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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts
  • Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:33:22 -0400


On May 7, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Allan Balliett wrote:

You're not organic, are you Bill? -Allan in WV

I direct seed into 128 or 72 square-celled trays. 128 cells are
about 1"x1" and 3/4" deep. I grow the peppers out in these trays and
try to schedule plantings at about 6 weeks. Weather being
uncooperative, I've planted as late as 9 weeks successfully in these
trays. Not the best but if you have a greenhouse and manage water
and nutrients well, peppers can handle it.


I am organic, and I grow peppers pretty much the same way, except I use 72- cell inserts (72 cells, usually as a sheet of 12 semiperforated sixpacks, fit in a standard 11" x 22" tray). I use McEnroe potting soil, which is hard enough to find in NY, so you may not be able to get it in WV; and a fish emulsion-seaweed 3-2-2 mix for fertilizer. I agree that in a pinch you can hold them a while in 72's; but if I had more space I'd probably use 48's. I do use 48's for tomatoes.

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



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