Periodically growers have asked Penn State Extension for information on growing strawberries and raspberries in containers. Thanks to their Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) high tunnel project, they can share some experiences on what worked for them this past year or so.
They started using a containerized system in high tunnels because soil variability at Penn State’s high tunnel research site was an issue. The high tunnels had been used to grow many different crops over the past 17 years and so over time, the nutrient levels in each tunnel became quite variable. This was a problem for the research, as they are testing different plastic coverings for the tunnels and wanted to make sure they were correctly attributing any effects to the plastics, not to differences in the soil in each tunnel.
'Abion' strawberries and 'Polka' (left) and 'Josephine' raspberries (right) at Penn State's High Tunnel facility.
In 2015-16, they compared 4 different media types and 2 different fertilization regimes for growing day-neutral strawberries. In this experiment, they tried the type of bag used for coir gro-slabs, these are white-on-black plastic “sleeves” that lie horizontally on the ground and, when filled with media, are only 4 to 5 inches high.
Read more at Penn State Extension
Announcements
Job Offers
- Export Sales Manager Europe Division
- Directors - New Zealand
- Nursery Production Manager Victoria Australia
- Technical Sales Consultant, Washington
- Export Sales Manager North America Exports
- Head Grower Hydroponic Greenhouse
- Account Manager – South-East Asia
- Vegetable Seed - EU Sales and Regional Manager
- Business Developer – High Tech Horticulture
- Operations Manager Organic Farm Barka Oman
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
- Dutch propagator grows vegetables and flowers under the same (glass)roof
- Stackable planters designed for aeroponic and hydroponic crops
- Heating mats to maximize plant nursery yields
- Illegally connected greenhouse in Romitan cost the district 437 million
- Ocean-going vessels to capture CO2 for greenhouses
Top 5 -last week
Top 5 -last month
- "Honduras greenhouse park to become the largest producer-exporter in the Central American region"
- Netherlands: Codema Systems Group declared bankrupt
- Shanghai: Young people who can't get vegetables start to "help themselves" through hydroponic vegetables
- Canada: Dutch holding company acquires Ontario Plants Propagation
- Google meets agriculture at Go Green Agriculture
Receive the daily newsletter in your email for free | Click here
Other news in this sector:
- 2022-05-18 "Hydroponic lettuces have the advantage of not being exposed to various weather fluctuations"
- 2022-05-17 US (MO): Lettuce Dream moves toward more customized employment services
- 2022-05-17 Jamaica: Work underway to ensure optimal operations at seed storage facility
- 2022-05-17 NASA scientists grow plants in lunar soil
- 2022-05-17 New York colleges grow food and flowers in hydroponic classrooms
- 2022-05-16 Australia: Gladioli gardeners make the most of pandemic gardening boom
- 2022-05-16 Have you considered growing greenhouse vegetables for a high-end clientele?
- 2022-05-16 Varietal innovation for the Italian basil Gentile
- 2022-05-13 Growing fish, worms, and plants is all part of the greenhouse project at USD 350
- 2022-05-13 Solarization with biodegradable film
- 2022-05-12 Optimizing space in aquaponic greenhouse
- 2022-05-12 Aquaponic Farm Management Plan for leafy greens & herbs
- 2022-05-11 Roxborough youth farmers get hydroponics boost
- 2022-05-11 Istanbul municipality hands out free summer vegetable seedlings
- 2022-05-11 China: Hydroponic vegetables provide plateau people with healthy food
- 2022-05-11 "Growing lettuce directly in the restaurant itself is an absolute megatrend"
- 2022-05-11 Western Kenya farmer finds export markets and fortune in herb and spice farming
- 2022-05-10 Fiji: Hydroponic farmers told to grow vegetables year-round
- 2022-05-09 Korea's rise in single-person households influences business to grow small peppers
- 2022-05-09 US (WI): Local farms producing crops for Pine River Shares
