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  • From: "St. Joseph the Worker Farm" <jmmps AT rocketmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] salad mix production
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:00:02 -0700 (PDT)

So is your soil about 3 inches deep? What kind of
soil do you use? Ive never done this before...
Thank you,
Jackie (who is new at most everything!)



> >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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