GH4 Tomatoes
After an abundant season we took out the cherry tomatoes in GH4 this past week. Their journey started back in January when they were seeded then grafted potted up and finally planted in the greenhouse.
We not only heat the air in the greenhouse throughout the spring, we also heat the soil using a radiant system as the fruiting plants we grow will not grow, establish themselves, and thrive if soil temperature is below 60 degrees. Once the soil temperature was where we wanted it, we planted.
Harvest began in earnest on May 24th with about 14 pints of tomatoes. Over the course of the season, thousands of pints were harvested.
March 3rd: Soil is warming up. Broad-forking and amending the soil. Then laid down irrigation and fabric.
Salanova head lettuce went in on March 9th. Tomatoes planted March 13th
April 2: Trellising completed and plants are happy!
April 13
May 26: Harvesting has begun. We are pruning and trellising weekly.
June 10th: Evrald did 95% of the cherry tomato harvesting this season.
July 12th: Plants are tall, and dripping with fruit.
August 24: Thatcher removes tomato clips so tomato plants can be removed and pulled out of the greenhouse.
August 24: Evrald unclipped plants from above.
August 30th: Basil now has some space to grow. Hoping for a good late crop of basil before moving these beds over to late season greens.
Cherry Tomatoes still reside in GH9 and GH10. We hope to have them well into the fall!
Pickup
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on your pickup day.
As always, please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.
Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on your day, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!
Here's what you will find in this weeks share:
Everyone gets to take something chosen by farmers.
Full shares receive an additional 11 choices
Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.
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Your Farmer, Sam (For Tim, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Evrald, Shawn, Jav, Colin, Jaime, Wyatt, Ani, Franconia, Riley, Ridge, Thatcher and Pam)
Addison helping us continue to smile!