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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: rob AT songberry.ca, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] re. Mulching with large rectangular bales: tools for planting in mulch
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:31:55 -0500


On Dec 21, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Rob Wallbridge wrote:

If you're planning on transplanting through the mulch, find yourself a sharp, narrow tool for the job -- I'd recommend a heavy broccoli or lettuce knife over a regular garden trowel, but others may have better suggestions.

I've never transplanted into straw mulch, only into plastic mulch; but maybe a tree planting bar? Mine looks like the one pictured in the first link, but isn't sharp; I think it could be ground to a sharp edge if needed, though. The one pictured in the second link comes to a point, but I don't know how sharp the point is.

http://www.carinonurseries.com/plntbar.htm

http://cspoutdoors.com/kbcplantingbar.html

The great advantage of these is you can stand up to make the holes -- and, unlike a long-handled bulb planter, if you're working in plastic mulch they don't punch out circles of plastic that then need to be picked up or blow all over.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale







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