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Re: [Market-farming] Germinating and planting spinach
- From: "Shoemaker, William H" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Germinating and planting spinach
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 21:50:39 +0000
Here's a link to a research article on gel-seeding of collards by Wallace Pill from the University of Delaware. Wallace was the guy who gave the demo I observed. There may be more updated versions of his work. This is from 1990. But Wallace did a lot of groundwork on the technique.
http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/25/12/1589.full.pdf
Bill William H. Shoemaker University of Illinois, Crop Sciences St Charles Horticulture Research Center 535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL 60174 630-584-7254, wshoemak AT illinois.edu From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Ken Bezilla [kenbez AT hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 3:30 PM To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Germinating and planting spinach I've never tried it, but Steve Solomon wrote about this in one of his books (Water-Wise Vegetables) -- "Heat one pint of water to the boiling point. Dissolve in 2-3 tbsps. of ordinary cornstarch. Place the mixture in the refrigerator to cool.
Soon the liquid will become a soupy gel. Gently mix the cool starch gel with the sprouting seeds," then put the mix in a ziploc bag, cut a hole 1/4" or smaller in a corner of the bag, and dribble into the planting furrow.
Ken Bezilla central VA From: wshoemak AT illinois.edu To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 20:18:26 +0000 Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Germinating and planting spinach
I don't remember what they used, but it could be as simple as Knox gelatin. I'll see what I can dig up and report back.
Bill William H. Shoemaker
University of Illinois, Crop Sciences St Charles Horticulture Research Center 535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL 60174 630-584-7254, wshoemak AT illinois.edu From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Wiediger, Alison [alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 3:16 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Germinating and planting spinach Now that's an interesting idea Bill. What would you use for the gel? We have been pre-sprouting spinach in the refrigerator for 15 or 16 years, and it works great for getting a great stand, but it is a pain to do.
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
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