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  • From: <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:51:45 -0700

I rotavate a bed so the soil is soft and fluffy. I lay out 50 plants at a
time and bend down between three plants and plant all three in one bend. I
use a mason type 57 trowel to make the hole. I can plant 300 plants a hour by
myself without any problem. It takes more time laying out the plants than
planting them... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

--- rrobinson AT nasw.org wrote:

From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] tips for rapid strawberry planting?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:46:19 -0400

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.

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com

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