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High Tunnel Photo Gallery
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Field cover installation. |
Field cover installed. |
Installing field cover in windy conditions. |
Field cover blown off field. |
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Insect damage. |
Insect damage reduced with field cover use. |
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Melons early in the season. No lowtunnel. |
Melons early in the season. Covered with polyethylene lowtunnel. |
Melons at harvest. No lowtunnel. |
Melons at harvest. Covered with polyethylene lowtunnel. |
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Lowtunnel - frost protection. |
Lowtunnel - frost protection. |
Plastic soil mulch installation. |
Direct seed into plastic mulch. |
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Clear plastic mulch |
Black plastic mulch |
Red plastic mulch |
Silver plastic mulch |
Perforated white plastic mulch |
Yellow plastic mulch |
Clear and IRT plastic mulch. Note reduced weed growth with IRT. |
Mulch comparision with peppers. Left to right: clear, IRT, white, and black. |
Clear plastic mulch. With and without herbicide weed control. |
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