Uline product catalog specifies which bags are food
grade and which are not. That being said, it's easy to pick up a phone and ask
them directly. We use several sizes of their food grade bags for our products.
Good products, good customer service.
Brigette
SW Mich
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Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 1:26
PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming]
Market-farming Digest, Vol 104, Issue 4
Thanks for the leads on perforated plastic bags. The
below suggestion is a good one, but I wonder if uline plastic bags are food
grade? If not, is this a concern? Also, I haven't specifically
heard of storing potatoes in plastic bags, but thought I would give it a try
this year. Potatoes can be purchased at the market in perforated bags,
so I had assumed they could be stored in such for some period of time.
Thanks again. cheers, chris
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---------- From: Two Onion Farm <farmer AT twoonionfarm.com> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Sat,
03 Sep 2011 14:41:32 -0500 Subject: Re: [Market-farming] perforated
plastic storage bags We've had excellent luck storing root crops in
unperforated large 2 mil plastic bags from Uline. We punch holes in
the bottom of each bag with a serrated knife and that has been adequate to
drain excess moisture and keep carrots and beets from October to
April.
Chris
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[Market-farming] perforated plastic storage bags. To: Market
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One option is Putnam Plastics.
See:
http://www.putnamfarm.com/details.php?prodId=519&category=17
I've
not heard of using these for potatoes but they are great for
carrots, beets, and other root
crops.
-John
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---------- From: sora AT coldreams.com To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Sat,
3 Sep 2011 16:06:47 -0700 Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Still off
grid >So even on my tiny system...the inverter also shuts the system
off when it reads that the batteries are full to prevent explosion.
And yes indeed, household batteries are not cheap and are certainly
the worst part of the equation. I have HUP Solar ones, huge and
heavy and yes filled with acid. But they've worked great for 10
years now. Sometimes the phone companies have used household
batteries that they use for backups and replace long before expiration
and sell. Our first were these and lasted 15 years. This area
has always been far off grid and the costs to bring it in were huge but
civilization is beginning to encroach and the possibility of connecting
to the grid would eliminate the batteries. After so many years of
being my own power company it would be weird to not be able to
control it.! > It seems counter intuitive to me too, but they won't
let it be done any > other way. I do not get to see any of the low
voltage power, it goes to > the > inverters right at the panels
and is then sent to the greenhouse, house > and > the meter.
The only positive point is I do not have the expense of the >
battery back-up system. Sora, I am sure that is no minor expense.
My > system will also trip if the line voltage coming in to the
property is not > within tolerance (my inverters will trip for 10
minutes if the voltage > exceeds 256v (128v and 128v) since they is
designed for 240 volts). The > installer did say the inverters are
many times smarter than the grid they > are feeding
into. > >
Maury > >>
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