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Feds attack farm kids and families
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Is anyone else here royally fed up with the Federal Government? I can't tell you how angry I am that they think they have the right to tell me what my children can and can not do on my farm? Who…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Apr 27.
Greenhouse Venting Requirements
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I am in the process of building my first 16x24 for starting veggies for the summer. I am putting up a quonset style greenhouse with double 6 mil poly.I framed the endwalls and put a 20" exhaust fan…Continue
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Has anyone else noticed that the main articles on this website now have their comments filtered? Why bother having comments at all if the authors of the articles don't want real comments? Case in…Continue
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Plug Trays - Are they all crap?
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I have been searching for good, solid plug trays for the last few years. Each year I wind up putting up with very flimsy single use trays that are NOT easy to move from the greenhouse to the field…Continue
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Matt replied to Paul Rusnak's discussion Battling Birds"My sons with 12 guage shotguns are very effective for raspberries. It doesn't take them long to dispatch the few dozen birds when they become a problem in the strawberries and raspberries. Not sure how that will go over if you live…"
Matt replied to Matt's discussion Feds attack farm kids and families"They may be gone for now, but I can GUARANTEE you that this administration, and the last couple, has no love for the family farm. They are on the big corporate ag team. Look at Obama's push for Rural Community Governors. …"
Greg replied to Matt's discussion Feds attack farm kids and families"Matt, how do you really feel?
Don't you think you should be out in the fields moving irrigation pipe, moving animals from one pasture to another, weeding, planting, working the fields, all the while your children are inside playing video games…"
Matt posted a discussionFeds attack farm kids and families
Is anyone else here royally fed up with the Federal Government? I can't tell you how angry I am that they think they have the right to tell me what my children can and can not do on my farm? Who the Hell do they think they are? My boys 11 and 10 this year, helped me get 6000 strawberries planted, 600 asparagus, 600 raspberries and 40 grape vines planted. This required them drive a John Deer Gator, ride on a transplanter, etc. Are they going to now tell me that they can NOT do this. This…See More
Bill Fleming replied to Matt's discussion Greenhouse Venting Requirements"Never heard of painting the panels, seems like that would be somewhat permanent and would be counterproductive during the colder times of the year. I've seen temporary paint that can be washed off easily made with lime, water and a little…"
Kate Rossetto replied to Matt's discussion Greenhouse Venting Requirements"Hi Bill, I am in Billings, and also have a 14 x 26 foot polycarbonite greenhouse. The panels are installed on a trussed roof. The walls are made out of recycled steel schoolhouse panels that I fitted with the…"
Matt replied to Matt's discussion Greenhouse Venting Requirements"Well I stayed with the 16" vents. I installed a venting door as well. This has a slide up glass window like in the house. When I need the extra venting I just open the window. Temps seem to be controlled well now. …"
Matt replied to Toby Brown's discussion Figuring out relative maturities of sweet corn"No, not really, but I find rust is temperature dependent. I tend to NOT plant later in the season. When I do it is 277a (ok so I do grow other than 274a). It is usually just smaller amounts and only to the farmers markets. I…"
Matt replied to Paul Rusnak's discussion Running Hot And Cold"Most of my stuff is still in the greenhouse. I resisted the urge to rush ahead. The only things that have been planted in the field are bare root strawberry, raspberry, Asparagus and Grapes. All still dormant when planted. …"
Bill Fleming replied to Matt's discussion Greenhouse Venting Requirements"You should be fine.
Our 30'x50' polycarbonite walled greenhouse has one 20" fan on the west end and two 24"x24" automatic louvered vents on the east side and cools fine.
We're in Montana though where sometimes to keep…"
Matt replied to Hank Connelly's discussion Early Planting in Georgia and others"I don't have any tunnels yet. I lived dangerously two years and got burned by late frost each year. I now only start cold hardy items early. This usually means greens and brassicas. Everything else that I start early is in the…"
Matt posted a discussionGreenhouse Venting Requirements
I am in the process of building my first 16x24 for starting veggies for the summer. I am putting up a quonset style greenhouse with double 6 mil poly.I framed the endwalls and put a 20" exhaust fan from J&D Mfg (VES20C) on the west end and two 16" shutter vents on the east end (VRSG16A-C). The fan is rated for 4790 CFM at .05 Static pressure. My calculations 16x24x8 (8 feet high) tell me I should need 3072 CFM to turn the air over once per minute. I figure that static pressure will be…See More
paula steinmetz replied to Matt's discussion Plug Trays - Are they all crap?"I would like to introduce you to the Plantel Nurseries, Inc. injection molded polypropylene seedling
trays. They are extremely durable, easy to clean and have the added advantage of nesting inside
each other, providing stable, space saving stacks.…"
Matt left a comment for Dwight Eichelberg"You may very well be right on the date of introduction of 274a. My father has been growing sweet corn for 17 years and that was the date recalled him first trying it. It was provided to him by Seedway as a variety for him to trial. …"
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- At 11:46pm on February 25, 2012, Dwight Eichelberg said…
The sweet corn varities you are using are out ot date. I use almost all the extra tender varities. The earliest one is 270a a 70 day maturity
The varities you use are way out of date. In 1999 the first one was an extra tender 276a which was limited to a few select growers. In 2000 Stokes Seed Company flew a new extra tender variety from Florida to the Great Lakes Expo at Grand Rapids,MI in January for all to taste. This was labeled gourmet 277a. This corn blew me away. This still sets the standard today. The sales of 277a jumped my sales of sweetcorn big time. 274a wasn,t available until 2001 from my recollection. I know foresure that 274a has not been out 15 years from what the other grower said. It is almost equal to 277a but there seems to have a butter flavour built in the variety. 277a has husk coverage problems causing bird damage at times and a smaller ear than 274a but 274a has a rust problem especially if planted too late in the season. 270a is the earliest extra tender at 70 day maturity. 274a is a 74 day and 277a is a 77 day maturity. There are many more bicolor extra tender varities such as 2170, 2171, Fantastic, Sweet Surprise, Stellar, Awesome, 2573,2673,Optimun,Multiglow 7112R,Multiglow7602MR, and a new experimental one called Multiglow 4160. These are not all of the bicolor extra tenders but check them out in your seed catalogues. Good luck.
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