OK, thanks, Kate.
In a message dated 1/26/2010 11:58:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rockyprairie AT earthlink.net writes:
Drilling
holes isn't necessary by not using endcaps. If you drill holes there
can be issues with the roots growing thru, making it hard to slide the plants
out into the row. If you have long skinny tables, you can butt the ends
together the length of the table and make one continuous row that breaks into
5ft chunks for planting.
Folks around here buy
dump loads of start mix from a local guy that mixes it custom and reasonably
priced; I think most use the same mix they use for soilblocks.
Kate
Do you drill holes in the bottom of the gutters for drainage?
What kind of volume/type grow mix do you use in the gutters? That could
get pretty expensive, with that many feet, couldn't it?
--Dave
In a message dated 1/25/2010 12:00:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rockyprairie AT earthlink.net writes:
Growers around here start
their peas in sections of plastic roof gutter filled with starting mix.
They aren't that unwieldy if you cut the 10 ft lengths in half. Don't
really need end caps if you are gentle when watering and don't plant
right to the very end. Can easily be set over heat mats. When it's time
to transplant, make a trough in the soil approximately the same
depth/shape as the gutter. Push each section of peas right off the end of
the gutter into the trough. Allows you to wait till they are taller
and more robust since there's no worry about teasing individual plants
apart. In fact, the peas knitting together makes transplanting a bit
easier. Totally reusable. One grower seeds spinach here and there in the
trays with a very short self-supporting pea variety. Nice simultaneous
jump-start on two early crops, especially if workable soil is at a
premium early on.
Kate Western WA, Zone 7
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On Behalf Of Road's End Farm Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:08
PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Seeding peas in
trays
How are those of you who are doing this handling the
transplanting? We plant peas so thickly that I don't see how, using our
transplanting techniques for, say, tomatoes or squash, we could possibly
set enough pea plants in a reasonable length of time (we plant over a
thousand row feet of peas, and we transplant everything by
hand).
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market
organic produce,
small scale
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