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Resources to find more information about the planning, construction,
and production practices of High Tunnels. |
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| General
Information Disease & Insect Management Structure Suppliers General Suppliers Drip Irrigation Suppliers Seed Suppliers Construction How-To Row Covers Economics and Marketing Growers using High Tunnels Publications |
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| General Information: | ||
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American Society for Plasticulture www.plasticulture.org |
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas www.attra.org |
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Cornell University |
Growing
Growers Training Program www.growinggrowers.org |
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Healthy Farmers, Healthy Profits Project http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/ |
Market-Farming.com www.market-farming.com |
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Noble Foundation www.noble.org |
Mississippi State University |
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| Regional Farm and Food Project http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/hightunnels.html |
Penn State University
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Rutgers
University
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Washington
State University |
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| The
New Farm, Rodale Institute Organic University: Greenhouses for Year-Round Food and Farming Greenhouse Site Selection: http://www.newfarm.org/features/2005/0305/gh1/index.shtml Crops for Early Season: http://www.newfarm.org/features/0503/arnoldsgrow.shtml |
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| Disease & Insect Management | ||
| Cornell
University (Ithaca, New York) http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/NewsArticles/HighTunn/htm |
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| Structure Suppliers: | ||
| Agra
Tech, Inc (Pittsburg, California) www.agra-tech.com/ |
Harnois Greenhouses (St. Thomas, Quebec) www.harnois.com |
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A. M. Leonard (Piqua, Ohio) www.amleo.com |
Atlas Greenhouse Systems, Inc. (Alapaha, Georgia) www.AtlasGreenhouse.com |
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Conley’s Greenhouse Mfg. (Montclair, California) www.conleys.com |
CropKing, Inc. (Seville, Ohio) www.cropking.com |
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EFS / Well•Pict European Tunnels (South Africa) www.efstunnels.com/SpanishT |
FarmTek
(Dyersville, Iowa) www.farmtek.com |
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| GothicArch
Greenhouses (Mobile, Alabama) www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com |
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| Grow-It
Greenhouse (West Haven, Connecticut) www.growitgreenhouses.com |
Haygrove
Tunnels (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania) www.haygrove.co.uk |
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| Hoop
House Greenhouse Kits
(Mashpee,
Massachusetts) www.hoophouse.com |
Hummert
International (Earth City, Missouri) www.hummert.com |
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| International
Greenhouse Company (Georgetown, Illinois) www.igcusa.com |
Jaderloon (Irmo, South Carolina) www.jaderloon.com |
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Keeler Glasgow (Hartford, Michigan) www.keeler-glasgow.com |
Ledgewood
Farm (Moultonboro, New Hampshire) 603-476-8829 |
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Lost Creek Greenhouse
Systems (Mineola, Texas) www.hoopbenders.net |
Ludy Greenhouses (New Madison, Ohio) www.ludy.com |
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Paul Boers Ltd. (Vineland Station, Ontario) www.paulboers.com |
Plastitech
(Saint-Remi, Quebec Canada) www.plastitech.com |
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Poly-Tex Inc. (Castlerock, Minnesota) www.poly-tex.com |
Quiedan
Company (Salinas, California) www.quiedan.com |
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Rimol Greenhouse Systems (Hookesett, New Hampshire) www.rimol.com |
Speedling Inc. (Sun City, Florida) www.speedling.com |
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Stuppy Greenhouse Mfg (Kansas City, Missouri) www.stuppy.com |
Tunnel
Tech (LaSalette, Ontario Canada) www.tunneltech.ca |
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Turner Greenhouses (Goldsboro, North Carolina) www.turnergreenhouses.com |
XS Smith (Eatontown, New Jersey) www.xssmith.com |
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| Zimmerman's
Welding (Versailles, Missouri) 573-378-4770 |
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| General Suppliers: | ||
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AEP Industries www.aepinc.com |
Agra
Tech, Inc www.agra-tech.com/ |
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Gardener's Supply Co. www.gardeners.com |
Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery www.griffins.com |
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Harmony Farm Supply www.harmonyfarm.com |
KEN-BAR, Inc. www.ken-bar.com |
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PAK Unlimited, Inc. www.pakunlimited.com |
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply www.groworganic.com |
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| Drip Irrigation Suppliers: | ||
| Click here for a complete list as a PDF file | ||
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DripWorks www.dripworksusa.com |
Hummert International www.hummert.com |
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Irrigation-Mart, Inc. www.irrigation-mart.com |
Netafim USA www.netafim-usa.com |
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Spring Brook Irrigation www.springbrookirrigation.com |
T-Systems Intl. www.t-tape.com |
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Zimmerman Irrigation Inc. www.trickl-eez.com |
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| Seed Suppliers: *offer organic seed | ||
| View Tomato Seed Suppliers as PDF File | ||
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Abbott & Cobb Inc. www.acseed.com |
Abundant Life Seed Foundation* www.abundantlifeseed.org |
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AgriSales Inc. www.agrisales.com |
Bountiful Gardens* www.bountifulgardens.org |
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Burpee Seeds www.burpees.com |
Chesmore Seeds www.chesmore.com |
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DeRuiter Seeds www.deruiterusa.com |
Fedco Seeds* www.fedcoseeds.com |
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Harris Seed* www.harrisseeds.com |
High Mowing Farm* www.highmowingseeds.com |
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Johnny's Selected Seeds* www.johnnyseeds.com |
Main
Street Seed and Supply* www.mainstreetseedandsupply.com |
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| Seeds of Change* www.seedsofchange.com |
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Seeds From Italy* www.growitalian.com |
Seed Movement* www.seedmovement.com |
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Seed Savers Exchange* www.seedsavers.org |
SeedWay www.seedway.com |
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Siegers Seed Company www.siegers.com |
Stokes Seeds Inc. www.stokeseeds.com |
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Territorial Seed Company* www.territorialseed.com |
Tomato Grower’s Supply www.tomatogrowers.com |
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Totally Tomatoes www.totallytomato.com |
Wood Prairie Farm* www.woodprairie.com |
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| Construction How-To: | ||
| Boulderbelt
Hoophouse How to: part 1 How to: part 2 How to: part 3 |
Farm Show Magazine
(Cattle Panel Design) www.farmshow.com/issues/29/01/290106.asp |
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| Hightunnels.org
(PVC Frame) http://www.hightunnels.org/CareyHow-toBuild.htm |
The
New Farm, Rodale Institute (Field House Construction) http://www.newfarm.org/features/0503/arnoldsbuild.shtml |
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Jaderloon Installation/Construction
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University of Tennessee (Construction Documents) http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/Extension/ExtPubs/PlanList97.htm |
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| Penn
State (Steel Frame) http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/Design_construction.pdf |
Westside
Gardener Hoophouse (PVC Frame) www.westsidegardener.com/howto/hoophouse.html |
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| Washington
State University (Portable) http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/ |
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| Row Covers: | ||
| Farm
and Garden http://www.farm-garden.com/feature/row_cover_technology |
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| Economics and Marketing | ||
| The
New Farm, Rodale Institute, (Economics of season extension, record
keeping) http://www.newfarm.org/depts/talking_shop/0403/seasonextention.shtml |
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| Sources of Bags and Baskets for Retail Produce Sales | ||
| Growers using High Tunnels: | ||
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Angelic Organics www.angelicorganics.com |
Au Naturel Farms http://aunaturelfarm.homestead.com |
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| Four
Season Farm http://www.fourseasonfarm.com |
Nightingalefarms www.nightingalefarms.com |
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Mielke's Farm, Wisconsin, USA http://www.mielkesfarm.net/hightunnels.htm |
Cedar Meadow Farm, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/HighTunnels/ |
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| Publications: | ||
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Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All
Year Long Eliot Coleman 1999, 212 pages Chelsea Green Publishing www.chelseagreen.com |
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The Hoophouse Handbook Lynn Byczynski 2003, 60 pages Fairplain Publishing, Inc. www.growingformarket.com |
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The New Organic Grower: A Masters Manual of Tools and Techniques for
the Home and Market Gardener Eliot Coleman 1995, 340 pages Chelsea Green Publishing www.chelseagreen.com |
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Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners Janet Bachman and
Richard Earles 2000, 24 pages ATTRA www.attra.org |
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Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive
Way Leandre and Gretchen Poisson 1994, 267 pages Chelsea Green Publishing www.chelseagreen.com |
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The Winter-Harvest Manual Farming the Backside of the Calendar Eliot Coleman 2001, 62 pages www.fourseasonfarm.com |
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| High
Tunnel Tomato Production Guide The High Tunnel Tomato Production Guide (Publication M170) is available for sale from University of Missouri Extension for $10/copy. This 28-page guide is suitable for high tunnel and field tomato production. To order "High Tunnel Tomato Production," contact MU Extension Publications at (800) 292-0969 or online at: muextension.missouri.edu/explore/manuals/m170.htm |
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Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production Guide The High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production Guide (Publication M173) is available for sale from University of Missouri Extension for $10/copy. To order this manual, contact MU Extension Publications at (800) 292-0969 or online at: muextension.missouri.edu/explore/manuals/m00173.htm |
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| High Tunnel Design and Use Workshop CD and info packet compiled from a 2006 workshop at Ohio State University, the CD ($10) contains 6 hours of discussion and the educational packet ($20) contains 71 pages of materials from speakers; price for both is $25, To order, contact Matt Kleinhenz, (330) 263-3810 or email at kleinhenz.1@osu.edu | ||
| The Polytunnel Handbook by Andy McKee and Mark Gatter includes many aspects of polytunnel use, from planning the purchase to harvesting the crops. It includes a step-by-step guide detailing how polytunnels are put up and maintained. It has chapters on developing healthy soil and preventing pests and a guide explaining accessories that many tunnel retailers offer. Also included is a set of instructions for building a polytunnel from scratch. It is available online at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_polytunnel_handbook:paperback | ||
| Protected
Agriculture in Jamaica: A Reference Manual This 109-page manual published in July 2008 is presented as training materials in modules. The manual was compiled by Marci Spaw and others, and endorsed by US-AID. It is available for free download at: www.rada.gov.jm/site_information.php?ID=179 |
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