Dykeview Farms Limited

Published purpose

Growing under tunnels has presented different challenges. One of them is the increase of heat because of the plastic roof and climate change. A physiological effect of the hot weather inside the tunnels is called “Heat dormancy”. During the last three years the heat dormancy problem associated to everbearing strawberries was measured and addressed. This is a common occurrence problem in everbearing strawberries and make it stronger effect here in Nova Scotia, where the blossom is widely affected and stop because of that. This project will study three techniques: use of misting sprinklers, screen shades, and photoperiodic lights to minimize the effect of the heat dormancy in everbearing strawberries.