"Hi Matthew Krause,
I have used Milstop (And other products) for years, but I have never found it to be a successful curative once powdery mildew is established. University trials have also born this out. While I like your product…"
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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, 2012.
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
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Fleming Apr 19, 2012.
Comments being filtered
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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
Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Feb 25, 2012.
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
Started this discussion. Last reply by paula steinmetz Mar 2, 2012.
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Matt replied to Don Duvall's discussion Temp control"We need a little more information from you. What is the size of the high tunnel? What temperature problem do you have? Too hot or too cold? How do you vent the tunnel?
The best way to control temperature…"
Matt replied to Aaron Fields's discussion Powdery Mildew on Rosemary"Powdery Mildew is a humidity and temperature dependent pest. You either need to lower the humidity (in a greenhouse this usually means forced air vents/fans) or raise the temperature. Raising the temperature allows the air to hold more…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion GMO growing illegal in a Washington state county."They already do Greg. It is called the non-gmo project and many companies participate. The product is tested by third parties and then certified.
The problem is that MOST of our food system has unknowns for the consumer. We…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion GMO growing illegal in a Washington state county."Hi John,
Product labeling for nutritional information was fought when it was first introduced as well. The exact same arguments were put forth then that are being put forth now for labeling GMO containing products.
No one is…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion GMO growing illegal in a Washington state county."It is a good question Greg. I think it would have been better for them to attach tort liability for contamination of other farmers crops.
The article itself, that you linked to, is very biased towards GMO crops. It even went so…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion GMO growing illegal in a Washington state county."John M,
One quick question for you. Are you ok with spray drift from your neighbors killing or stunting the growth of one of your crops. Maybe to the point of making it un-saleable?
THAT is the argument that organic farmers…"
Matt replied to Craig Sirna's discussion Benificial Insects"Only a VERY SMALL amount of beetles will emerge from your own soil. The VAST majority migrate from southern states in the jet stream during June and July. There is no real bio-rational to control them effectively.
Cucumber…"
Matt replied to Craig Sirna's discussion Benificial Insects"None that will have any kind of meaningful impact. It is not so much the beetles feeding that is the problem. It is the bacterial wilt and virus' that they transmit. It only takes a few infected beetles to kill an entire…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion Any thoughts? GM Food gets some good press!"I think that those people who are opposed on a moral grounds to artifically transferring genes beyond natural boundries and re-arranging the genetic code of a plant or animal will never see genetic engineering as a positive technology, no matter how…"
Matt replied to Greg's discussion Fiscal Cliff"The $1 million dollar benchmark is for profits. Do you plan on having more than $1 million in NET income? If you do, I wish I was in your shoes.
I would be more worried about the fiscal cliff affecting your customers ability to…"
Matt replied to Richard Freeman's discussion Telephones & Cell phones"We dropped the home/business land line phone this year. We both have cell phones and we really did not need the land line. We use an internet fax line. This is a fax number that you give to customers and your faxes are delivered as…"
Matt replied to Paul Rusnak's discussion Food Safety Dig At Small Growers"I don't think we are pitting any FARMER against another Farmer. There are bigger players in this pond than most farmers.
Take Monsanto for example. They push to have GM crops approved as quickly as possible. Our…"
Matt replied to Paul Rusnak's discussion Food Safety Dig At Small Growers"Jennifer,
Any farm that sells only to packing houses or large distribution centers, is selling to multiple states and does not sell to the general public at large would be considered by MOST small farmers to be a corporate farm.
We we…"
Matt replied to Rosemary Gordon's discussion Were you satisfied with the election results?"I personally don't think elected officials care at all about producers, at least ones with that are elected based on how much they will GIVE to their constituents. The idiots in government have put the large agribusinesses in control of…"
Matt replied to Paul Rusnak's discussion Food Safety Dig At Small Growers"Have to agree with Greg. By their very nature small producers are safer due to their limited distribution. Any outbreak of illness would be very limited in scope and EASIER to track down compared to a producer that has produce shipped…"
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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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