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Re: plug flats and washing

From: "Shelley Pasco" <whistle AT halcyon.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: plug flats and washing
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 18:51:27 -0800

Lee wrote:
> For those of you who grow from seed, I'm wondering about the necessity of
> sterilizing plug flats and other materials before reusing them. I've been

Hi Lee,
I reuse my plastic flats, and have never bothered to disinfect them. I do
all I can to keep air circulation around the emerging and growing seedlings,
and only occasionally do I have a problem with damping off. Any other
problems I've had are due to old seed.

Shelley
Whistling Train Farm

plug flats and washing, Lee Lawton, 02/25/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: plug flats and washing, Alex McGregor, 02/25/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Shelley Pasco, 02/25/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Elizabeth Pike, 02/25/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Michaele Blakely, 02/25/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, BBGREGSON, 02/25/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Dave Miller, 02/26/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Cheri Shelnutt, 02/26/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Suzy Roth, 02/26/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Dori Green, 02/26/2000
- Re: plug flats and washing, Robert Farr, 02/26/2000
- RE: plug flats and washing, Wiediger, Alison, 02/28/2000