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Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:54:19 -0400
If by a wedge bar you mean a tree planting bar or something similar, I use one to plant strawberries, and usually have quite a good survival rate. I don't think my time runs under a minute per plant, though. That might be because I set and backfill the plants by hand, in order to make sure I get the depth right; and then water them in. -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Apr 9, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Richard Robinson wrote: I've got 1600 strawberry plants arriving next month, and at a minute a piece, they would take 27 hours of solid labor to get in the ground. Any tips for radically cutting down the amount of time to plant a plant? I have a BCS and hand tools available. Has anyone used a wedge bar to make a slit in the soil? (I'm thinking this might be useful, as the roots are supposed to go straight down.) Any ideas welcome. |
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[Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?,
Richard Robinson, 04/09/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?, Road's End Farm, 04/09/2012
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- Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?, sunnfarm, 04/09/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?, Ben Wiener, 04/09/2012
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