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- From: "Mike Emers" <rosie-ck AT mosquitonet.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:19:22 -0900
Hi Rivka, Thanks for responding. We’ve tried going from transplants
before and we might do it again. It
definitely lets the lettuce grow ahead of the weeds. We seeded plug flats of 200 cells with
the lettuce mix and then transplanted those out into the beds. At 6 rows to a 36” bed, one plug
tray will get us 8.33’. So it
will take 12 trays for every 100’ of row – which takes a while as
opposed to making one pass with a multi-row seeder (such as the new one Johnny’s
is selling). Direct seeding is so
quick, but if it doesn’t work, there’s no sense tilling all that in
later. It’s just a matter of getting
our timing and planning in order. If
we want our lettuce mix next summer, we probably will have to do as you suggest
and then really concentrate on eliminating weeds in future years’ beds by
aggressive cultivation and cover crops. What’s your method of starting the
mix and then transplanting? Happy New Year, Mike Emers Ester, Alaska -----Original Message-----
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Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds,
road's end farm, 12/30/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds,
Mike Emers, 12/31/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds,
robert schuler, 12/31/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds, Mike Emers, 12/31/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds,
robert schuler, 12/31/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] greens and weeds,
Mike Emers, 12/31/2005
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