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- From: Deb Taft <growbd AT aol.com>
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:59 -0500
Warmly,
Deb
Mobius Fields!
(Rivka, I was thinking of all of the cycles on a farm as well as the surfaces)
Sleepy Hollow NY
-----Original Message-----
From: breck <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 1:00 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks
From: breck <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 1:00 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks
OK Dave I'll chime in. Dave and I both use the same mix with worm castings, but I add a touch of Azomite and lime. I use/reuse plastic flats without holes so I can flood the flat with water and with a little fish/kelp juice added. Even though I do thousands of transplants this way, I think it would be hard to do 10's of thousands. However, there are some big boys that do. Besides the time consumed making them, the time transplanting them is problematic. But, for my size operation I like the blocks. As Dave indicates, though not perfect, I use a Hatfield transplanter and find it to be a big advantage for me. I made a tray holder for my hip so that I can transplant by myself. I have started exploring multi-seeding some crops such as green onions and like the results. Unlike Dave I use the 3/4" starter block for my small seed then pot-on to the 1 7/8" +-. This allows me to have thousands of blocks starting on my 8 s/f of heat mats at one time. These are placed on 1 s/f ceramic floor tile. I mist and overhead water these until I pot-on. Again, this is time consuming. As most of us have found out, the number of acres you plant dictates some of the compromises you make as for as automation/machination. Farmer Breck ________________________________________ From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of pech Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 10:03 AM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks I use them and use sunshine organic potting mix. sometimes I'll add a bit of kelp or worm castings to the mix but not always. I did find a second soil block maker in a thrift store for 8 bucks and welded two together, that works great. 1 40 pound bag of mix (I think thats how big they are) makes 450 2" blocks. I use standard plastic trays to hold em and each tray can hold 50 blocks. Some of my trays have holes in the bottom some don't I think I like the ones with out the holes, then I don't have to water as much. I know a guy who transplants them with a hatfield, maybe he'll chime in...... Have Fun Dave z6a _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming
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[Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
Deb Taft, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Road's End Farm, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Maggie Palmer, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, David Inglis, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Richard Robinson, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
pech, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
breck, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, David Inglis, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Deb Taft, 02/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
breck, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, John and Katy Ehrlich, 02/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks, Sean Albiston, 02/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Soil Blocks,
pech, 02/15/2010
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