—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, Decamber 2,1978
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It doesn’t take soil to
An over-view of the inside of the specially designed Quonset building. Mon
tgomery estimates this building will yield him 1000 pounds of tomatoes per
week, with a net income of about $lO,OOO per house.
SNOW TIRES
RADIAL SNOWS
A7B-13 25.97
C7B-13 27.17
C7B-14 28.67
E7B-14 29.64
F7B-14 31.27
078-14 32.92
H7B-14 34.52
560-15 24.84
078-15 33.61
H7B-15 35.59
L7B-15 37.69
F.E.T. Ranging From 1.80 to 3.28
BR7B-13 36.38
ER7B-14 34.40
FR7B-14 35.50
GR7B-14 36.90
HR7B-14 47.66
6R78-15 38.20
HR7B-15 46.75
LR7B-15 52.71
F.E.T. Ranging From 2.06 to 3.20
FREE MOUNTING
FREE BALANCING
ON PASSENGER TIRES
Hydroponics used
grow these tomatoes
SPRING CITY - Plump,
fresh tomatoes grown locally
at Christmas time may seem
like a wild dream to the
tomato lover, but it is a
reality to William V. Mon
tgomery Jr. of Spring City
Rl.
Using a new method in
growing food, called
hydroponics, Montgomery is
making large deliveries, up
to 500 pounds, to supermark
ets in his area.
There is no soil, peat moss,
sand or stone used. The
plants are cultivated in
water containing liquid
fertilizer.
Montgomery and his
partner Curt Nichols of
Havertown began planting
seeds (which are a tropic
variety) on July 3,1978. They
began harvesting plump one
half pound tomatoes in early
October when home gar
deners began to see their
plants wither from the first
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frost. The plants are sowing the seeds. “The yield
presently four feet tall, and is several times as great as
loaded with tomatoes. - Jfrom tomatoes grown the
“Hydroponics is an old traditional way, since the
concept which recently has " plants grow rapidly, produce
become practical thanks to a m great volume and for a
system of disposable plastic long period of time” he said,
tubes that hold the roots of Montgomery estimates
the tomato plants,” Mont- that raising tomatoes in his
gomerysaid. 124 by 30 foot building will
“The plants grow to be 20 yield him 1000 pounds of
feet long, resting on inclined tomatoes each week. “We
tables and suspended by a pick them several days
system of over head cables.” before they are fully ripe,”
“The building is a Montgomery said, “they
specially designed Quonset ripen naturally, not ar
buildmg covered by a tifically” he added.
double-thick translucent
polyester roof.”
“My 900 tomato plants are
fed a nutrient solution round
the clock” he explained.
Precise amounts of liquid
fertilizer are measured out
and dispensed so they flow
by gravity for a ten minute
period, followed by a five
minute rest period.”
Montgomery harvested his
first tomatoes 90 days after
Montgomery expects his
tomato yield to decrease
during the short-day
December months because
he does not use artificial
lighting. He expects the yield
to increase again in January
and continue into June of
1979. When the plants are 12
months old, they reach the
end of their reproductive
efficiency. At that point the
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