Thursday March 12, 2009          Mountain Grove Campus          Faurot Hall 102

We had a great time!  Click on the presentation title to access the handouts.Check back on this page for more information about research and future workshops.

8:00 - 8:40 am - Registration

8:40 - 9:00 am - Welcome and Introduce vendors in attendance

9:00 - 10:00 am - Introduction to High Tunnels: Basics of Tunnel Selection and Crop Production
Dr. Ted Carey – Professor, Olathe Research and Extension Center, Kansas State
   
10:00 - 10:45 am - High Tunnel Production at Bear Creek Farms
Robbins Hail – Bear Creek Farms, Osceola, Mo.

10:45 - 11:00 am Break and visit vendor literature display

11:00 - 11:45 am - Grafted Tomatoes in High Tunnels
Dr. Sanjun Gu – State Horticulture Specialist, Lincoln University

11:45 am  - 12:45 pm - Lunch Provided

12:45 - 1:30 pm Organic Apple and Raspberry Production in High Tunnels
Dr. Curt Rom – Professor, Dept of Horticulture, University of Arkansas

1:30 - 2:00 pm - High Tunnel Production of Raspberry, Blueberry and Blackberry at K-State Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Olathe
Dr. Ted Carey – Professor, Olathe Research and Extension Center, Kansas State

2:00 - 2:15 pm Break and visit vendor literature display

2:15 - 3:00 pm - High Tunnel Production of Flowers
Dr. Alan Stevens – Director, Olathe Research and Extension Center, Kansas State University

3:00 – 3:30pm – Hand in evaluation forms to get ticket for door prizes. Door prize drawing.

3:30 – 4:30pm -  Drive over to field and research area with available speakers to evaluate a site for high tunnel construction at experiment station - weather permitting.

About High TunnelsHigh tunnel vegetable production offers a new wave of opportunities to some vegetable producers. These unheated, plastic-covered structures provide an intermediate level of environmental protection and control compared to open field conditions and heated greenhouses. Gaylord Moore, Berry Basket, Fall 2003

In recent years many vegetable producers have been using high tunnels to extend the production season for many different crops. High tunnels are solar-heated structures (i.e., a cold frame) used to extend the traditional growing season of horticultural crops. Typically, no electricity is used in high tunnels to operate fans, vents, heater, etc. Manual ventilation is instead provided through roll-up sidewalls or through the end walls. Other typical components of high tunnels are that they are irrigated via drip irrigation system with crops grown in “ground culture”. Jay Chism, Berry Basket, Fall 2006

Cost for the Workshop is $20 (fee includes lunch and handouts).     Registration form

Sponsored by:
Missouri State University
For additional information please contact:
Pamela Mayer PMayer@MissouriState.edu Conference Facilitator 417-547-7533
Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station
9740 Red Spring Road
Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999