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were easily knocked down
before planting or controlled
with post-emergence her
bicides. However, there are
no pre- or post-emergence
herbicides available for
some crops, he notes. And in
these cases black plastic
may still be your best bet.
Transplants for eggplants
used in the study were grown
at the Substation. Orzolek
strongly advocates growers
raise their own transplants
because this permits them to
have seedlings ready when
they’re needed. “You can
- have good success growing
your own transplants,” he
says.
Besides going for an early
harvest on the cucumbers
and eggplant, the specialist
tried double-cropping a late
crop of sweet com after the
cucumbers. This was sown
August 5 after using
Paraquat to burn-off vines.
He used Spring White, a
variety that usually matures
in 70-76 days. Because of
the extremely hot weather,
corn matured very rapidly.
Plants tasseled in mid-
September before reaching
their usual height but appear
to be producing well.
“It’s always a gamble to
grow com this late,” he
says, “because of the danger
of an early hard frost and
because of the intensive
worm pressure at this time
of year.” But on the black
plastic he considers it less of
a gamble than on raised beds
or flat ground.
The com was planted at
two different populations -
the first with plants spaced
evenly down rows at six-inch
intervals; the second m
double rows two feet apart,
alternating plants every
eight inches down each row
for a staggered stand. This
second design worked better
because it permitted better
spray coverage for worm
control.
Purpose of this demon
stration was to help small
farmers produce an early,
high-value crop at a
minimum investment in
materials and labor. He
chose eggplants and
cucumbers because each of
these vegetables can bring a
high return pei - acre -
provided you line up your
market before you plant.
Eggplant can be harvested
for fresh sale once or twice a
week over a three-month
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Eggplants grown on raised beds with trickle
irrigation could be profitable for small farmer,
provided markets are lined up ahead of time.
period, provided prices Cucumbers are another
remain strong. Or you can good fresh market crop for
pick less often and sell small farmer. They do
larger fruits for processing, require more labor since
Because there’s a limited they must be picked three to
demand for a vegetable like tour times a week. You
eggplant, Orzolek suggests a nught consider arranging to
number of small farmers s ®tl your cukes to a roadside
might get together and each stand, or take them to the
agree to grow a half acre. Laurel block. With a limited
selling the entire crop as a ecreage, both crops can
cooperative or through a ea£ ily be picked by family
single broker. members.
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