Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Greenhouse Growing - Hard Lessons
yes! yes! yes! I understand. I work on centers. 1st year 24" plant to plant and 60" row spacing. last year 18" plant to plant and 72" row to row. Better. My new raised beds in the new greenhouse are back to 5' row to row center. the 2' wide boxes are set that wide so I can still use my 20" wide tiller if I want when It comes to preping the soil.I do want to grow as many as I can and I am amazed at the 9" spacing. wow! I was thinking 16" I am thinking I will stick to 16" centers this year! You guys are amazing! Bruce
Bruce Magnuson
16650 hwy 243
Banning Ca. 92220
951 922 3643
http://rusticsawworks.net
endofkaos@yahoo.com
rusticsawworks@gmail.com
--- On Sat, 2/12/11, endofkaos@yahoo.com <endofkaos@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: endofkaos@yahoo.com <endofkaos@yahoo.com>
Subject: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Greenhouse Growing - Hard Lessons
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 10:25 AM
all good news. Thanks for the incredible responses. Water heater co. says I can go as low as 70 degrees on the unit with out modification, Cedar as a weed resistance. wow! I will be treating my cedar saw dust like gold. I may just have to slice up some more on the mill. As for modifying the raised beds. I am to far along. and to far behind. I am a one man marching band right now. Over two acres to catch up on. Jim you and the gang are welcome to stop by. I am a total mess and trying to get a handle on it. This will be my third year market gardening. I hope to make memorial day. I hope to just break even. that would be nice. .
Bruce Magnuson
16650 hwy 243
Banning Ca. 92220
951 922 3643
http://rusticsawworks.net
endofkaos@yahoo.com
rusticsawworks@gmail.com
Bruce & Group:
One of the major things a greenhouse grower must be very careful of is trying to grow TOO MANY plants.
The NUMBER ONE law of plant growth is LIGHT - meaning FULL SUNLIGHT, and all day long is none too long. In the garden we recommend 3 1/2'-wide aisles. In the greenhouse 4' is none too wide.
Every greenhouse cuts out some of the essential sunlight, and because of the limited space and associated costs growers often crowd as many plants into the space as they dare.
I have personally witnessed almost TOTAL CROP FAILURE when the grower just grew too many plants, and hardly any of them received sufficient light to set fruit and mature a crop.
A good man in Armenia invested $4,000 that spring - which was a HUGE amount of money for him - and he failed to get anywhere near his investment back.
I tried several times to tell him what was needed, but he was an Armenian Male - and an "agronomist" to boot, and could not be taught. Life teaches hard lessons when we insist on learning every lesson from our own experience.
Jim Kennard
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