(Tomatoes Growing in a High Tunnel at Forest Glen Farm)The high tunnels extend Flynn's growing season from 90 days per year to 240-270 days- thus giving him more produce. Most growers average 5 to 10 pounds of tomatoes off one plant in a season and Flynn's plants yield 35 to 50 pounds. You can see why there's a bit of interest in what Flynn is doing. He shared some links with me - below.
There is an article and an audio interview you can listen to HERE from MPR News with Dallas Flynn about Extending Your Growing Season.
High Tunnel Craze Feeds Farmers Markets article from UMN HERE.
Original article HERE and Flynn's 11 very good Reason's to Buy Local food HERE.
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