A 12 volt computer fan and a gutter downspout can be used to circulate the warmer air from the peak down to the floor. It uses next to no electricity but does a lot to keep temperature more even throughout.
I was wondering how you have so much knowledge at such a young age. Schools in the US are so behind in letting kids follow their passions. Makes me mad. If you follow your passion then it’s not work. It just becomes loving life. Blessings Richard Perkins.
I completely agree with you... This fall I'll be returning to our NC farm fron China. I've got plans to contact 6 different levels of education to visit and experience the basics. Hopefully it will kick up some interest in their young minds. Being in self quarantine my granddaughter, 8 yo, enjoyed learning! Like the hat... good conversation A simple process with great results, ty.
As a US middle school educator, I’ve done Project Based Learning the last ten yrs, swimming upstream against the flood of CommonCore, which the students and most teachers loathe. We’re building a butterfly garden - yr long STEM project - that has started to change the culture of the school. Next I want to create a market garden at the school to supply the cafeteria and incorporate economics into the curriculum. Ideas?
Houston Sarratt sounds dynamic!!! I’m a homeschool mom of 5, learning gardening and how to become more self sustained and I love hearing what you’re doing! Keep it up. Also, kids love vermicompost omg! From Nova Scotia
As a US middle school educator, I’ve done Project Based Learning the last ten yrs, swimming upstream against the flood of CommonCore, which the students and most teachers loathe. We’re building a butterfly garden - yr long STEM project - that has started to change the culture of the school. Next I want to create a market garden at the school to supply the cafeteria and incorporate economics into the curriculum. Ideas?
Whole Foods offers a grant, the School garden I help maintain was awarded $3,000 recently. Life Lab is a non-profit as well thats educates educators on school gardens including NGSS, and all kinds of cool stuff. other than that, checking in with the legal aspect of serving food...good on ya!
Great Videos. So many people seem to disregard the systems that have been developed for efficiency and speed. Great helpful tips. Know how to grow and what to grow is only limited by those who have not developed the time saving systems and routines that you have developed. Time and labor can and will break any operation or enterprise no matter what it is. Always appreciate every tip and trick you provide to us. Keep up the good work.
I could watch you working all day. It reminds me of working for my uncle. We were potting up thousands of heathers as fast as we could for a shilling an hour, freezing fingers to roasting heat on the same day. No problem for a strong kid, and more pocket money for sweets on Saturday.
I really love your videos. I just started watching about a month ago. I always wondered how to do this and now I know. My parents and grandparents were gardeners and I grew up gardening. Iv'e always been a gardener, but I am learning a lot from you. That is unbelievable that you did all that in 1 hour! This video truly helped me to see how one can process all of those little plants into single little pots. My grandparents raised acres of crops and took the produce to the market back in the 40's and 50's. My grandfather passed away before I got to glean any knowledge from him. I have learned a lot from my parents, but not to the level of what you are doing. Thank you so much for teaching everyone your skills. God bless you real good! From the Perkin's in Pennsylvania.
Last few minutes, are those tomatoes in trays on the ground or floor. If you've got any PIR or EPS sheet or similar around, pop it under the trays of tomatoes to keep their feet warm.
Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge! I am learning so much from your videos while I begin planning a regenerative farm in the States. Your channel has become my go-to space for learning. I plan to purchase a book from you soon so I can help support your work. Thanks again!
I just subscribe, love what your doing im now starting the no dig farming when I stumbled upon your channel, I live in Trinidad & Tobago and we only have dry and wet season so the no dig farming is a little different here and most farmers here will not do it, Keep up the good work.
With the system of digging down to the subsoil and adding compost, you described it would definitely be a good idea to regularly add Ca as organic matter is usually low in Ca and it is not solubilized in the subsoil layer. Keep rocking it and stay healthy!
Like many people here, that dibbler tray is intriguing, as is your comment about not handling the roots at all. I had not heard that. Love the No Till Growers cap you are wearing--shout out to Jesse!
Thank you for your videos! I am wondering about your thoughts regarding soil blocking and why you have chosen NOT to go that direction with your seedlings? From what I understand soil blocking results in stronger plants with less transplant trauma.
Richard, I find your videos a great view into the processes you have on your farm. I someday hope to own a small farm that is successful. You probably don't need to shorten the per plant time it takes to transplant the Tom's, but watching the video led me to an idea. You use the plastic tray to push the individual plants up to get them out of the old tray. Could you get a 5x7 plastic tray that would impress the holes to the correct depth that you put the tomato plants into so you don't have to individually press each hole? It would probably only save a second or two per plant but on the scale of what you're doing that could be a time savings of several minutes overall? Thanks for making these videos they are all great and I personally appreciate the time you put into educating and explaining the reasons behind why your processes are the way they are.
you still have to pack down the soil after putting the seedling in, so its kind of a wash but its a great practice for seeds, and other transplants, I think
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing. Space the curse of the gardener. Too much space you over do it, not enough space and it's a pain. I live in Toronto, Canada. By mid April I plan to throw my tomato, and pepper plants into the cold frames so i can separate my onion seedlings.
My grandfather always grew moneymaker. I couldn't get him to grow anything else. I always found them very bland in taste. But high yields. When growing for your self I always go for flavour over quantity.
Another great insight into the importance of Process Flow. Try potting individually at 7sec/seedling. I know you dont have time to address everyone's questions, but when discussing about not needing grafted toms as the no-dig approach alleviates the need with good soil health. Surely removing all the winter chicken bedding back to sub-soil and topping up with your own brought in compost is not no-dig? Obviously your approach is working for tomato health otherwise you would be improving it, but just a thought.
hello sir , i realy like your videos and its realy inspiring me , but im wondering why you dont use the hydroponic system or the aquaponic system what's your idea about it
I am growing cucumber in the cold frame for the first time this year. I am worried about the heat though. Is it necessary to have shade cloth during the hotter part of the year when growing cukes?
You said the lights below were halide lights, and then you showed the rest of your beautiful greenhouse behind you. What kind of lights are running above the seedlings on the other shelves? Are they shop lights? That’s how I start mine. Your plants are looking great! Thanks for sharing and good luck :)
Richard, what is that underside dibbler you use to pop the lil sprouts out? That matches the trays? I've never seen that, any chance we can get name or company name etc? Best regards, B
Hi Richard. I'm curious about what you're saying about tomatoes. This is the first time I've heard anyone suggesting not to handle tomatoes by their roots. I have generally transplanted toms into the poly tunnel at the size yours are now and they've done just fine (though, of course at the end of April/early May). They generally have a bigger root ball, but I've never treated them delicately and never had a problem, to the degree that I've literally dug out volunteers in the poly tunnel and re-planted them and they've grown just fine. Years ago, another farmer friend and I experimented by potting- up some and simply starting toms a little later and planting them directly into the poly tunnel and, within 5-6 weeks, there was no difference in the size or vigour of the plants. Any thoughts/experience to share on this? To pot-up or not to pot-up?
I mean just to generally avoid touching the roots, I expect the impact is very minimal, just good to disturb as little as possible. Surviving ain’t thriving as I usually say. Perhaps most important is not yanking little plants up by the stem expecting them to hold the weight of soil
@@regenerativeagriculture Thanks for the reply but any experience you can share of "potting-up Vs not potting-up"? As I mentioned earlier, my farmer friend decided not to pot-up most of his toms and transplanted smaller plants directly into well-composted poly tunnel soil. As a control he also had a few plants he had potted-up, which were larger but, within 5-6 weeks, all the plants were indistinguishable from each other. It seems there's one less step to do if you don't have to.
@@regenerativeagriculture Sorry, I keep forgetting your season is a lot shorter than on the West Coast of Canada. Cheers Richard! Be well. Stay safe :)
Thatsme849 I'm guessing that, as he spends an hour a year on tomatoes they probably spend less than a week per year in total (and each plant type will vary) so it wouldn't necessarily be good value to invest it rusty kind of machine?
Maybe someone can clarify this for me, why pot-on the tomatoes? Why not just start them in larger pots to begin with? What's the advantage of starting in smaller cells?
The nutrients will wash out with a big pot. This way they have the nutrients they need at each stage, and you lose less in runoff. It’s faster to seed cell trays and you only need the small amount of soil to see if the seeds germinate well.
imagine the space 600 containers takes up when you begin.....you need that space for 'other seedlings', when those 'other seedlings' which are likely cold hardy early spring varieties go out then you have space for the next ones which correspond with the changing season, as well, the resources of compost or potting soil, you create a large demand before it is needed.
When you pot them on you can plant them deeper, and the plant will develop more roots all along the buried stem. Makes for better root system and growth.
Information from an old, old farmer. You can safely plant out tomato plants, of any size, after a week of night time low temperatures above 50°F. At that point, there is not likely to be a hard killing frost.
Grow determinate and replant every two and a half weeks. No pruning basketweave. Harvest time 3 weeks. I would never grow indeterminate again. Too much work. Determinate plant, basket weave and harvest.
Why is it necessary to transplant tomato seedlings at all? Why not just sow them directly into the larger pots in the first instance? I know it's good to bury the roots deeper each time, but couldn't you just earth them up like potatoes?
Hi ... I am Riad from Algeria. I have a plot of land and I want to create a cow farm and I want to help make this happen. So who can help me get one cow + a male for breeding, and over time this cow will become a herd of cows. Please get a positive response from someone. Greetings.
A 12 volt computer fan and a gutter downspout can be used to circulate the warmer air from the peak down to the floor. It uses next to no electricity but does a lot to keep temperature more even throughout.
That’s a good idea me thinks
Love the wheelbarrow chair please give us more advice from the wheelbarrow
I was wondering how you have so much knowledge at such a young age. Schools in the US are so behind in letting kids follow their passions. Makes me mad. If you follow your passion then it’s not work. It just becomes loving life. Blessings Richard Perkins.
I completely agree with you...
This fall I'll be returning to our NC farm fron China. I've got plans to contact 6 different levels of education to visit and experience the basics. Hopefully it will kick up some interest in their young minds. Being in self quarantine my granddaughter, 8 yo, enjoyed learning!
Like the hat... good conversation
A simple process with great results, ty.
As a US middle school educator, I’ve done Project Based Learning the last ten yrs, swimming upstream against the flood of CommonCore, which the students and most teachers loathe. We’re building a butterfly garden - yr long STEM project - that has started to change the culture of the school. Next I want to create a market garden at the school to supply the cafeteria and incorporate economics into the curriculum. Ideas?
Houston Sarratt sounds dynamic!!! I’m a homeschool mom of 5, learning gardening and how to become more self sustained and I love hearing what you’re doing! Keep it up. Also, kids love vermicompost omg! From Nova Scotia
As a US middle school educator, I’ve done Project Based Learning the last ten yrs, swimming upstream against the flood of CommonCore, which the students and most teachers loathe. We’re building a butterfly garden - yr long STEM project - that has started to change the culture of the school. Next I want to create a market garden at the school to supply the cafeteria and incorporate economics into the curriculum. Ideas?
Whole Foods offers a grant, the School garden I help maintain was awarded $3,000 recently. Life Lab is a non-profit as well thats educates educators on school gardens including NGSS, and all kinds of cool stuff. other than that, checking in with the legal aspect of serving food...good on ya!
Hello Mr. Sarratt, do you have any updates on this idea you had for your class? I'm very interested to hear if it worked out for you
Great Videos. So many people seem to disregard the systems that have been developed for efficiency and speed. Great helpful tips. Know how to grow and what to grow is only limited by those who have not developed the time saving systems and routines that you have developed. Time and labor can and will break any operation or enterprise no matter what it is. Always appreciate every tip and trick you provide to us. Keep up the good work.
I could watch you working all day. It reminds me of working for my uncle. We were potting up thousands of heathers as fast as we could for a shilling an hour, freezing fingers to roasting heat on the same day. No problem for a strong kid, and more pocket money for sweets on Saturday.
Keep these videos comming! Always makes the day better.
I really love your videos. I just started watching about a month ago. I always wondered how to do this and now I know. My parents and grandparents were gardeners and I grew up gardening. Iv'e always been a gardener, but I am learning a lot from you. That is unbelievable that you did all that in 1 hour! This video truly helped me to see how one can process all of those little plants into single little pots. My grandparents raised acres of crops and took the produce to the market back in the 40's and 50's. My grandfather passed away before I got to glean any knowledge from him. I have learned a lot from my parents, but not to the level of what you are doing. Thank you so much for teaching everyone your skills. God bless you real good! From the Perkin's in Pennsylvania.
Great video packed with excellent information! Thanks!
Love love love your attitude great video direct to the point time conscious clean the list goes on and on
Last few minutes, are those tomatoes in trays on the ground or floor. If you've got any PIR or EPS sheet or similar around, pop it under the trays of tomatoes to keep their feet warm.
Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge! I am learning so much from your videos while I begin planning a regenerative farm in the States. Your channel has become my go-to space for learning. I plan to purchase a book from you soon so I can help support your work. Thanks again!
More videos like this Richard please totally practical hence very useful!!
Thank you for spreading all of your knowledge ! Could listen for days
I just subscribe, love what your doing im now starting the no dig farming when I stumbled upon your channel, I live in Trinidad & Tobago and we only have dry and wet season so the no dig farming is a little different here and most farmers here will not do it,
Keep up the good work.
With the system of digging down to the subsoil and adding compost, you described it would definitely be a good idea to regularly add Ca as organic matter is usually low in Ca and it is not solubilized in the subsoil layer. Keep rocking it and stay healthy!
Like many people here, that dibbler tray is intriguing, as is your comment about not handling the roots at all. I had not heard that. Love the No Till Growers cap you are wearing--shout out to Jesse!
Wishing all things good for you and family!
Thank you for your videos! I am wondering about your thoughts regarding soil blocking and why you have chosen NOT to go that direction with your seedlings? From what I understand soil blocking results in stronger plants with less transplant trauma.
Richard, I find your videos a great view into the processes you have on your farm. I someday hope to own a small farm that is successful. You probably don't need to shorten the per plant time it takes to transplant the Tom's, but watching the video led me to an idea. You use the plastic tray to push the individual plants up to get them out of the old tray. Could you get a 5x7 plastic tray that would impress the holes to the correct depth that you put the tomato plants into so you don't have to individually press each hole? It would probably only save a second or two per plant but on the scale of what you're doing that could be a time savings of several minutes overall?
Thanks for making these videos they are all great and I personally appreciate the time you put into educating and explaining the reasons behind why your processes are the way they are.
you still have to pack down the soil after putting the seedling in, so its kind of a wash but its a great practice for seeds, and other transplants, I think
Beautiful sky
I could just watch you all day period.
Good Stuff ! thanks for Sharing
where do you get those seed trays? they look really sturdy, i struggle to find decent quality cell trays for seeding in.
Wondering about the same thing plus the dribbler tray. Very nice idea.
Yes, please tell us where you get your trays. I can't find anything like those in the states.
Same here.
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing. Space the curse of the gardener. Too much space you over do it, not enough space and it's a pain. I live in Toronto, Canada. By mid April I plan to throw my tomato, and pepper plants into the cold frames so i can separate my onion seedlings.
My grandfather always grew moneymaker. I couldn't get him to grow anything else. I always found them very bland in taste. But high yields. When growing for your self I always go for flavour over quantity.
overwatering= bland
Another great insight into the importance of Process Flow. Try potting individually at 7sec/seedling. I know you dont have time to address everyone's questions, but when discussing about not needing grafted toms as the no-dig approach alleviates the need with good soil health. Surely removing all the winter chicken bedding back to sub-soil and topping up with your own brought in compost is not no-dig? Obviously your approach is working for tomato health otherwise you would be improving it, but just a thought.
We are a no-dig farm in Michigan, US. We are wondering if you can put a link in for the dibber and 64 trays?
hello sir , i realy like your videos and its realy inspiring me , but im wondering why you dont use the hydroponic system or the aquaponic system what's your idea about it
Great vid as always, thank you. How big is your high tunnel please?
How many plantings of tomatoes do you grow in one season?
I am growing cucumber in the cold frame for the first time this year. I am worried about the heat though. Is it necessary to have shade cloth during the hotter part of the year when growing cukes?
You said the lights below were halide lights, and then you showed the rest of your beautiful greenhouse behind you. What kind of lights are running above the seedlings on the other shelves? Are they shop lights? That’s how I start mine.
Your plants are looking great! Thanks for sharing and good luck :)
I think they are just Fluorescents with daylight bulbs, if I remember from past videos.
Richard, what is that underside dibbler you use to pop the lil sprouts out? That matches the trays? I've never seen that, any chance we can get name or company name etc?
Best regards, B
Ildi is a hungarian female first name. :)
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Richard Perkins did you tried soil blocks?
What kind of dirt do you move them up to ?
It looks like regular soil , no mix -
where do you get all these pots and trays? where do you advise to buy them (for Belgium).
How old are your tomato plants at this point? Sorry if I missed it.
Hi Richard. I'm curious about what you're saying about tomatoes. This is the first time I've heard anyone suggesting not to handle tomatoes by their roots. I have generally transplanted toms into the poly tunnel at the size yours are now and they've done just fine (though, of course at the end of April/early May). They generally have a bigger root ball, but I've never treated them delicately and never had a problem, to the degree that I've literally dug out volunteers in the poly tunnel and re-planted them and they've grown just fine. Years ago, another farmer friend and I experimented by potting- up some and simply starting toms a little later and planting them directly into the poly tunnel and, within 5-6 weeks, there was no difference in the size or vigour of the plants. Any thoughts/experience to share on this? To pot-up or not to pot-up?
I mean just to generally avoid touching the roots, I expect the impact is very minimal, just good to disturb as little as possible. Surviving ain’t thriving as I usually say. Perhaps most important is not yanking little plants up by the stem expecting them to hold the weight of soil
@@regenerativeagriculture Thanks for the reply but any experience you can share of "potting-up Vs not potting-up"? As I mentioned earlier, my farmer friend decided not to pot-up most of his toms and transplanted smaller plants directly into well-composted poly tunnel soil. As a control he also had a few plants he had potted-up, which were larger but, within 5-6 weeks, all the plants were indistinguishable from each other. It seems there's one less step to do if you don't have to.
Great if you don’t need to, then don’t bother. Way too cold here for us to do yhat
@@regenerativeagriculture Sorry, I keep forgetting your season is a lot shorter than on the West Coast of Canada. Cheers Richard! Be well. Stay safe :)
Isnt there a machine that could do this quicker and fits your size of business?
Thatsme849 I'm guessing that, as he spends an hour a year on tomatoes they probably spend less than a week per year in total (and each plant type will vary) so it wouldn't necessarily be good value to invest it rusty kind of machine?
we are all machines, Dude is well oiled
Maybe someone can clarify this for me, why pot-on the tomatoes? Why not just start them in larger pots to begin with? What's the advantage of starting in smaller cells?
The nutrients will wash out with a big pot. This way they have the nutrients they need at each stage, and you lose less in runoff. It’s faster to seed cell trays and you only need the small amount of soil to see if the seeds germinate well.
imagine the space 600 containers takes up when you begin.....you need that space for 'other seedlings', when those 'other seedlings' which are likely cold hardy early spring varieties go out then you have space for the next ones which correspond with the changing season, as well, the resources of compost or potting soil, you create a large demand before it is needed.
Its a bit like wearing wellies that are too big for you.
Plants like to feel snug and they will grow better for it.
When you pot them on you can plant them deeper, and the plant will develop more roots all along the buried stem. Makes for better root system and growth.
Is that a dog on the roof at 20:45?
Can I plant tomatoes this size outside if the temperature is already warm enough?
Information from an old, old farmer. You can safely plant out tomato plants, of any size, after a week of night time low temperatures above 50°F. At that point, there is not likely to be a hard killing frost.
@@clovergreen9959 no time to plant then. That is exactly when I start hunting morels. 1 solid week of lows in the 50s.
Thank you!!!!
Grow determinate and replant every two and a half weeks.
No pruning basketweave.
Harvest time 3 weeks.
I would never grow indeterminate again.
Too much work.
Determinate plant, basket weave and harvest.
3 weeks to grow tomatoes? Lol
Why wouldn't you just plant the seeds in the bigger pots. Seems like it would save a lot of time.
Why is it necessary to transplant tomato seedlings at all? Why not just sow them directly into the larger pots in the first instance? I know it's good to bury the roots deeper each time, but couldn't you just earth them up like potatoes?
Probably still to cold to put them in the polytunnel
Sådde du 1. mars?
Hi ... I am Riad from Algeria.
I have a plot of land and I want to create a cow farm and I want to help make this happen.
So who can help me get one cow + a male for breeding, and over time this cow will become a herd of cows.
Please get a positive response from someone.
Greetings.