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  • From: Shawnee Flowerfarmer <farmingflowers AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] filling flats
  • Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:29:13 -0500

Pam, I wish you would come and fill my flats for me....the dust pan is a great idea.
Shawnee, zone 5, and resenting the chores on a perfect day for kite flying


Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:02:52 -0400
From: pam AT twinoaks.org
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] filling flats

Tom

I use a domestic plastic dustpan to scoop and dump out potting compost/starter soil on top of flats sitting on a big kitchen tray. The dustpan holds more than hands or trowel, and can then be used to scrape across the top and level the compost. I have made a couple of dibble boards to press down the compost and make holes for seeds. I used short sections of skinny plastic pipe held onto the board with long dome-headed screws, set at the appropriate spacing for the plug flats I'm using.

>Tom asked:
For example, how about something simple like filling the cells with starter mix?
  How do you all do it?<

Pam, Twin oaks, Louisa, VA


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