Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crops | High Tunnel Winter Lettuce

This virtual farm tour to Chickadee Creek Farms in Pennington, NJ, interviews a farmer, a consumer and an expert, see how high-tunnel lettuce is grown, see what buyers look for and hear from an expert about any specific difficulties a crop may pose.
Learn more about the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Ultra-Niche Crops project here: njaes.rutgers....

[@ivyandroses4373]

This young lady is wonderful.
I hope other young people watch this snd are motivated to producing food for future generations.
Healthy food.

[@pauldominic2150]

Fantastic interview by this articulate young woman.

[@iamGrowing]

Great video. Thank you for posting. From Pawling NY

[@RhondaRobertson]

This is by far the best video I have watched for learning the art of winter gardening under a high tunnel. Thank you for putting the time and effort into this video and supplying so much accurate knowledge.

[@Y_ruba_al]

I would love to take this lady out to eat and just listen.......a wealth of knowledge.............

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Same. Or to wrestle friendly for a bit. That gall can break the necks of 50% of New York males.

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

On the ends of my tunnels i roll the end fabric over then under three black salt water filled 55 gallon barrels. The weight of the water barrels anchor the plastic and also store heat in the black barrels that emits a little heat at night to help buffer the plants from cold. I used black barrels and 6 inch pipe to heat my greenhouses in Northern Maine for 12 years up until Dec. '21, I moved to central Virginia where the winters here are much milder but can still spike low temps. on occasion. The trick here is not so much managing the cold, it's literally fighting the heat of summer which can be brutal if the inside air isn't exchanging quickly.

[@paranivasan9743]

wow, such a wide knowledge in agriculture . speech equal to the post graduate agriculture knowledge. great to learn about lot from you.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

"I'm 33 years old I don't mind getting up at 3 am to knock snow of my tunnels." Wow! there is hope for the US!

[@jerricroft937]

One of thee best, maybe the best I've seen on this, if you could do more and cover more, it would be appreciated!

[@vishalkhatri7328]

It's very good to grow ORGANIC VEGETABLES good job

[@RutgersNJAES]

Congratulations #UltraNicheCrops team for winning the ASHS Extension Education Materials Outstanding Video Award! sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2017/12/rutgers-ultra-niche-crops-team-wins-ashs-extension-education-materials-outstanding-video-award/

[@thecasualgardener8474]

Smart hard working, I like the Chikadee Creek Girl

[@coleenburris6816]

You are a very smart woman.

[@outthered]

.45 gpm per 100' not per emitter.

[@jerrymalinab6285]

yes support and kick off... merry christmsas and happy new year,,, boom bbcode,, jm,,,

[@cucurbitfan1610]

Ty good info

[@mattwilliams6575]

What kind of knife is used when cutting the lettuce heads at the stem?

[@HealthSupercharger]

But how can you ventilate a caterpillar tunnel if you say that you buried the plastic on the ends???

[@christopherchilds5445]

The sides roll up

[@IrvingBabe]

WHere did you get the "Nursery hoops" for $5 each as mentioned in the first 3 min of the video?

[@stevepailet8258]

that was for the caterpillar hoops so really only plastic emt 10 foot piping.. can get that anywhere

[@jccuchvjvj]

Julie Bowen

[@jccuchvjvj]

I'm in love

[@ambersykora352]

For organically grown food you could never spend too much. That is your health. Let they food be thy medicine! Instead of spending your dollars on crappy cheaply made clothing or invisible digital purchases you don't actually own or can hold! And more importantly you're putting money towards your potential future health problems and diseases from lack of nutrition you will later pay thousands for in allopathic waste of time, hope, and money.

[@davagain]

That is a reasonable point, but people have to be able to actually afford the pri es, regardless of how valuable it may be. Also, a lot of people, even those who actually eat vegetables, see a lettuce leaf as a lettuce leaf, all the same, interchangeable. If people are not convinced of the value, they aren't going to be willing to pay more for it.

[@ambersykora352]

You have lady bugs. They eat aphids. Wtf. No offense. Beneficial insects are something your family should have covered. I'm sorry but as a flow horticulture/gardener and a landscaper this is common knowledge

[@zz0rr]

in a complete ecosystem (outside the tunnel) this is true. once you put down a tunnel you're working with an incomplete ecosystem and it's easy to set up situations that exclude beneficial insects. cleanliness is key to any greenhouse (or winter high tunnel) for this reason