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- From: robbins hail <robbinshail AT hotmail.com>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] seeding onions
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:02:30 -0500
Phil - what size plug trays are you using and are you seeding more than one per plug? Thanks - Robbins > From: market-farming-request AT lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Market-farming Digest, Vol 93, Issue 11 > To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:23:07 -0400 > > Send Market-farming mailing list submissions to > market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > market-farming-request AT lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > market-farming-owner AT lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Market-farming digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. seeding onions (Marie Kamphefner) > 2. Re: seeding onions (Chrys Ostrander) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:44:58 -0500 > From: "Marie Kamphefner" <kampy AT grm.net> > To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [Market-farming] seeding onions > Message-ID: <000001cb695b$4279a580$c76cf080$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Regards to the list: > > > > What do you use to distribute the seeds into the plug trays? How do you get > just one seed into each cell? > > > > Marie in Missouri > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/attachments/20101011/898d4890/attachment.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:21:42 -0700 > From: Chrys Ostrander <chrys AT thefutureisorganic.net> > To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] seeding onions > Message-ID: <4CB33996.5080005 AT thefutureisorganic.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Marie, > > I don't do the following presently, but I once worked on a farm where > their method for seeding plug trays was pretty efficient. > > This method required pelleted seed. These folks used standard flats and > had made wooden frames that held two flat pieces of sheet metal, one > right on top of the other, with holes drilled into them that matched the > spacing of the plug flat they were seeding (and were slightly larger > than each pellet). The pieces of sheet metal could be slid so that the > holes did not align. Then, pelleted seed was rolled around on top of the > top piece of sheet metal until one pellet dropped into each drilled > hole, like the children's game with the little metal balls. Then the two > pieces of sheet metal were slid so that the drilled holes aligned and > each seed dropped into a cell of the plug flat. > > > *Chrys Ostrander, Director of Farming Programs > p.e.a.c.h. Community Farms and Gardens* > People for Environmental Action and Community Health > > *p.e.a.c.h. Community Farm at Pine Meadow* > 10425 S. Andrus Rd. > Cheney, Wa 99004 > 509-448-3066 > chrys AT thefutureisorganic.net > www.peachlocal.com > /"Our Fresh Future for Spokane"/ > > On 10/11/2010 8:44 AM, Marie Kamphefner wrote: > > > > Regards to the list: > > > > What do you use to distribute the seeds into the plug trays? How do > > you get just one seed into each cell? > > > > Marie in Missouri > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Market-farming mailing list > > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > > > Market Farming List Archives may be found here: > > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/market-farming/ > > Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email > > address and password): > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/market-farming/attachments/20101011/0e051ba2/attachment.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > > Get the list FAQ at: http://www.marketfarming.net/mflistfaq.htm > > > End of Market-farming Digest, Vol 93, Issue 11 > ********************************************** |
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[Market-farming] seeding onions,
robbins hail, 10/11/2010
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[Market-farming] Winter Markets,
Jay Sleichter, 10/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Winter Markets, Sheila Payne, 10/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Winter Markets, Road's End Farm, 10/11/2010
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- Re: [Market-farming] seeding onions, cjmaness AT juno.com, 10/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] seeding onions, cjmaness AT juno.com, 10/11/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] seeding onions, SaladG, 10/12/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] seeding onions, SaladG, 10/12/2010
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[Market-farming] Winter Markets,
Jay Sleichter, 10/11/2010
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