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  • From: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] High Heat Summer Lettuce Test Project
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:34:09 -0400

how do you filter for those misters?

looks like a COOL IDEA!

Who supplies the nozzles?

Good luck and THANKS!

-Allan in WV

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
wrote:
> The heat came on early this year and we went from producing about 140# a
> week of leafy greens to just Kale and Swiss Chard (all on drip).  We were,
> at our high point, producing new salad mix at about 60# per week average.
>  We've done a half ton so far not including what we sell at market and move
> through our volunteers...and my belly.
>
> Now its bone dry and while we have a nice window of cool (but dry weather)
> coming up, I am figuring that unlike like last year I better plan for a more
> traditional hot summer.  Drip won't work well and I hate the waste of open
> air water guns and sprinklers.  So I have this idea.
>
> Seed the beds, place the hoops, run a 1/4" line of micro tubing with high
> flow (2 GPH) misters every 2' along the top of the hoop and then cover with
> 30% shadecloth.
>
> Did the first bed yesterday.
> Anyone else try something similar to this?  The cost of the stuff isn't too
> bad when you figure most of it is in shade cloth and the hoops we already
> have.  The first 30' test bed took me about an hour and a half to build.
>  FOr the time being, so I did not have to worry about splicing this into an
> existing .70 drip tape feeder line I ment ahead and placed a compression
> 3/4" garden hose adapter onto the end of the 1/4" line.  It works awesome so
> far.  Temperature underneath the cloth from the misters and the light
> reduction is fantastic and the cloth sort of the contains the moisture in a
> light breeze so little is lost.  At 12 emitters putting out 24GPH on a 30'
> bed that is 6' across with 4" separation in lettuce rows I think the water
> works out very well.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Pictures are here:
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/34135950@N03/sets/72157630249127654/
>
>
> Richard Stewart
> Carriage House Farm
> North Bend, Ohio
>
> An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855
>
> (513) 967-1106
> http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com
> rstewart AT zoomtown.com
>
>
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