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  • From: KAKerby AT aol.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] germination mat recommendations
  • Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:58:53 EST

Good afternoon, everyone.  I'm new here, been gardening for a long time but this will be my first year to offer produce at market.  Towards that end, one of our investments this year will be germination mats to get our seeds going a little earlier than they would otherwise.  The recent email about onion seedlings got me to thinking about it.  I looked online and found quite a variety of mats available, and our local hardware store and grower supply carry different brands. 
 
Are there any preferred brands and/or features that I should look for, or possibly avoid?  This year we'll probably limit ourselves to starting tom's, melons and squash on those mats, maybe a few trays of each.  But I can see quite a hard-working future for those mats if we like them this first time out.  On the other hand, I don't want to lay down good money for something that won't do the job.  Any recommendations or observations would be much appreciated.  Thanks.
Kathryn Kerby
Frog Chorus Farm
Snohomish, WA



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