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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 16, 2012 16:22:03 GMT -5
Plug Tray PLU 050S This tray is not worth the powder to blow it to Kingdom Come. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 16, 2012 16:23:09 GMT -5
Looks like this from the top. I believe I got these from Green house supply, where they say "Rigid enough to use without a tray" Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 16, 2012 16:24:38 GMT -5
Rigid enough if they are NOT full of soil and plants, then they flex and break. A complete waste of money, so I will use them till they are dead. I normally stack one on top another just to make sure they don't flex in the middle. Attachments:
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Post by steev on Mar 16, 2012 18:08:05 GMT -5
Those are generally used with a secondary tray, such as six-paks come in. I think the price is right when they're free. They're really single-use items for big nurseries.
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Post by raymondo on Mar 16, 2012 23:30:13 GMT -5
I like the 40 cell Hiko tray. This one has mustard spinach (variety Tendergreen) germinating in it. Attachments:
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Post by templeton on Mar 17, 2012 7:34:24 GMT -5
I've just sown my parsnip trials into those Ray. Got a couple for free with a plant purchase a few years ago and ran out of forestry tubes. I've used them in the past, but had trouble extracting the plugs whole. Gotta get the mix just right, and the root development right too (...and what, Raymondo posting a pic?  )...  T |
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 17, 2012 14:34:58 GMT -5
plantway.com/pages/products.htmlThis is my favorite tray. It's indestructible and recyclable. Of course, I'll be 90 before this one wears out. This is a 200 tray, watermelon, tomatoes, squash, I have 2 of these, and they just about take care of all the curcuribits I need to plant. I also use these for cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. I also use them for flowers. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 17, 2012 14:51:32 GMT -5
2 trays of broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage translates into exactly 4 50' rows planed. Of course, 1/2 the cabbage was Chinese Cabbage, so we plant those a little closer. As soon as the onions are ready to transplant. They are in my favorite styrofoam trays, I'll put them in the middle of these rows. This will save a lot of work later on, as the brassica's will be done and the onions will hold on to the beds till June? If the cabbage is done quick enough, I'll plant peppers there. The right trays really make a difference in my field frustration level. With these I let them dry off for a day and poke the plants out of the bottom with a pencil. Leo lays them out as I dislodge and then we both plant, or sometimes he dislodges and places and I plant. I'm closer to the ground than Leo! Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 17, 2012 22:40:19 GMT -5
www.etsy.com/search?includes[]=tags&q=wood+seed+traysThis guy makes really cool cedar trays, unfortunately not in my budget. We had about 10 of these and used to use them to start seeds in and then put potatoes in them to sell at the farmer's market. I think NOFA sells one similar to this in their bulk annual sale. If I was handy, I'd make these. They were really quite useful.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 18, 2012 5:57:35 GMT -5
I use the 200 cell speedling tray. They are similar to Holly's favorite tray but made of polystyrene instead of polyethylene. My mentors used them so we use them. They last a long time (12 years+ if you keep them out of the direct sunlight and away from F@#$*ng chickens!) My chickens found a couple trays I was going to empty last year and ate huge holes in them, the must like the texture of the foam. I hope they gave the mink bloat.
We use a homemade popper to pop the whole tray at once. Right now I'm building another popper because the first one wasn't made of heavy duty enough plywood and it delaminated on me. When its finished I'll get a pic Holly, I'd bet you could rig up an identical thing for your trays if you can pop them out with a pencil. 200 at once beats one at a time all to pieces.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 19, 2012 9:49:45 GMT -5
200 cell Speedling tray.  |
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 19, 2012 20:29:54 GMT -5
Those Hiko cells look sturdy though 200 plants per tray heh? Tempting. I plant some stuff quite early so I have to transplant at least once. I've been thinking of trying soil blockers but can't be bothered putting in the investment yet.
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 19, 2012 20:33:32 GMT -5
Wood-n-stake: I use cardboard boxes commonly, unpainted, well watered and moved seldom - moving makes them not as useful... They work just fine. Stick them on a drip tray to hold more water. Heck, you can close the sides if needed too! Then they get composted.
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Post by nathan125 on Mar 20, 2012 20:56:39 GMT -5
plastic trays are not worth a shit imo. they are shoddy and flimsy.
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