, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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- Re: [Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions, Richard Robinson, 03/26/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions, Sweet Valley Organics, 03/27/2010
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[Market-farming] hoophouse construction questions,
Rob Wallbridge, 03/26/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Jay Sleichter, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Don Lareau, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave (and some Pumpkin info),
Richard Stewart, 03/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Florida Weave,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 03/18/2010
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