greenhouse-tomatoes: loss of pollinators

["Rick Snyder" <RickS@ra.msstate.edu>]

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From:           	"martin connaughton" <flowers@rt66.com>
Subject:        	loss of pollinators
Date sent:      	Tue, 18 May 2004 08:41:24 -0600

hi folks

id be intersted in  everyones  experience with pollinators in tomaot 
gh's

  seem there areproblems we could all learn from 

anyone have a ggood resource for pollinators? 
expected lifespan of pollinators 

weve had sucess with a lot of biocontrol agents from hydrogardens 
with little flare ups of aphids  but only in certain locations in the 
gh

using mycostop has eliminated and damping off or root disease for us


thanks Martin
wilderness flowers 
3 roy crawford lane
santa fe
new mexico 87505
505 989 8337 house office 
505 920 3421 cell
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Snyder
Sent: 5/18/2004 7:05:17 AM
To: greenhouse-tomatoes@Lists.MsState.Edu
Subject: (Fwd) Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: fuel costs for greenhouse, 
etc.

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> Subject:        	Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: fuel costs for 
greenhouse, etc.
> From:           	"Glen D. Kaufman" <glenkaufman@juno.com>
> 
> Bill,
> 
> You say your big challenge is the rising cost of heating fuel. I'd 
> have expected major problems adapting a tobacco transplant 
greenhouse 
> to a long crop like tomatoes, especially with heating, cooling, air 

> circulation and ventilation.  How extensively did you adapt the 
> houses to make them work to your satisfaction?  
> 
> Regards,
> Glen Kaufman
> Paramount Seeds
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 14:31:25 -0500 "Rick Snyder" 
> <RickS@ra.msstate.edu>
> writes:
> 
> > From:                   "William H. McCaleb" <wmccaleb@vt.edu>
> > Date sent:              Mon, 17 May 2004 13:40:50 -0400
> > 
> > Being from a mainly tobacco producing county in Virginia, our 
local 
> 
> > 
> > Halifax Virginia Cooperative Extension Office has been working 
with 
> 
> > a hydroponics tomato grower. We look at this operation as a 
viable 
> > alternative to raising tobacco. The efforts of the Martin Farm in 

> > hydroponics has be valiant, but with many challenges. With 20,000 

> sq 
> > ft of greenhouse,our biggest challenges with this operation has 
> been 
> > the accelerating cost of propane fuel with a lack of alternative 
> > energy, insufficient cloud free days through the winter months, 
and 
> 
> > the high cost and loss of pollinators. On the bright side, we've 
> > whipped the marketing issue after two growing seasons, as the 
> > product 
> > sells itself by taste and word of mouth among 
retailers/wholesalers 
> 
> > who have tried them. Hopefully I'll pick up some pointers that we 

> > can share with the Martin Farm and hopefully a couple of other 
> > potential conversions to vegetable greenhouse growing. I 
appreciate 
> 
> > you taking the time and effort to get this new list going. We can 

> > all learn from each other.
> > 
> > Bill
> > William H. McCaleb
> > Horticulture Technician/ MG Coordinator
> > Virginia Cooperative Extension
> > P.O. Box 757 
> > Halifax, VA 24558
> > 434-476-2147
> > wmccaleb@vt.edu
> > whm@pure.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Rick
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> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/ghsc.htm (GH Tomato Short Course)
> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/fallgardenday.htm (Fall Garden 
> Fest)
> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec (Central Research & Extension 
Ctr.)
> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/truckcrops.htm (Expt. Station)
> http://www.msucares.com/crops/comhort/greenhouse.html (GH Tomato 
FAQ)
> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/organic (Organic Fruits & 
> Vegetables)
> http://www.msucares.com/newsletters/vegpress (Veg Press Newsletter)
> 
> --
> Dr. Richard G. Snyder, Professor & Vegetable Specialist
> Mississippi State University
> Truck Crops Experiment Station
> 2024 Experiment Station Road
> P.O. Box 231
> Crystal Springs, MS   39059
> (601) 892-3731   fax (601) 892-2056
> email: RickS@ra.msstate.edu
>     
> 
> 
> 

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Rick
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http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/ghsc.htm (GH Tomato Short Course)
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/fallgardenday.htm (Fall Garden 
Fest)
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec (Central Research & Extension Ctr.)
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/truckcrops.htm (Expt. Station)
http://www.msucares.com/crops/comhort/greenhouse.html (GH Tomato FAQ)
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/cmrec/organic (Organic Fruits & 
Vegetables)
http://www.msucares.com/newsletters/vegpress (Veg Press Newsletter)

--
Dr. Richard G. Snyder, Professor & Vegetable Specialist
Mississippi State University
Truck Crops Experiment Station
2024 Experiment Station Road
P.O. Box 231
Crystal Springs, MS   39059
(601) 892-3731   fax (601) 892-2056
email: RickS@ra.msstate.edu