Arkansans interested in taking their horticultural cultivation skills in a new direction are invited to attend a free workshop covering the basics of high tunnel production. The Hempstead County Cooperative Extension Service office will present the workshop at the Southwest Research and Extension Center in Hope on Thursday, March 23.
The Cooperative Extension Service is the educational outreach wing of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. High tunnel production offers several benefits, including protecting horticultural crops from temperature extremes and the overall extension of the growing season.
Division of Agriculture specialists will speak on crop selection, soil fertility, insect, weed and disease management, safe harvest and handling of produce. There will be a grower discussion session for attendees to ask questions of extension specialists and fellow growers. Attendees will also tour an assembled tunnel to learn about construction and tunnel structure.
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