November 21, 2024

VIDEO: IN FOCUS: Poly Low Tunnels


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29 thoughts on “VIDEO: IN FOCUS: Poly Low Tunnels

  1. Curtis, The handmade pipe bender you show in this video, can it be used for the greenhouses you have in your other videos, (I amconsidering the pipe bender tool from johnny seeds, but I live in japan and want to avoid high shipping costs) Videos are Amazing and inspiring stuff by the way, when are you coming to Japan, the land of small intensive farming needs a reboot?(lol)

  2. so poly low tunnels won't be good for the rain tho right? in the pacific northwest we're wet not that cold…so would caterpillar tunnels be good for fall/winter spinach, kale, lettuce, etc?

  3. Here in France our version of an electrical conduit is made of pvc, and is very (too?) flexible and cheap, that is what I am using right now, if seeking to get a metal conduit it will cost an arm

  4. Curtis and fellow farmers here how about a more semi permanent over winter low tunnel in a mild 8b climate with no more than 4 inches of snow load but lots of rains and average winter temperature is -5 to 2C at night and 0 to + 5C during day. I believe these modifications would be needed for extra warmth and strength. 1. Hoops every 3ft not 7 to 9 like Curtis showed us. 2. instead of bags to hold down the cover I would dig in the plastic 6 inches deep into the soil and 1 foot out also. 3. instead of 10ft long pipes half inch thick I would use 14ft pipes 3/4 inch thick so that I would have 4.5ft high structure capable of squatting inside and working inside on the center row due to the rains and cold conditions I think it is important to be able to work inside your low tunnel. 4.) the plastic would have to be much tighter and bigger anchor stakes in the ground. The purpose would be to grow into late fall, and start in early spring, and over winter fall crops for easy harvesting all winter long. What do you think?

  5. That's awesome, your conduit bender, around 4 minutes. I had come up with exactly that idea instead of $100 US plus shipping from the other side of the continent, where Johnny's is. Okay, now I"ll build the damn thing – you've proven it works!

  6. Thanks Curtis. Would you say that they would be good for peppers, meaning high enough? I want to isolate my peppers for seed production. I was thinking of buying TunnelFlex – Retractable Low Tunnel System – 100' Kit | BioPlus but if I can use my excess plastic from my greenhouse and use the metal hoops that I have in excess I would do that instead of spending more money that I don't necessarily have. Especially, I make no money in the summer because I produce seeds. Thanks!

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