Costs and Materials Calculator for building a Microgreens / Seedling Bench for Quick Hoops and other types of high tunnels and hoophouses, from the Tools Research, Design, and Development Team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
This interactive spreadsheet displays a matrix of 127 VEGETABLE varieties, seed characteristics, and Jang JP roller gauge size by millimeters, along with the best Jang rollers for the particular vegetable variety, as well as the rollers' part #s, and whether or not the roller when placed on the Jang JP Seeder provides for seed singulation, and a Notes/Comments field. Click on any Roller or Johnny's Roller Part # in this chart to view or purchase. Save the file to your desktop to make your own edits and keep more detailed records of which vegetable seeding practices work best for you.
The raw data presented in this Excel spreadsheet were collected in our Yield Data Trial and separately averaged to create the table on the Microgreens Yield Trial Comparison Chart (see separate Tech Sheet [PDF]).
Watch a video of our webinar "Tomato Innovation: Breeding & Trialing for Your Finest Harvest."
Johnny's R&D melon expert Steve Bellavia explains how to tell when your 'Lambkin' Piel de Sapo melon is nearing harvest readiness, plus a couple of harvesting options to suit your needs and preferences.
A quick look at the outstanding eggplant varieties we've trialed and selected for greenhouse production, because they outperformed all the rest in the protected-culture setting.
Join former Trial Technician Steve Rodrigue in a review of a recent season extension trial, conducted here at Johnny's Research Farm in Central Maine. This review focuses on a number of chicory and spinach varieties available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Tomato trialing expert Andrew Mefferd provides an overview of the distinctive qualities of the unique Artisan Tomatoes from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Johnny's melon expert, Steve Bellavia demonstrates how to tell when your Charentais-type French melons are ready to be harvested from the field.
Fruiting greenhouse crop pro Andrew Mefferd offers simple instructions for pruning greenhouse tomatoes and explains why pruning is worthwhile.
Here's the story behind the development of 'Cherry Bomb,' our late-blight-resistant, JSS-bred cherry x grape tomato for organic field production.
Johnny's Canada Sales Representative Thomas Macy, a graduate of the University of Maine's Sustainable Agriculture program, walks viewers through the fundamentals of growing microgreens, including some calculations needed to approximate ROI from your microgreens operation.