Farm journal 2009 11-18, Cleaning and Planting Trays
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Morning: I finished cleaning the 28 used trays, dried and put half of them away. I checked the eggplant, pepper, and tomatoes for worms, and they are still fairly infested despite spraying and picking them off. I picked more off and sprayed again. I made 2 liters of Safer caterpillar killer and sprayed again with that in a very good sprayer, so I would get good coverage.
Afternoon: Started preparing and planting trays. I did 4 trays:
Onion tray 105 pellets: 21 each of 3 onion, 2 chives
Lettuce tray 105 pellets: 21 each of 5 lettuce varieties
Greens tray 105 pellets: 21 each of mustard greens, pak choi, komastuma, america spinach and bloomsdale spinach
Brassica tray 112 pellets: 14 each of 3 kales, 2 broccolis, and 3 cauliflowers
Then, I continued transplanting the voodoo sedum into a tray of 32 peat strip pots with 4 seedlings per tray.
I reseeded a few of the older tray cells, and gave up on sage and marjoram. I put the rosemary and tarragon together in on tray, and put the sage and marjoram strips into a new tray for something transplants. After that, it was getting darker, so I watered, and went to the C4 garden to pick some greens for dinner.
While I have been taking it easy these days, David has been clearing the P orchard weeds. A significant portion of the weeds are gone from that area. The compost stack is taller than he is. Hopefully, with sufficient tilling and spraying, we can get control over the insects before I plant ground covers again.
Morning: I finished cleaning the 28 used trays, dried and put half of them away. I checked the eggplant, pepper, and tomatoes for worms, and they are still fairly infested despite spraying and picking them off. I picked more off and sprayed again. I made 2 liters of Safer caterpillar killer and sprayed again with that in a very good sprayer, so I would get good coverage.
Afternoon: Started preparing and planting trays. I did 4 trays:
Onion tray 105 pellets: 21 each of 3 onion, 2 chives
Lettuce tray 105 pellets: 21 each of 5 lettuce varieties
Greens tray 105 pellets: 21 each of mustard greens, pak choi, komastuma, america spinach and bloomsdale spinach
Brassica tray 112 pellets: 14 each of 3 kales, 2 broccolis, and 3 cauliflowers
Then, I continued transplanting the voodoo sedum into a tray of 32 peat strip pots with 4 seedlings per tray.
I reseeded a few of the older tray cells, and gave up on sage and marjoram. I put the rosemary and tarragon together in on tray, and put the sage and marjoram strips into a new tray for something transplants. After that, it was getting darker, so I watered, and went to the C4 garden to pick some greens for dinner.
While I have been taking it easy these days, David has been clearing the P orchard weeds. A significant portion of the weeds are gone from that area. The compost stack is taller than he is. Hopefully, with sufficient tilling and spraying, we can get control over the insects before I plant ground covers again.