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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] salad mix production
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:16:16 -0400

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:01:26 -0700, you wrote:

>Pat, yes. It's my preferred method. Saves on backaches and you can
>relocate them as the seasons change.. Because the plants are only 3" high
>at harvest there is plenty of soil for them. (I use the trays without
>cells, of course.)

>I also like this method for salad greens. I get flea beetles and having
>the trays elevated keeps them off.
>

Thanks, Rosie. I'm going to seed at least three trays
today.

I can grow them on our deck - half of which is roofed,
therefore shaded - and move them back and forth from sun to
shade as the weather dictates. Also, as you say, flea
beatles won't find them. Good.

Pat
--
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry




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