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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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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
courtney mcleod, 05/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Ken Bezilla, 05/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Marcy, 05/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
BillOhio, 05/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Liz, 05/07/2009
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[Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts,
Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Andy Fellenz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Liz, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Bill Shoemaker, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Road's End Farm, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts and fish-seaweed fertilizer, Road's End Farm, 05/08/2009
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[Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts,
Allan Balliett, 05/07/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Potting up Pepper Starts, Bill Shoemaker, 05/08/2009
- [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Allan Balliett, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, breck, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] planting out tomatoes, Wiediger, Alison, 05/08/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] slitted row covers, breck, 05/09/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] slitted row covers, Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Liz, 05/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
BillOhio, 05/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Marcy, 05/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
Ken Bezilla, 05/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting pepper plants,
courtney mcleod, 05/06/2009
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