[Market-farming] Planting out Plugs
Allan Balliett
aballiett at frontiernet.net
Thu May 7 21:03:07 EDT 2009
Bill - How long do you give them between germination and planting
out? How do you 'keep moist'? -Allan in WV (who has to ask
everything...)
>Allan,
>I like to plant lettuce plugs--288s in my case. I cover with
>rowcover and keep moist. I can sow the seeds while relaxing in the
>house in the evenings; get the spacing where I want it off the bat;
>and the plugs get a headstart on sprouting weeds.
>
>Bill Huhman
>central Ohio
>
>On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Allan Balliett
><<mailto:aballiett at frontiernet.net>aballiett at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>WE start a lot of seeds in 220 trays. We pot them up to appropriate
>trays a couple of weeks after sprouting and then we plant them out
>when their roots are filling their cups.
>
>Right now, it looks like Spring has really come to our area, with
>nighttime temps staying in the mid 40's.
>
>I occasionally hear people say that they 'planted out plugs' today.
>
>I'm wondering if the hoophouse is no longer a necessity if I can be
>successful by skipping the potting up step and just putting the plugs
>into clean beds in the field.
>
>I'm primarily thinking of things like flowers, but I'm wondering if
>lettuce could be done that way, as well.
>
>If I remember correctly, this is the way Anna Ebey (Or whatever her
>name is!) did all of her salad beds: spacing plugs rather than
>broadcasting or precision seeding seed.
>
>I, of course, will continue to pot up things like okra, peppers,
>tomatoes, but I'm wondering what other folks do.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Allan in WV where the hoophouse IS running over
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