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Annual hoophouse transplant production
Written By Laura Haselhuhn Hoophouse production can often by heavily reliant on transplant production. With proper management a hoophouse can have 3 or more rounds of crops per year in the hoophouse. Some of these crops such as salad mix are direct seeded, but many others such as tomatoes are grown as a transplant. Here is a look at what the year looks like for a hoophouse farmer with respect to transplant production: January-February: Start and care for cool season transplants for winter (Swiss chard, kales, head lettuce, etc) Late February: Plant cool season transplants in hoophouse, and start tomato transplants March-April: Start and care for warm season transplants (peppers, cucumbers, etc) April-May: Begin planting warm season transplants in the hoophouse July-August: Start and care for cool season transplants for fall (Swiss chard, kales, head lettuce, etc) August-September: Begin planting cool season transplants in the hoophouse The only months that hoophouse farmers probably aren't growing transplants are June, October, November & December. Since hoophouse production can oftentimes be heavily reliant on transplant production, when thinking of getting a hoophouse, it will also be important to think about how the transplants for the hoophouse will be grown. Check out this previous post that explains some of the options for growing transplants. Also Dr. John Biernbaum, has created a resource to help those interested in getting started with transplant production. The resource is called Develop a transplant action plan and is available here on this website under the Resources tab. Until next time, Laura Haselhuhn |
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