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Commercial Tomato Growing, 1982 (VA 3/8/11/ 1)

An Essex Educational Video Unit production showing the processes involved in the commercial production of tomatoes as carried out at Spenhawk Nurseries, Hawkwell, in 1982. 00:00 Essex County Council introduction. 00:25 The potting greenhouse at Spenhawk Nurseries, Hawkwell. Workers are shown sowing seeds, stacking trays, adding peat, watering, then covering the trays with plastic. 02:15 The main growing greenhouse at Spenhawk. Workers shown removing the previous year's plants, disinfecting the greenhouse, covering the ground with plastic sheets, then setting up vertical and horizontal strings to support the new plants. 04:15 The potting machine in the potting greenhouse. Workers potting on by hand. Seedlings in the main greenhouse. 05:14 Larger plants in the main greenhouse. Computer-controlled watering and feeding. Workers removing side shoots and supporting each plant using string; travel through the rows of plants on a trolley, using the heating pipes as tracks. Plants pollinated using an 'electric bee'. More removal of side shoots and use of grow bags. 07:50 Large boiler to maintain the temperature in the greenhouse over 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Shown being inspected and serviced. Narrator mentions price of oil and lack of subsidies compared to Europe. 08:35 Workers shown applying pesticide and watering in. Plants now three feet tall. Greenhouse sprayed with calcium nitrate. Workers moving flat cartons for packing tomatoes. 09:55 Plants now over ten feet tall. Worker harvesting tomatoes on a high trolley. Whirlybird sprays plants with water. Workers tap plants to encourage pollination and remove old leaves. 11:15 Workers harvesting tomatoes. Not fully ripe. Packing harvested tomatoes in crates. Taken away by tractor. 12:31 Workers tipping tomatoes on to a conveyor belt and sorting through to quality check. Tomatoes graded for size and packed into cartons. Cartons weighed, counted, and wheeled to the cold store. 14:35 Credits. Copyright Essex County Council. Read more about the recording on Essex Archives Online: https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk... View our Takedown Policy here: https://www.essexsounds.org.uk/conten... The Essex Record Office can preserve your old recordings, or provide talks and training on oral history and sound archives. To find out more about the services we offer, visit our website: https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/s...