Knox County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





1051 - Commercial Horticulture
1051.1) 50

Number of participants engaged in commercial horticulture programming



Success Stories

Soiless Culture Production

Author: Robert Kirby

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture

With the continuing increase of high tunnels production and with the profit potential of tomatoes, making them the produce of choice, along with the intensive practices such as two crops per year coupled with no rotation allowed because of high tunnel construction, uncontrollable soil borne diseases and insects made in ground production impossible.  By following Specialists recommendations it was agreed that Soiless Culture was the only choice for a solution.  Knox County became the fi

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