Resources to find more information about the planning, construction,
and production practices of High Tunnels.
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General
Information
Disease & Insect
Management
Structure Suppliers
General Suppliers
Drip Irrigation Suppliers
Seed Suppliers
Construction How-To
Row Covers
Economics
and Marketing
Growers using High Tunnels
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General Information: |
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American Society for Plasticulture
www.plasticulture.org |
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
www.attra.org |
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Cornell University & Regional Farm and Food Project
http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/hightunnels.html |
Growing
Growers Training Program
www.growinggrowers.org |
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Healthy Farmers, Healthy Profits Project
http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/ |
Market-Farming.com
www.market-farming.com
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Noble Foundation
www.noble.org |
Penn State University
http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/H-tunnels.htm |
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Rutgers
University
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~horteng/ |
Washington
State University
http://www.hortla.wsu.edu/links/plasticulture.html |
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The
New Farm, Rodale Institute
Organic University: Greenhouses for Year-Round Food and Farming
Greenhouse Site Selection:
http://www.newfarm.org/features/2005/0305/gh1/index.shtml
Crops for Early Season: http://www.newfarm.org/features/0503/arnoldsgrow.shtml
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Cornell
University (Ithaca, New York)
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/NewsArticles/HighTunn/htm |
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Structure Suppliers:
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Agra
Tech, Inc (Pittsburg, California)
www.agra-tech.com/ |
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A. M. Leonard (Piqua, Ohio)
www.amleo.com |
Atlas Greenhouse Systems, Inc. (Alapaha, Georgia)
www.AtlasGreenhouse.com |
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Conley’s Greenhouse Mfg. (Montclair, California)
www.conleys.com |
CropKing, Inc. (Seville, Ohio)
www.cropking.com |
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EFS / Well•Pict European Tunnels (South Africa)
www.efstunnels.com/SpanishT |
FarmTek
(Dyersville, Iowa)
www.farmtek.com
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GothicArch
Greenhouses (Mobile, Alabama)
www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com |
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Grow-It
Greenhouse (West Haven, Connecticut)
www.growitgreenhouses.com
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Haygrove
Tunnels (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania)
www.haygrove.co.uk |
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Hoop
House Greenhouse Kits
(Mashpee,
Massachusetts)
www.hoophouse.com |
Hummert
International (Earth City, Missouri)
www.hummert.com |
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International
Greenhouse Company (Georgetown, Illinois)
www.igcusa.com |
Jaderloon (Irmo, South Carolina)
www.jaderloon.com |
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Keeler Glasgow (Hartford, Michigan)
www.keeler-glasgow.com |
Ledgewood
Farm (Moultonboro, New Hampshire)
603-476-8829 |
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Lost Creek Greenhouse
Systems (Mineola, Texas)
www.hoopbenders.net |
Ludy Greenhouses (New Madison, Ohio)
www.ludy.com |
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Paul Boers Ltd. (Vineland Station, Ontario)
www.paulboers.com |
Plastitech
(Saint-Remi, Quebec Canada)
www.plastitech.com |
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Poly-Tex Inc. (Castlerock, Minnesota)
www.poly-tex.com |
Quiedan
Company (Salinas, California)
www.quiedan.com |
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Rimol Greenhouse Systems (Hookesett, New Hampshire)
www.rimol.com |
Speedling Inc. (Sun City, Florida)
www.speedling.com |
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Stuppy Greenhouse Mfg (Kansas City, Missouri)
www.stuppy.com |
Tunnel
Tech (LaSalette, Ontario Canada)
www.tunneltech.ca |
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Turner Greenhouses (Goldsboro, North Carolina)
www.turnergreenhouses.com |
XS Smith (Eatontown, New Jersey)
www.xssmith.com |
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Zimmerman's
Welding (Versailles, Missouri)
573-378-4770 |
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General Suppliers: |
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AEP Industries
www.aepinc.com |
Agra
Tech, Inc
www.agra-tech.com/ |
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Gardener's Supply Co.
www.gardeners.com |
Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery
www.griffins.com
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Harmony Farm Supply
www.harmonyfarm.com
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KEN-BAR, Inc.
www.ken-bar.com
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PAK Unlimited, Inc.
www.pakunlimited.com
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Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
www.groworganic.com
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Drip Irrigation Suppliers: |
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Click here for a complete list as a PDF file |
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DripWorks
www.dripworksusa.com |
Hummert International
www.hummert.com |
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Irrigation-Mart, Inc.
www.irrigation-mart.com |
Netafim USA
www.netafim-usa.com
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Spring Brook Irrigation
www.springbrookirrigation.com |
T-Systems Intl.
www.t-tape.com |
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Zimmerman Irrigation Inc.
www.trickl-eez.com
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| Seed
Suppliers:
*offer organic seed |
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Tomato Seed Suppliers as PDF File
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Abbott & Cobb Inc.
www.acseed.com
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Abundant Life Seed Foundation*
www.abundantlifeseed.org
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AgriSales Inc.
www.agrisales.com
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Bountiful Gardens*
www.bountifulgardens.org
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Burpee Seeds
www.burpees.com |
Chesmore Seeds
www.chesmore.com |
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DeRuiter Seeds
www.deruiterusa.com |
Fedco Seeds*
www.fedcoseeds.com |
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Harris Seed*
www.harrisseeds.com
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High Mowing Farm*
www.highmowingseeds.com |
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Johnny's Selected Seeds*
www.johnnyseeds.com
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Main
Street Seed and Supply*
www.mainstreetseedandsupply.com |
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Seeds of Change*
www.seedsofchange.com
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Seeds From Italy*
www.growitalian.com
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Seed Movement*
www.seedmovement.com
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Seed Savers Exchange*
www.seedsavers.org
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SeedWay
www.seedway.com |
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Siegers Seed Company
www.siegers.com |
Stokes Seeds Inc.
www.stokeseeds.com
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Territorial Seed Company*
www.territorialseed.com
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Tomato Grower’s Supply
www.tomatogrowers.com |
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Totally Tomatoes
www.totallytomato.com |
Wood Prairie Farm*
www.woodprairie.com
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Construction
How-To: |
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Boulderbelt
Hoophouse
How
to: part 1
How
to: part 2
How
to: part 3
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Farm Show Magazine
(Cattle Panel Design)
www.farmshow.com/issues/29/01/290106.asp
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Hightunnels.org
(PVC Frame)
http://www.hightunnels.org/CareyHow-toBuild.htm |
The
New Farm, Rodale Institute (Field House Construction)
http://www.newfarm.org/features/0503/arnoldsbuild.shtml
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Penn
State (Steel Frame)
http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/Design_construction.pdf
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University of Tennessee (Construction Documents)
http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/Extension/ExtPubs/PlanList97.htm
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Washington
State University (Portable)
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/
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Westside
Gardener Hoophouse (PVC Frame)
www.westsidegardener.com/howto/hoophouse.html
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| Row Covers: |
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Farm
and Garden
http://www.farm-garden.com/feature/row_cover_technology |
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| Economics
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The
New Farm, Rodale Institute, (Economics of season extension, record
keeping)
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/talking_shop/0403/seasonextention.shtml |
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| Sources
of Bags and Baskets for Retail Produce Sales |
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Growers
using High Tunnels: |
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Angelic Organics
www.angelicorganics.com |
Au Naturel Farms
http://aunaturelfarm.homestead.com |
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Four
Season Farm
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com |
Nightingalefarms
www.nightingalefarms.com |
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Mielke's Farm, Wisconsin, USA
http://www.mielkesfarm.net/hightunnels.htm |
Cedar Meadow Farm, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/HighTunnels/ |
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| Publications: |
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Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All
Year Long.
Eliot Coleman
1999, 212 pages
Chelsea Green Publishing
www.chelseagreen.com |
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The Hoophouse Handbook
Lynn Byczynski
2003, 60 pages
Fairplain Publishing, Inc.
www.growingformarket.com |
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The New Organic Grower: A Masters Manual of Tools and Techniques for
the Home and Market Gardener.
Eliot Coleman
1995, 340 pages
Chelsea Green Publishing
www.chelseagreen.com |
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Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners Janet Bachman and
Richard Earles
2000, 24 pages
ATTRA
www.attra.org |
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Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive
Way.
Leandre and Gretchen Poisson
1994, 267 pages
Chelsea Green Publishing
www.chelseagreen.com |
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The Winter-Harvest Manual Farming the Backside of the Calendar
Eliot Coleman
2001, 62 pages
www.fourseasonfarm.com |
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High
Tunnel Tomato Production Guide
The High Tunnel Tomato Production Guide (Publication M170) is available
for sale from University of Missouri Extension for $10/copy. This
28-page guide is suitable for high tunnel and field tomato production.
To
order "High Tunnel Tomato Production," contact MU Extension
Publications at (800) 292-0969 or online at:
muextension.missouri.edu/explore/manuals/m170.htm |
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High
Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production Guide
The High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production Guide (Publication
M173) is available
for sale from University of Missouri Extension for $10/copy. To
order this manual, contact MU Extension
Publications at (800) 292-0969 or online at: muextension.missouri.edu/explore/manuals/m00173.htm |
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| High
Tunnel Design and Use Workshop CD and info packet compiled from a
2006 workshop at Ohio State University, the CD ($10) contains 6
hours of discussion and the educational packet ($20) contains 71
pages of materials from speakers; price for both is $25, To order,
contact Matt Kleinhenz, (330) 263-3810 or email at
kleinhenz.1@osu.edu |
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