A Twilight Tunnel Walk is set for Thursday, September 20, starting at 7 pm at the Year-Round Education Center located on the Yang Farm, 1213 Route U, Rocky Comfort (1.77 miles south of the intersection of State Highway 76 & Route U).
The walk, led by horticulture educators from University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln Co-Operative Extension. Patrick Byers, Shon Bishop, and David Middleton and Center manager Fue Yang, will provide hands-on training on:
- Caterpillar and low tunnels and other low cost season extension technology suitable to small farming operations
- A bag system for growing tomatoes in response to the presence of Southern Blight in the soil. All participants will be provided with disposable boots as a demonstration of good soil hygiene and to avoid taking any soil-borne pathogens back to their farms.
- Succession planting and transplanting for fall crops
- Disease/insect issues in the tunnels as farms transition into fall/winter production
- A review of the summer growing season in the high tunnels
The walk is free and open to growers and the general public. No reservations are needed and no fee is charged. This will be the last workshop at the Center this year.
The Year-Round Education Center hosts three high tunnels used for year-round production and a seed starting house. It is a project of the Webb City Farmers Market, University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln University Co-operative Extension. It is funded primarily by a specialty crops grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
This workshop features the market’s Jesup Wagon 2.0 which is named after George Washington Carver’s innovative Jesup Wagons. The Wagons served as moveable schools to introduce rural farmers to newly developed tools, fertilizers and other agricultural innovations. A replica of one of Carver’s wagons can be seen at the George Washington Carver National Monument.
For directions or questions, call 417 483-8139.
— Webb City Farmers Market
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