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tonybloke
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11 hectare glasshouse
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April 24, 2008, 22:36:59 »
here's a photo taken on a college visit today, inside an 11 hectare greenhouse, growing 5% of british commercial tomatoes, hydroponically, on the back of a sugar beet factory in norfolk
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saddad
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Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
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April 24, 2008, 22:52:51 »
That's some glasshouse, we ahave 175 plots and only cover 11 acres!
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Northampton, sm greenhouse, heated propagator
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April 24, 2008, 23:47:41 »
Lots of matas in there, bet it looks like a little Holland from the air.
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tim
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Just like the old days!
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April 25, 2008, 13:27:52 »
Yes - one knows that Toms can go to 20'. We must try not to despair!!
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Chris Graham
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Stirling, Scotland
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April 25, 2008, 13:54:29 »
Next greenhouse for my garden?
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davyw1
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April 25, 2008, 15:12:20 »
I suppose we can only wish?
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tonybloke
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April 25, 2008, 15:30:10 »
there are 250 thousand plants in there. 10 varieties. the plants reach about 30 feet in length, but by means of strings and training are always at a height to allow easy picking. Bumblebees for pollination, NO poisons, predators in good supply.
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norfolklass
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Norwich - a fine city
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April 25, 2008, 15:31:20 »
just out of curiosity, is that near Cantley? it's the only sugar beet factory I know of in Norfolk
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tim
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April 25, 2008, 15:37:20 »
I shall never forget the smell of a beet factory. Almost put me off sugar!
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tonybloke
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April 25, 2008, 23:02:30 »
wissington, near downham market
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