What is the Difference Between Perlite and Vermiculite?
Perlite and vermiculite are both lightweight, natural materials commonly used to improve soil aeration and drainage in gardening, but they have distinct properties and serve different purposes in plant care.
How to Make a Hybrid Tomato Stable?
Stabilizing a hybrid tomato involves growing successive generations from the original hybrid and selecting for the desired traits over time. With patience and careful selection, you can create a new, stable tomato variety that consistently produces plants with the traits you want.
Kaizen - Continuous Improvement
Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy and practice of continuous improvement, widely known in business and manufacturing but applicable to personal development, agriculture, education, and daily life.
Farming Innovation for Tomatoes
Innovations in tomato farming have emerged to address challenges related to sustainability, yield, and efficiency. These technologies and practices combine advanced farming techniques with modern agricultural science to enhance the production of tomatoes, often with a focus on reducing environmental impact and maximizing output.
Fungicides
Fungicides are essential tools in modern agriculture for controlling plant diseases and ensuring crop productivity. However, the growing awareness of their environmental impact and the rise of fungicide resistance has driven innovation in developing more sustainable, biological, and integrated approaches to plant protection.
Tomato Plants: What is the Difference Between Hybridisation and Genetic Modification?
Hybridisation and Genetic Modification are two different methods of altering plants, but they differ significantly in how they achieve these changes.
Mini Hoop House Experimentation
Experimenting with mini hoop houses / cold frame; made from wooden battens, 15mm plastic water pipe and poly cover.
What Floor Material to use for a Poly-tunnel / Hoop House
When selecting a floor material for a polytunnel or hoop house, several factors come into play, such as drainage, temperature control, plant type, and ease of maintenance.
Mini-Hoop / Minihoop Houses / Mini Polytunnels (Take 2!)
Some of the mini-hoop house improvements to keep the fabric material secure and hopefully bug-free.
Mini-Hoop / Minihoop Houses / Mini Polytunnels
Mini hoop houses for supporting small plants as they first go outside in the early Spring when weather is still harsh at times.
Day One - Beginning October 2023
The poly tunnel / hoop house before we started. We had a lot of tidying and organising ahead of us. Overgrown and falling tomato plants everywhere.
THE HOOP HOUSE (UK BASED) - AUGUST 2023
A hoop house, also known as a poly tunnel, high tunnel, or hot house is a type of greenhouse structure that is typically made from flexible materials such as plastic, PVC, or metal hoops, and covered with a layer of polyethylene plastic or similar material. Hoop houses are used in agriculture and gardening to extend the growing season by protecting crops from adverse weather conditions, including frost, wind, and excessive rain. They provide a controlled environment that can enhance plant growth and yield, making them a valuable tool for farmers and gardeners alike.