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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Mixers
  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:45:52 -0700

We use it and it works good.

Marc

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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am considering using a cement mixer as a soil mixer. Anyone ever done
> this? What do you use to mix greenhouse soil mixes?
>
> Thanks,
> Barb Birkinbine
> Oak Camp Herb Farm
> Lodi, WI
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Marlin, David,
I flame weed 4' raised beds of (about to
germinate) carrots using a single headed flame
wand, waving it back and forth across the bed in
diagonal lines. It works fine and only takes about
10 minutes for a 90' bed.
For pre-emergence flaming of carrots, I
use a soil thermometer and a chart of days to
germination at various soil temperatures - see
Knotts handbook or Seed Starter's Handbook. I
like using beets as a marker crop for carrots,
because they come up one day sooner than
carrots at almost any temperature and they're
very easy to see.
Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks, Virginia




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