What Plan Do You Have in Place for Your High Tunnel?  April 26,
2013 in Fruit Crops, Vegetable Crops  Rose Ogutu, Horticulture
Specialist, Delaware State University rogutu@desu.edu  High
tunnels allow growers to produce crops earlier and later in a
normal growing season. They create an environment one hardiness
zone warmer than the field. Any crop can be grown in a high
tunnel, but the limited space is valuable and growers need to
choose what to grow wisely to maximize production and revenue.
Enterprise budgets of estimated costs and returns from various
crops in high tunnels can help you decide on what to grow.
Monocrop or Multicrop system?  If your niche requires large
continuous volumes of a particular crop, a monocrop system of a
commodity may be most efficient.  If you sell through farmers
markets, roadside stands, or Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) then you need to produce a variety of items through a
multi-crop system.  Succession planting or intercropping
planting system?  Optimize the use of t