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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tips on efficient filling and seeding of trays?
  • Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:53:39 -0400

 

 

We have a 3x6 metal sap pan which at one time was used for boiling syrup.(It now has some small pin holes in it)  We can mix up 2 bags of pro mix at a time and there is plenty of room for filling trays.  We fill by hand but use a regular sized dust pan for leveling off the flats.  (Same idea as the snow brush.)  We actually use a potato fork for mixing the soil.  Works great.  The pan can be used outside of the greenhouse when things get so cramped for space that it can’t fit inside anymore.  That way when we have a huge seed starting session we can fill tons of 4” pots or trays at a time. 

Kathy in Vermont

Somers Family Farm

 

 

For example, how about something simple like filling the cells with starter mix? Right now I'm just scooping the damp mix on top of the cells and using my hands to work it around and into the cells, trying to get them all filled and slightly packed, without losing a lot off the edges in the process.  There's gotta be a faster and better way to do this. How do you all do it?

 

 

 




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