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Annual bed strawberry production
Michael KilpatrickKilpatrick Family Farm
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We are in Middle Granville, NY - 1.5 hours north of Albany, NY Zone 4b
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Marketing • Sell at farmer’s markets, CSA, and
very limited wholesale• Strategy is to grow a small amount
of 50+ crops so we never have to drop prices to get rid of product
• Marketing, marketing, marketing....
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Land and Soil profile
Soil type Crops Acres
Bernardston-shaly silt loams
stays dry, early and late greens, melons, tomatoes, stony 4
Hamlin Silt loam
root crops, great for radishes, beets, carrots- no stones 8
Hartland sandy loam
class 1,general purpose, no stones 4
Vergennes Silty Clay
somewhat heavy, winter squash, brassicas, spinach,
beans5
Hoosick Gravelly sandy
LoamSweet potato heaven... 1
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Strawberries• Annual bed system-(also known as
California sytem) plant fall, harvest spring, till under
• Variety Chandler• Buy in tips, propagate ourselves,
plant in September
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Why annual bed?
The advantages of this system
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Earlier yield• We usually start
picking 1 week earlier than matted row in our area
• premium price + ours are the 1st they taste every year.
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Cleaner fruit
Mix of straw/mulch keeps plants and fruit much cleaner
You can actually go along with a blower and blow
off the plastic to reduce water damage after a storm
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keeps grey mold and other diseases to an absolute minimum
• open plant habit• strawberries are
there only one year
• raised beds keep plants dryer
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Annual systemPlanted
strawberries September of
08’picking spinach
from same section September 09’
This system only takes 10 months or if you are producing your own plugs, 11
months
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Profitability- 09’ figures
Gross $13,300 on 0.12 of an acre
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Builds soil• We apply 4-5 tons to the acre of
straw or weed free hay/mulch • keeps mud and weeds down, the
fruit clean, and increases organic matter.
• here we’re using 3 cut rained on alfalfa, which will also add nitrogen.
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Other reasons we like the system
• Ease of harvest- open nature of the plant
• allows good rotation- in and out in under a year
• less weed pressure• less deer pressure
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Cultural Practicesgrowing the crop
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harvesting tips
• harvest tips around the 3-4 week of July
• important to keep them moist• only harvest large, healthy ones• scissors or pruners work great
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Buying tips or plugs
• Per plant (13.6 cents)
• Greenhouse time
• Preparation time• Better Quality
• Per plant (27 cents)
• Come ready to plant
• Quality issues• Yields?
Tips Plugs
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using the point to anchor the tip into the soil
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DIG controller
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Two weeks after sticking we will water with fish to give
a little extra boost.
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Ready to plant out!
We want to get the plants in the ground the 1st or 2nd week of September.
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• Soil tests are taken and fertilizer and lime applied to bring up to recommended amounts
• 4’ plastic is laid on 66” centers giving a 30” bed top and 3 ft between beds for picking paths
• Plants are put out 3 rows on the bed 12” between plants
• watered immediately afterwards• we machine plant, but for years did
by hand
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Soil Prep
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Biotello plastic- till right in at the end of the season
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Spreading straw/hay
Key is to have weed-free straw or hay
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What the field looks like in February!
Covered with Typar-518 before crown temperature reaches 20 degrees
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Rowcovers are kept on in the spring until about 10% blossom.
We’ll throw down a little extra fertilizer when
we first uncover them in the spring to give
them a boost
Covers are coming on and off to prevent theblossoms from freezing.
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Check for Tarnished plant
bug damage
We usually don’t get any until the last week of the season
and then will spray with pyganic
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Fighting disease...• good soil health• adding mycorrhizae• good air circulation- giving
plants nessesary space, and uncovering so they can dry out
• clean seed, propagation trays, equipment
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Sprays a last resort
• Regalia, rootshield, actinovate• Oxidate• Double nickel, greencure, milstop,
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Sluggo
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keeping the birds out
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keep them irrigated
2 + inches a week
only water in morning- goal is to keep the leaves and fruit dry- drip is great
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a good days picking
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Annual bed production by the numbers 09’• 7 beds, 150 ft long, on 5 ft centers =
.12 acre• We picked 2960 pints off this area in
2009 (or right under 2800 lbs)• our 1sts command $5 a pint-season
long• 2nds between $3-4, for an average
price of $4.50 per pint• this is $13, 300 gross for .12 of an
acreor over $100,000 an acre (or 22,000 lbs/acre)
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2013 for us was 1/2 that
• ran out of mulch so ground was bare- dirty fruit as well as disease
• because of no mulch, chickweed moved in outcompeting plants
• Rained the entire season- berries melted because of disease.
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Pleasant Valley farm numbers 13’• 3500 plants in a 70x100 area (.16
acre)• harvested 2573 pints, or 2600#• Income on firsts and seconds
$11,170• 16,250 lbs per acre or around $70
k an acre.
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Taking it to the next step
• growing on a north slope to delay production a few days
• Putting some of our strawberries in a hoophouse for earlier production
• changing spacing- no real yield difference
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How do we get the price we do?
• Variety is amazingly flavorful• only selling perfect berries• large displays• hitting the market 1 week ahead of
matted row• our reputation- we can consistently
command a 50 cent to dollar premium over others with annual bed strawberries
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Freeze our seconds for the winter
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Sources
Strawberry PlugsJersey Asparagus
Farm856-358-2548
Strawberry TipsLareault [email protected].:1-450-944-1850
McNeil FarmsCell: 1-919-499-9706
Controller and misting system
Rainflow717-445-3000
Rootshield johnny’s selected seeds877-564-6697www.johnnyseeds.com
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Want More?Join our team!
Intern, apprentice, or just come work for us!!!
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Michael Kilpatrick
www.kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com
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