Course Summary
Lettuce Masterclass
Module 1: Introduction
Lesson 1: Welcome to the Lettuce Revolution
Lesson 2: Why Lettuce
Lesson 3: The Money is in the Season Extension
Lesson 4: Takeaways
Module 2: Planning
Lesson 1: Consistency is Key + Planting Sheets
Lesson 2: Tips for Northern Grower Successions
Lesson 3: Varieties for Head and Gem
Lesson 4: Varieties for Saladmix
Lesson 5: Planning Your Marketing
Lesson 6: Takeaways
Lesson 7: Bonus Lesson: Crop Planning at Rosecreek
Lesson 8: Bonus Lesson: Varieties
Module 3: Propagation
Lesson 1: An Overview of Propagation
Lesson 2: Storing Seeds
Lesson 3: Tray and Seeding Technique
Lesson 4: Soil Mixes
Lesson 5: Germination is King
Lesson 6: Hardening Off
Lesson 7: Takeaways
Lesson 8: Bonus Lesson: Building a Dibbler
Lesson 9: Bonus: Propagation greenhouse tour
Module 4: Soil Prep and Fertility
Lesson 1: Soil Overview
Lesson 2: Soil Fertility
Lesson 3: Soil Chemistry with Ellen Polishuk
Lesson 4: How We Do Soil Prep
Lesson 5: Takeaways
Lesson 6: Soil Rotation and Preparation
Lesson 7: BCS Spreader
Lesson 8: Bonus: Soil Balance Sheet
Module 5: No-Till System
Lesson 1: No-Till overview
Lesson 2: No-Till Step by step
Lesson 3: May bed flips
Module 6: Planting
Lesson 1: Overview of Planting
Lesson 2: Overview of Landscape Fabric
Lesson 3: Burning Holes in Landscape Fabric
Lesson 4: Planting Lettuce on Landscape Fabric
Lesson 5: Overview of Paperpot
Lesson 6: Paperpot Mechanics
Lesson 7: Planting with Paperpot
Lesson 8: Smoothing Over With Tine Weeder
Lesson 9: Planting Takeaways
Module 7: Irrigation
Lesson 1: Drip Irrigation
Lesson 2: Overhead Irrigation – Setting It Up
Lesson 3: Cat Tunnel Irrigation teaser
Lesson 4: Cat Tunnel overhead Irrigation
Lesson 5: Overhead Irrigation – Building the Risers
Lesson 6: Overhead Irrigation Calculate Well Size
Lesson 7: Irrigation Automation
Lesson 8: Bonus: Simple Irrigation Solution
Module 8: Crop Care
Lesson 1: Overview of Crop Care
Lesson 2: Shade Specifics
Lesson 3: Lettuce Diseases
Lesson 4: Lettuce Pests
Lesson 5: Cultivation and Weed Control
Lesson 6: Cultivating With a Tine Weeder Rake
Lesson 7: Takeaways
Lesson 8: Bonus: Attack of the Armadillo
Lesson 9: Bonus: Planting a Full Bed
Lesson 10: Bonus: Lettuce Drop or Sclerotinia
Lesson 11: Bonus: What Poor Fertility Looks like
Module 9: Baby Leaf Production
Lesson 1: Day by Day progress for Direct Seeded baby leaf
Lesson 2: Arugula Overview
Lesson 3: Arugula Step by Step
Lesson 4: Salad Mix Production
Lesson 5: Direct Seeded Baby Lettuce Before Harvest
Lesson 6: Baby Leaf Packaging
Lesson 7: Baby leaf lettuce in the spring
Lesson 8: Loose Leaf Production
Module 10: Harvest and Packing
Lesson 1: Overview of Harvest and Packing
Lesson 2: Harvesting one cut type heads for salad mix
Lesson 3: Harvesting Salanova (additional thoughts)
Lesson 4: Harvesting Head Lettuce
Lesson 5: Importance of Labeling and Cooling Quickly
Lesson 6: Why Labels
Lesson 7: Printing Black and White Labels
Lesson 8: Tube Bag Packing
Lesson 9: Thoughts on The Coolbot
Lesson 10: Overview of Washing/Packing Shed
Lesson 11: Washing
Lesson 12: Packing
Lesson 13: Packing Shed Checklist
Lesson 14: Takeaways
Lesson 15: Bonus: Packing Baby Leaf Lettuce
Module 11: Protected Culture
Lesson 1: Introduction to Season Extension
Lesson 2: Low Hoops
Lesson 3: Quick Hoops
Lesson 4: High Tunnels
Lesson 5: Caterpillar Tunnels
Lesson 6: Season Extension Summary
Lesson 7: What Does Protection Allow
Lesson 8: Rowcover
Lesson 9: Using Rowcover and Heat to Steer Production
Lesson 10: Bonus Lesson: Greenhouse Doors
Module 12: Summary
Thank you
Module 13: Other Crops
Lesson 1: How we're growing microgreens
Lesson 2: Most profitable non-lettuce crops for our farm
Lesson 3: Spinach at Rose Creek Farms
Lesson 4: Paperpot + Spinach
Module 14: Q&A Calls
Lesson 1: Coaching Call Jun 11 2020
Lesson 2: Coaching Call Jan 16 2020
Lesson 3: Coaching Call Aug 29 2019
Lesson 4: Coaching Call Mar 28 2019
Lesson 5: Coaching Call Mar 22 2019
Lesson 6: Coaching Call Mar 14 2019
Lesson 7: Coaching Call Feb 28 2019
Lesson 8: Coaching Call Oct 10 2018
Lesson 10: Coaching Call Aug 29
Lesson 11: Coaching Call 8/22
Lesson 12: Coaching Call 8/15
Lesson 13: Coaching Call 8/8
Lesson 14: Coaching Call May
Lesson 15: Q+A 11/1
Lesson 16: Q+A 8/10
Lesson 17: Q+A 8/30
Lesson 18: Q+A 8/23
Lesson 19: Q&A 8/16 Part 2
Lesson 20: Q&A 8/16 Part 1
Lesson 21: Bonus Q+A 8/3 Planning
Module 15: Demystifying Food Safety Mini-course
Lesson 1: Rosecreek Gap inspection 2019
Lesson 2: Difference between GAP and FSMA
Lesson 3: Introduction to Food Safety
Lesson 4: Worker Health Hygiene
Lesson 5: Land Use and Animal Intrusion
Lesson 6: Agricultural Water
Lesson 7: Soil Amendments
Lesson 8: Post-Harvest Handling and Sanitation
Lesson 9: The Key is Record Keeping
Lesson 10: Practical Record Keeping Solutions
Lesson 11: Bonus: A Look at GAP Inspection Sheets
Lesson 12: Bonus: Are Bubbler / Spinners GAP in Wash & Pack?
Module 16: Sell More Lettuce Mini-course
Lesson 1: Overview of Marketing
Lesson 2: Your Story and Branding
Lesson 3: How We Advertise
Lesson 4: Packaging
Lesson 5: Farmers Markets
Lesson 6: CSA and Selling to CSA's
Lesson 7: Restaurants and Chefs
Lesson 8: Grocery Stores
Lesson 9: Online Stores and Partnerships
Lesson 10: Food Hubs and Aggregators
Lesson 11: Takeaways
Lesson 12: Bonus: Facebook Ads and Messenger Marketing
Module 17: Ultimate Lettuce Supply Catalog
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Soil Prep Tools
Lesson 3: Bed Prep Tools
Lesson 4: BCS
Lesson 5: Planting Tools
Lesson 6: Paperpot System Tools
Lesson 7: Cultivation Tools
Lesson 8: Shade Materials
Lesson 9: Pest Control Materials
Module 18: Lettuce Production at Steadfast Farm
Lesson 1: Erich Schultz Interview
Lesson 2: Propagation System at Steadfast Farm
Lesson 3: Transplant production at Steadfast Farm
Lesson 4: Fertilization at Steadfast Farm