High Tunnel Tomato Production

dc.contributor.author	Taber, Henry
dc.contributor.author	Havlovic, Bernard
dc.contributor.author	Howell, Nicholas
dc.date	2018-02-13T08:08:17.000
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-30T03:54:27Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-30T03:54:27Z
dc.date.copyright	Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2007
dc.date.embargo	2013-04-01
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01
dc.description.abstract	<p>High tunnels for Iowa tomato production are used for earliness rather than late-season extension beyond the fall frost period. This is probably due to price decline and lower per capita in the fall as consumers change their buying habits. Typically, transplanting in high tunnels is initiated about 4 to 5 weeks before field planting or about early-to mid-April for central Iowa. Our objective was to maintain a steady supply of fresh market tomatoes throughout the growing season by evaluating a combination of cultural practices: proper variety selection (adaptable varieties for early and main season);sequence of planting dates; and the use of high tunnels, row covers, and selective wavelength polyethylene mulches(increased soil temperature compared with black plastic).</p>
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier	archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/farms_reports/837/
dc.identifier.articleid	1834
dc.identifier.contextkey	3978764
dc.identifier.s3bucket	isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath	farms_reports/837
dc.identifier.uri	https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/36813
dc.language.iso	en
dc.source.bitstream	archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/farms_reports/837/HighTunnel.pdf\|\|\|Sat Jan 15 02:10:22 UTC 2022
dc.subject.disciplines	Agricultural Science
dc.subject.disciplines	Agriculture
dc.subject.disciplines	Horticulture
dc.subject.keywords	Horticulture
dc.title	High Tunnel Tomato Production
dc.type	article
dc.type.genre	armstrong_research_and_demonstration_farm
dspace.entity.type	Publication

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