Tomato Cloche

george sr · June 19, 2012

The sides rollup and the ends are removable to extend the season. We have five of these beds for tomatoes.

meadowyck · June 19, 2012

Very nicely done.

In MN I know you need those. How long of a summer do you really get each year? When I lived up north, summer (when it was warm to hot) really was only like 2 months of consistent heat, the rest of the time it was hit or miss.

george sr · June 19, 2012

This year we had an early spring. Now we need it to quit raining.

Granite26 · June 19, 2012

Those look great. Good job!

lakelady · June 19, 2012

really nice! What did you use to make the frames?

george sr · June 19, 2012

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/cat...c/ec1627-e.pdf
The original idea came from the above link. Since then I have made the ends removable.

george sr · June 19, 2012

The frames are made from Douglas Fir from Menard's

Save$ · June 25, 2012

I built one of these, 4x12, I have 6 plants in 5 gallon pails. So far so good. We had our first tomato two weeks ago. My hope is to extend the season and outwit LB. If all goes well, I'll put more of those structures over some existing raised beds. I hope you post how productive those are for you.

george sr · June 26, 2012

Here's a photo of my biggest tomatoes. Bought in 4" pots for $1.00 ea. Planted in the cloche on May 3 2012
Here's a link to my other gardens.
http://myfolia.com/gardener/GeorgeSr

meadowyck · July 16, 2012

George Sr you really have a very nice set of greenhouses there. Very well organized. I should have done something like this when I lived up north, wow is all I can say. I also like the A/C garden. Thanks for sharing.

george sr · July 16, 2012

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn...4745362329424/

June 19, 2012	#2
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Very nicely done. In MN I know you need those. How long of a summer do you really get each year? When I lived up north, summer (when it was warm to hot) really was only like 2 months of consistent heat, the rest of the time it was hit or miss. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

June 19, 2012	#5
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	really nice! What did you use to make the frames? __________________ Antoniette

June 25, 2012	#8
Save$ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 46	I built one of these, 4x12, I have 6 plants in 5 gallon pails. So far so good. We had our first tomato two weeks ago. My hope is to extend the season and outwit LB. If all goes well, I'll put more of those structures over some existing raised beds. I hope you post how productive those are for you. __________________ Love to Garden, Burn Pellets, Have a solar space, cloche and do vertical growing. Will do a lot of canning if I can keep LB away.

July 16, 2012	#10
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	George Sr you really have a very nice set of greenhouses there. Very well organized. I should have done something like this when I lived up north, wow is all I can say. I also like the A/C garden. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

June 19, 2012	#3
george sr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stanchfield, MN Posts: 41	This year we had an early spring. Now we need it to quit raining.

June 19, 2012	#4
Granite26 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western WI Posts: 359	Those look great. Good job!