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  • From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] seed starting
  • Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:31:40 -0500

What I neglected to mention earlier is that the potting up phase involves giving the plant more nutrition in each step up. (The breakfast-lunch-supper thing) So, the idea is to get maximum growth in the starting flat, and then pot up to a freshly composted pot and then into a thriving soil. Each of these steps are done 'just before it is too late,' thereby promoting the momentum of root growth. In theory, in theory.

My question to you start-em-in-cell-packs people is: what do you feed your seedlings with? How often do you feed them?

There's an issue here that comes up in biodynamics that I've forgotten about also. Plants feeding from the soil vs plants feeding from nutrients in liquid. No need to get into that, though. As I said, Leigh grows plenty of great stuff, all the Chadwick theories aside.

-Allan
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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onion sets
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:42:12 -0600
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A major producer and supplier of commercial onion sets in bulk is Dutch
Valley Growers in Kankakee, Ill. Their website is www.dutchvalleygrowers.com
. I don't believe they sell an organic set. They also carry shallots.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center




Regards to the list:

Where can one get bulk onion sets?

Marie in Missouri






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