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- From: "waldenfarm" <waldenfarm AT bellsouth.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:44:28 -0400
I've tried shade and found all the plants get
"leggy". I do grow lettuce all summer, though. The combo of plant physiology
applications and just plain dumb luck got me there. Lettuce will bolt from
stress (too much wilting, too little water, etc.) or by being stimulated by long
day length. I found that the Batvian lettuces I grew in the spring (now called
"crispheads") were not day-length sensitive. They are tender and wilt fast
around here. So, I overhead water around noon to cool their tissues and avoid
wilting. Nevada type is the best seller.
Plants will wilt in heat even if there is plenty
of water in the soil. They lose water faster through their pores than they can
absorb. For you plant physiologists out there- I learned that plants are really
long-night sensitive. I told the plant phys., "To a farmer, they're the same
thing.
Alex McGregor
Walden Farm
SE TN
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[Market-farming] shading lettuce,
david purpura, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
Marty Kraft, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
Beth Spaugh, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
BarbaraJ, 04/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce, Beth Spaugh, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
BarbaraJ, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
Beth Spaugh, 04/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce, Liz Pike, 04/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce, waldenfarm, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
sunnfarm, 04/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce, William H Shoemaker, 04/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce, sunnfarm, 04/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] shading lettuce,
Marty Kraft, 04/15/2010
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