Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crops | High Tunnel Winter Lettuce

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Rutgers Cooperative Extension Ultra Niche Crops

7 жыл бұрын

This virtual farm tour to Chickadee Creek Farms in Pennington, NJ, interviews a farmer, a consumer and an expert, see how high-tunnel lettuce is grown, see what buyers look for and hear from an expert about any specific difficulties a crop may pose.
Learn more about the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Ultra-Niche Crops project here: njaes.rutgers.edu/ultra-niche...

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@ivyandroses4373 4 жыл бұрын

This young lady is wonderful. I hope other young people watch this snd are motivated to producing food for future generations. Healthy food.

@pauldominic2150 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview by this articulate young woman.

@RhondaRobertson 3 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best video I have watched for learning the art of winter gardening under a high tunnel. Thank you for putting the time and effort into this video and supplying so much accurate knowledge.

@iamGrowing Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for posting. From Pawling NY

@Y_ruba_al 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to take this lady out to eat and just listen.......a wealth of knowledge.............

@Cl0ckcl0ck 4 жыл бұрын

Same. Or to wrestle friendly for a bit. That gall can break the necks of 50% of New York males.

@paranivasan9743 4 жыл бұрын

wow, such a wide knowledge in agriculture . speech equal to the post graduate agriculture knowledge. great to learn about lot from you.

@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia Жыл бұрын

On the ends of my tunnels i roll the end fabric over then under three black salt water filled 55 gallon barrels. The weight of the water barrels anchor the plastic and also store heat in the black barrels that emits a little heat at night to help buffer the plants from cold. I used black barrels and 6 inch pipe to heat my greenhouses in Northern Maine for 12 years up until Dec. '21, I moved to central Virginia where the winters here are much milder but can still spike low temps. on occasion. The trick here is not so much managing the cold, it's literally fighting the heat of summer which can be brutal if the inside air isn't exchanging quickly.

@Cl0ckcl0ck 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm 33 years old I don't mind getting up at 3 am to knock snow of my tunnels." Wow! there is hope for the US!

@jerricroft937 6 жыл бұрын

One of thee best, maybe the best I've seen on this, if you could do more and cover more, it would be appreciated!

@thecasualgardener8474 5 жыл бұрын

Smart hard working, I like the Chikadee Creek Girl

@vishalkhatri7328 5 жыл бұрын

It's very good to grow ORGANIC VEGETABLES good job

@coleenburris6816 6 жыл бұрын

You are a very smart woman.

@RutgersNJAES 6 жыл бұрын

Congratulations #UltraNicheCrops team for winning the ASHS Extension Education Materials Outstanding Video Award! sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2017/12/rutgers-ultra-niche-crops-team-wins-ashs-extension-education-materials-outstanding-video-award/

@cucurbitfan1610 6 жыл бұрын

Ty good info

@jerrymalinab6285 6 жыл бұрын

yes support and kick off... merry christmsas and happy new year,,, boom bbcode,, jm,,,

@mattwilliams6575 5 жыл бұрын

What kind of knife is used when cutting the lettuce heads at the stem?

@outthered 3 жыл бұрын

.45 gpm per 100' not per emitter.

@HealthSupercharger 6 жыл бұрын

But how can you ventilate a caterpillar tunnel if you say that you buried the plastic on the ends???

@christopherchilds5445 Жыл бұрын

The sides roll up

@IrvingBabe 6 жыл бұрын

WHere did you get the "Nursery hoops" for $5 each as mentioned in the first 3 min of the video?

@stevepailet8258 6 жыл бұрын

that was for the caterpillar hoops so really only plastic emt 10 foot piping.. can get that anywhere

@jccuchvjvj 4 жыл бұрын

Julie Bowen

@jccuchvjvj 4 жыл бұрын

I'm in love

@ambersykora352 4 жыл бұрын

For organically grown food you could never spend too much. That is your health. Let they food be thy medicine! Instead of spending your dollars on crappy cheaply made clothing or invisible digital purchases you don't actually own or can hold! And more importantly you're putting money towards your potential future health problems and diseases from lack of nutrition you will later pay thousands for in allopathic waste of time, hope, and money.

@davagain 4 жыл бұрын

That is a reasonable point, but people have to be able to actually afford the pri es, regardless of how valuable it may be. Also, a lot of people, even those who actually eat vegetables, see a lettuce leaf as a lettuce leaf, all the same, interchangeable. If people are not convinced of the value, they aren't going to be willing to pay more for it.

@ambersykora352 4 жыл бұрын

You have lady bugs. They eat aphids. Wtf. No offense. Beneficial insects are something your family should have covered. I'm sorry but as a flow horticulture/gardener and a landscaper this is common knowledge

@zz0rr 4 жыл бұрын

in a complete ecosystem (outside the tunnel) this is true. once you put down a tunnel you're working with an incomplete ecosystem and it's easy to set up situations that exclude beneficial insects. cleanliness is key to any greenhouse (or winter high tunnel) for this reason