The field crew started tomato seeds today in the greenhouse. Once these plants are ready they will be transplanted to the high tunnel. For high tunnel tomato transplants. It is typical to sow seeds 5-7 weeks before you anticipate transplanting. The ground temperature in the high tunnel should reach 60 degrees F at the depth of 2 inches before the plants are … [Read more...] about Tomato Seeds Started in the Greenhouse
When there is some open space in the tunnel (before we put our demonstration plantings in for the October Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop) Randy Stout grows some crops for use by the field crew. The starts are purchased by us for use in station fish fries and winter soups for lunches during the dormant pruning season. … [Read more...] about Randy’s tunnel crops
John Rumfelt brought his weird looking Beauregard sweet potato vine in to the station wondering why it looked so strange. It is fasciated - flattened and ribbed - due to hormonal imbalance from a mutation or other factors. Fasciation is not contagious and John told Leslie Akers that the vines had a good amount of sweet potatoes. I have seen this symptom on highbush blueberry … [Read more...] about Sweet potato fasciation