High Tunnels

Blog Posts

row of tomato plants with some of the plants being a lighter shade of green than the others
From Dixon Springs Ag Center: Noticeable impacts on tomato transplants from cover crops
Mechanical termination of the annual ryegrass cover crop has continued to be a problem in the treatment tunnel. Some of the annual ryegrass plots...
rows of plants in a high tunnel
From Dixon Springs Ag Center: High tunnel cover crop termination
Tomato and pepper transplants have been planted in all three high tunnels at DSAC. The control tunnel, no cover crop or cut flower treatments in last...
rows of green plants inside high tunnel with sections covered in clear plastic
From Dixon Springs Ag Center: High tunnel cover crop solarization
Vegetable transplants are growing well in the greenhouse and should be ready for planting within our high tunnels in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Peaches...
black trays filled with soil with small green seedlings growing
From Dixon Springs Ag Center: Seedlings and cover crops are springing into action
With all seeds ordered and in hand, pepper seeds were germinated and potted up into flats during the second and third weeks of February respectively...
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Bronwyn Aly and Kacie Athey in high tunnel
High tunnels extend growing season and benefit farming operations
SIMPSON, Ill. - More Illinois specialty crop growers are planting in high tunnels to extend their growing season, increase crop diversity, achieve higher yields, and improve quality. However, high tunnels come with unique challenges, including deciding on the layout and structural design, which...