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- From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Planting out Plugs
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:03:07 -0400
Bill - How long do you give them between germination and planting out? How do you 'keep moist'? -Allan in WV (who has to ask everything...)
Allan,
I like to plant lettuce plugs--288s in my case. I cover with rowcover and keep moist. I can sow the seeds while relaxing in the house in the evenings; get the spacing where I want it off the bat; and the plugs get a headstart on sprouting weeds.
Bill Huhman
central Ohio
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Allan Balliett <<mailto:aballiett AT frontiernet.net>aballiett AT frontiernet.net> wrote:
WE start a lot of seeds in 220 trays. We pot them up to appropriate
trays a couple of weeks after sprouting and then we plant them out
when their roots are filling their cups.
Right now, it looks like Spring has really come to our area, with
nighttime temps staying in the mid 40's.
I occasionally hear people say that they 'planted out plugs' today.
I'm wondering if the hoophouse is no longer a necessity if I can be
successful by skipping the potting up step and just putting the plugs
into clean beds in the field.
I'm primarily thinking of things like flowers, but I'm wondering if
lettuce could be done that way, as well.
If I remember correctly, this is the way Anna Ebey (Or whatever her
name is!) did all of her salad beds: spacing plugs rather than
broadcasting or precision seeding seed.
I, of course, will continue to pot up things like okra, peppers,
tomatoes, but I'm wondering what other folks do.
Thanks
-Allan in WV where the hoophouse IS running over
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Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes
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- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, BillOhio, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Liz, 05/08/2009
- [Market-farming] Early Blight in Tomatoes, Allan Balliett, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Early Blight in Tomatoes, Pat Meadows, 05/10/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Early Blight in Tomatoes and grafting tomatoes, Marlin Burkholder, 05/10/2009
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- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, BillOhio, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Planting out Plugs, Liz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Planting out Plugs, BillOhio, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Planting out Plugs, BillOhio, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Planting out Plugs, Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants, BillOhio, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants, Angela Hemwall, 05/07/2009
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