Market Farming

["Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>]

I’d say those were grown in media and “stripped”.  MUCH smaller stems than what we grew in plant beds.

 

Cutting and housing tobacco in 90 degree heat was NOT fun, I have to agree.

 

Alison Wiediger

 

From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:33 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tobacco Setter for Peppers?

 

Bill, thanks for the info.

 

I've see video of the plants they drop in and I noticed the "bare root" was more of a micro plug.  The tobacco starts were in 128 cell trays it looked like.  I just did a Youtube search and found this video which gives me a much better idea:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qK11mJIJBc

 

Do large pots and strip then plant? I do not want to have to redesign my transplant infrastructure to make this work.  Then again, it may be better to pay the extra $ for a better transplanter.

 

This is what I get for never having ANYTHING contact with the tobacco farmers around us.  They would complain about harvest and we would complain about baling hay.  :)  Watching them stick tobacco I think we had a MUCH better deal.

 

Richard Stewart

Carriage House Farm

North Bend, Ohio

 

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

 

(513) 967-1106

http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com

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