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  • From: road's end farm <organic101 AT linkny.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] The hatfield transplanter
  • Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 11:54:59 -0400


On May 19, 2007, at 2:49 PM, david purpura wrote:

Hi All.  I like to hear a recommendation before I buy something - so here's my recommendation for the hatfield transplanter - I love this tool!

We bought the smallest one to use for transplants from 128 cell trays - lettuce, onions, broccoli, etc and liked it so well that we bought the next larger one for 50 cell transplants.

I don't quite remember, but it seems like it took two of us 1 1/2 hours or so to set out 300 lettuces in a 100 foot bed last year - we can do it now in 1/2 hour - with no knees in the dirt!  We've set out several thousand transplants so far.  One caveat - it works best in a nice fine seedbed, but I've used it in some clumpy stuff too.

I got it from Johnnys - about $100 delivered. 


Can this be used by one person working alone, or does it require two people?

The Johnny's catalogue sounds as if it requires two.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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