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Season extension on our farm
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Soils for Season Extension
•The best soil for season extension is the soil that you currently have...... But...
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Soils
•Sandy loam to Sandy is ideal
•Too sandy can be hard to irrigate early and late
•Too wet can be fine but needs to be bedded up well.... good for spinach and long season crops as holds nutrients well
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Soil temperatures
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Matching crops to soils
•different crops have different soil requirements
•sweet potatoes loves very sandy soil
•carrots need deep friable soils
•spinach is fine with clay as long as it is bedded up
•Melons love dry fertile soil
•different crops have different soil requirements
•sweet potatoes loves very sandy soil
•carrots need deep friable soils
•spinach is fine with clay as long as it is bedded up
•Melons love dry fertile soil
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Land and Soil profile
Soil type Crops Acres
Bernardston-shaly silt loams
stays dry, early and late greens, melons, tomatoes, stony
4
Hamlin Silt loam
root crops, great for radishes, beets, carrots- no stones
8
Hartland sandy loam
class 1,general purpose, no stones
4
Vergennes Silty Clay
somewhat heavy, winter squash, brassicas, spinach,
beans5
Hoosick Gravelly sandy
LoamSweet potato heaven... 1
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Fertility management
•Season extension is not easy on Season extension is not easy on the plants...the plants...
•therefore we want the best therefore we want the best environment we can createenvironment we can create
•Our goal is to create the BEST soil Our goal is to create the BEST soil we canwe can
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Disease management
•Season extension is exposing crops to sub-ideal environments
•Early and late plantings are more vulnerable to wet, cold conditions which make them ripe for disease.
•As well, the soils are not warm which means that leaf yellowing/dieback is more prevasive- which leads to more disease.
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Plant Health=
Disease Resistance
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Fighting disease...•good soil health
•variety selection
•adding mycorrhizae
•not working the soil too early or too late- the clump test
•good air circulation- giving plants nessesary space, and uncovering so they can dry out
•clean seed, propagation trays, equipment
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Sprays a last resort
•Regalia, rootshield, actinovate
•Oxidate
•Double nickel, greencure, milstop, copper
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Planning our Season Extension
•look at what the market needs/is missing
•look at your weather patterns
•think about the growth patterns depending on the season
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We need to make $40,000 an acreWe need to make $40,000 an acre
Also need to make at least $40 an hour picking the crop
Also need to make at least $40 an hour picking the crop
Works out to be $4.50 a bed ftWorks out to be $4.50 a bed ft
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Micro Climates
•Occur on the top of a slope, by large bodies of water, in areas shielded by large natural barriers
•Can be 3-5 degrees warmer than surrounding areas
•Our granville field is consistantly 3-4 degrees colder than the home farm
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5-8˚
8-15˚
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Growth rates
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We always double our last few plantings
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Frost-sensitive crops
•Tomatoes including cherries
•peppers
•eggplant
•cucumbers
•squash
•okra
•beans
•potatoes
•basil
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Hardy Crops•Arugula
•Mesclun
•Lettuce Mix
•Spinach
•Asian greens
•Carrots
•Beets
•Scallions
•Leeks
•Brassicas
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Succession plantings
•Squash and cucumbers
•beans
•lettuce and greens
•radishes
•beets, carrots
•herbs
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Pick an date...
And then just keep on planting.....
Get rid of the pre-conceived notions of when crops can be
produced
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Looking at frost dates
•how early can you reasonably plant sensitive crops without heat?
•use a construction heater for those few days that it gets cold
•have rowcovers at the ready...
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Flaming for Flaming for early weed early weed
controlcontrol
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Flaming basics•either used for stale seed bedding
(before the crop is planted or blind cultivation (before the crop is up)
•idea situation: plant, wait till seeds are germinating but not above the soil yet, flame, seeds come up in weed free bed
•flame midday when plants and ground are dry
•hot as possible
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Transplant House
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Mulches
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Why Mulch?Why Mulch?
•ADDS ORGANIC MATTER!
•stops erosion
•reduces water requirements
•keeps workers and produce clean during harvesting
•Keeps worms happy
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Biotello•starts to breakdown within 2-3
months- gone by spring
•twice the cost of regular plastic($350 for 5000 ft)
•NOT OMRI yet- Certified in Europe, Canada
•has changed the way we farm- we are now adding organic matter easily while growing crops
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QuickTime™ and aAVC Coding decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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Rowcover
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What do row covers actually do?•Trap heat and warms the soil
•reduce wind desiccation
•cut sunscalding/burning on crops
•keep frozen greens from thawing too quickly
•traps moisture reduces irrigation needs
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Rowcover Weights/thicknesse
s•.4 oz (PRO 15
•.5 oz (PRO 19
•.9 oz (PRO 30
•1.2 oz (PRO 40
•1.25 oz (Typar 518
•Nursery covers
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Row cover thoughts
•Cheap, thin covers are not worth the money
•multiple layers trap heat between them
•hoops (ours are custom) keep rowcover off growing tips and from burning greens in the fall
•covers can increase disease pressure through trapping moisture
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Michael KilpatrickMichael KilpatrickKilpatrick Family FarmKilpatrick Family Farm
Post-Harvest Post-Harvest and Storageand Storage
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Barrel washer from Grindstone Farm
www.grindstonefarm.com
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harvest utensils
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Root Celler
•40 x 8 x 9 insulated shipping container
•Movable, no need for building around it
•$15 thousand invested- holding $60 thousand in product.
•3 HP condenser- 2 evaporators
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container sourcescontainer sources
•www.kelconllc.com
•www.jobsiteexpress.com
•ebay.com
•craigslist.com
•barrinc.com
•www.kelconllc.com
•www.jobsiteexpress.com
•ebay.com
•craigslist.com
•barrinc.com
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laying out the root cellar
beets
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possibilities.....
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possibilities.....
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Root Pits
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Jack HedinJack HedinFeatherstone FarmFeatherstone Farm
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Mini-Tunnels
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Mini-Tunnel Crops
•Kale and Swiss Kale and Swiss ChardChard
•Late GreensLate Greens
•overwintered overwintered onionsonions
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Onion Varieties
•Redwing or Cabernet
•Pontiac or Bridger
•Candy or Mt. Whitney
•Evergreen hardy (scallion)
•Red long of Tropea
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Leeks
•plants custom grown in Florida
•3 rows on plastic, 8” apart
•Megaton and Lexton, Bandit for winter
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•planted with regular garlic
•great mild garlic flavor
•harvesting by May 1st under covers
•$9 per bed ft.
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CelariacCelariac
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Cultural techniques
• greenhouse plantings are trellised- 2 leaders clipped up
• hoop house plantings are basket-weave with 7 ft rebar in between 8 ft 2 x 2 stakes
•we pick into 2 gallon mushroom buckets and sort in washing shed
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Tomato culture
•All are grafted
•Maxifort Rootstock
•Geronimo, Big Beef, Rebelski
•Great White, German Johnson, Black Prince, Cherokee Purple, Indigo rose
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Peppers
•Almost all done inside nowAlmost all done inside now
•Ace for greenAce for green
•Carmen, Flavorburst for Carmen, Flavorburst for coloredcolored
•stake for maximum productionstake for maximum production
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Varieties•Socrates- smaller euro type- really
good flavor
•Tasty Jade- long japanese type, customers love them!
•Diamant- good pickling variety- really productive!
•Need to pick self-pollinating varieties because of pollination
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StrawberriesStrawberries
•Annual bed system- plant fall, Annual bed system- plant fall, harvest spring, till under harvest spring, till under
•Variety ChandlerVariety Chandler
•Buy in tips, propagate ourselves, Buy in tips, propagate ourselves, plant in Septemberplant in September
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Paul ArnoldPaul ArnoldPleasant Valley FarmPleasant Valley Farm
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French BeansFrench Beans
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Can be direct seeded in Can be direct seeded in a a
hoophouse 3rd week of hoophouse 3rd week of AprilApril
rows 24” apart seeded with rows 24” apart seeded with Earthway seederEarthway seeder
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TransplantingTransplanting•2-3 seeds per cell, planted as a 2-3 seeds per cell, planted as a
multi-plantmulti-plant
•Transplants need to be much Transplants need to be much smaller (10 days max)smaller (10 days max)
•water in well (reduce stress as much water in well (reduce stress as much a possible)a possible)
•Maxibel best varietyMaxibel best variety
•we transplant 2 rows apart on the we transplant 2 rows apart on the bed (plants 12 inches apart) with bed (plants 12 inches apart) with drip tape down the centerdrip tape down the center
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•Need to pick every 2 days to keep small
•Early season beans can command up to $6 lb
•1.6 lbs per bed ft = $9 per bed ft
•need consistent irrigation
•If we can beat the market by a week we can do $1500 in beans alone on a Saturday
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Winter Squash
•mix of varieties to keep it interesting
•butternut and kubocha store best
•Green plastic can increase yeilds and prevents discoloration
•Honey bear, jester, sunshine, pinnacle, waltham, metro
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Planted June 1st
Churchill and Dimitri
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Kale
•Seed 7/4 or soSeed 7/4 or so
•Winterbor, redbor, white russian or Winterbor, redbor, white russian or toscanotoscano
•customers only want it early or customers only want it early or Super lateSuper late
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BroccoliBroccoli
•2 rows on bed 12” apart2 rows on bed 12” apart
•Watch boron levels, high Watch boron levels, high fertilityfertility
•Blue Wind, Gypsy, Blue Wind, Gypsy, Marathon, DiplomatMarathon, Diplomat
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KohlrabiKohlrabi
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•Spring seeding April 1st or so
•Fall planting seeded July 1st -10th
•transplanted on biotello- 3 rows 8” in row
•harvest before severe freeze
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By the numbers...•We charge $3 a lb or 2.50 each for large
fist sized
•good yield equals around $8 per bed foot
•transplanted as soon as will come out of trays.
•average fertility, although needs extra boron
•varieties: winner, kolibri, kossack
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Sweet potatoesSweet potatoes
•Favorite variety CovingtonFavorite variety Covington
•on plastic, 2 rows 1 ft on plastic, 2 rows 1 ft apartapart
•Planted with waterwheelPlanted with waterwheel
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Cultivating constantly
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Growing mid-summer
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Spring harvest for Spring harvest for sweetest flavorsweetest flavor
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Pulling them out of Pulling them out of the mudthe mud
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Parsnip Numbers
•2.5 lbs per foot @$3/lb = $7.50 bed ft
•strong demand for holiday season
•balance left in ground till spring
•* does take entire season 7-10 months for crop
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Turnips/radishesTurnips/radishes
•Member of the Crucifer family so apreciate high boron as well as steady moisture
•Hakurei turnip variety preferred during the summer and fall
•For radishes, Rover and Cherriette preferred.
•Member of the Crucifer family so apreciate high boron as well as steady moisture
•Hakurei turnip variety preferred during the summer and fall
•For radishes, Rover and Cherriette preferred.
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Carrots•Weed control is critical, a mixture Weed control is critical, a mixture
of stale bedding, flame weeding of stale bedding, flame weeding and mechanical cultivation is keyand mechanical cultivation is key
•Bolero, Nelson, Rainbow and Yellow Bolero, Nelson, Rainbow and Yellow Sun are preferred varietiesSun are preferred varieties
•Watch fall carrots for alternaria Watch fall carrots for alternaria and spray with copperand spray with copper
•LOVE loose friable soil, bed up and LOVE loose friable soil, bed up and grow on sandgrow on sand
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Beets
•Kestrel, Chioggia Guard-mark, and Kestrel, Chioggia Guard-mark, and Touchstone Gold preferred Touchstone Gold preferred varieties. varieties.
•keep well irrigated and supplied keep well irrigated and supplied with boron to decrease scabwith boron to decrease scab
•Need lots of nitrogen to keep tops Need lots of nitrogen to keep tops healthyhealthy
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