northcentral.sare.org news tomato-variety-trials-for-flavor-quality-and-agronomic-performance
Tomato Variety Trials for Flavor, Quality, and Agronomic Performance
...Central region. “Many organic and low-input farmers in the Upper Midwest are using high tunnels (hoop houses) to extend the season for tomato production,” said Dawson. “We are using participatory...
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Profile: Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm
...high tunnels, which help extend the growing season for a variety of vegetable crops. The high tunnels are quite productive, but Verticillium wilt, a disease caused by a soil-dwelling fungus,...
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Project Impact Sheets
...high tunnels in Alaska, so they can better assist growers. Background: High tunnels are regionally important in Alaska for season extension and provide a growing environment that allows for production...
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Sustainable Pest Management Approaches for Raspberry Growers
...of the raspberries grown under the netted high tunnels. “Exclusion netting can be a viable way to reduce SWD and other pests without negatively affecting the fruit quality in high...
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Net Houses Help Farmers in the Fight Against Pests
...cloths, however, a more permanent barrier system is created around the high tunnels. “Also known as net houses, these sealed structures, installed on the sidewalls and endwalls of a high...
www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch water-management smart-irrigation
Irrigation Systems
...trickle line through the soil is limited. Water Harvesting The rainwater harvesting system that Cherry Flowers and Tim Page added to one of the high tunnels at their urban farm...
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Part Two: Applying Ecological Principles to the Farm
...in Organic Small Fruit Production Spotted Wing Drosophila Pest Management Recommendations for Southeastern Blueberries For further reading about high tunnel production, visit SARE’s High Tunnels and Other Season Extension Techniques....
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northeast.sare.org news ginger-an-ancient-crop-in-the-new-world
Ginger: An ancient crop in the New World
...pounds and made $4,180. “Using the high tunnels was a drastic profit improvement over growing in the greenhouse,” Bahret says. In fact, the greenhouse ginger lost money while the hoophouse...
www.sare.org publications organic-production pest-management
Pest Management
...Organic Thrips Control in High Tunnel Cucumbers A presentation of research on biological control methods in New York high tunnel or hoop house farming systems, including cultural practices, plant resistance,...
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2015 Young Scholar Enhancement Grant Projects
...agriculture. LS12-250 Market Season Extension with High Tunnels.pdf 7.86 MB LS12-249: Internship with Organic Rice Production; Tommy Tan, Westbrook High School, Beaumont, Texas. The research that was conducted involved determining...