SWEET POTATOES AND ONIONS IN HIGH TUNNELS

SWEET POTATOES AND
ONIONS IN HIGH TUNNELS
Paul and Sandy Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm
Use fast
shipping!
Burch Farms
Covington
SWEET POTATOES
New System! Best way?
Cut holes in landscape fabric
• Direct
planted from
slips May
25th+
• 9” in row
• 27” between
• Drip Irrigation
SWEET POTATOES
LOVE THE HEAT; GROW FAST
SELL THE TIPS AS A VEGETABLE
How do we deal with the tops??
Clipped, rolled, and tractor!
Pigs love them!
Harvest in late September to get
ready for winter greens—CURE!
WIREWORMS??
• 2000 POUNDS
• SOLD AT $2.50
PER POUND
• $5000 FOR
4300 SQU. FT.
• ONLY $50,000
PER ACRE
YIELDS
• EQUIPMENT
TO HARVEST
• SOIL
BEST IN THE FIELD FOR US!
ALWAYS NEW THINGS TO TRIAL!
ONIONS-FORUM & BRIDGER
MINI-TUNNELS: ONLY ONCE
• WATCH SPACING
• 4”X4” IN TUNNEL
• 6”X6” OUTSIDE NOW
ONIONS-FORUM & BRIDGER
ONIONS-FORUM & BRIDGER
READY IN MAY-JUNE--STORE GREAT!
NOW PLANT IN 14X100 TUNNEL OR
RIGHT ON GROUND WITH ROWCOVER!
HOW WE GET OUR
ELECTRICITY….
2007-10kW
2012-19kW
NETMETERED
HAPPY FARMING
FROM PLEASANT
VALLEY FARM!