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Spring / Summer Plating
Tomatoes, Squash, and Asparagus
Tomatoes
The tomato crop I plan to grow is the Celebrity breed. It is good for local sales, which is where I would hope to sell my crop, primarily to local fresh food and specialty stores around the area. This will do well because of the green trend of buying local.
The seeds I plan to purchase will be fungicide treated, so they are more resilient to seed-borne diseases. I will hand seed the seeds in a greenhouse in rows about two inches apart. After about two months, they will be transplanted into the field in March. The seeds will be planted about a 1/2-inch deep into the soil.
Tomatoes
I plan to use commercial growing media, which contains a great mixture of fertilizer and lime, as well has the ability to hold good amounts of water for the plants to drink throughout their growing season. This is also sterile, which will help fight off pests and fungi. The field...
I will continue to use a fertilizer with lime because of its benefits, but also with phosporus and good levels of N, P. And K. The seedlings will be planted with three to four leaves and the terminal buds being left open to the air, and will be seeded in the late afternoon as to not be shocked by sunlight.
As the plants grow, I will use the Florida weave system, which is essentially a cylinder that holds up ropes to net the plants so they grow higher and stronger. Irrigation will be used by sprinkler system, and the amount of water will increase as the roots get deeper. When a white star appears on the blossom, harvesting will begin. They will be washed with chlorine and then sent to local fresh markets and stores for sale.
Tomatoes
In the field, I will plant the tomatoes will be separated by 18 inches in each row, with about 5 feet between the rows.
Squash
Squash typically has a short growing season, about 40-50 days after being transplanted into the soil. For this case, I will be planting summer squash through direct seeding in late March.
If needed, I can always make successive plantings every 10 to 14 days to ensure that I have fruit throughout the summer season (Alabama Cooperative Extension System, 2013). The soil needs to be well drained "sandy loams with high levels of organic matter and a pH of 6.0 to 6.5" and not in soils which have been used in growing watermelons, pumpkins, or other cucumber family plants in order to avoid…
References
Alabama Cooperative Extension System. (2013). Guide to Commercial Summer Squash Production. Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities. Web. http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1014/ANR-1014.pdf
Agricultural Extension Service. (2011). Commercial Tomato Production. University of Tennessee. Web. https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/pb737.pdf
Sanders, Douglas. (2010). Commercial asparagus production. NC State University. Web. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/hil-2-a.html
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