RE: [CH] spacing for plants
Fawcett, Steve (steve.fawcett@eds.com)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:17:48 -0500
....and I thought I had cool toys!
From: Jim Campbell [SMTP:jim@wildpepper.com]
Sent: Thu February 4, 1999 9:26 AM
To: rbfarr@erols.com
Cc: Chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: Re: [CH] spacing for plants
It used to be by hand! One guys walks with a butane torch touching
little holes into the plastic, two guys behind him with spoons, and
two
behind them with plants, and a supervisor (my landlord). Use to get
about 5,000 per 12 hour day planted. I have sinced purchased a
mechanical tow-behind. Pretty slick- it knocks a hole in the
plastic,
puts in 8 oz of root starter, and makes the hole. Two people sit on
it
like a tobacco planter and shove plants down into the hole & cover
back
with soil. In rough ground your fingers bleed after about the first
2
hours. You have about 4 seconds between plucking plants from the
tray
in which to get the plant in the ground & covered. I can now plant
1,000 per hour. It will take about a day & a half to get this
years'
crop in the ground.