Stagger Seed Starting

Some weather events, such as hail and wind, can’t be stopped. For those instances, we always have some spare plants in reserve just in case earlier plantings are taken out by bad weather. Proptek trays make having large numbers of plants in a small space easy and cost effective, as two trays can cover 200 or more plants and take up just a few square feet of space.

Since some plants are quick growers and we were running short on row cover and totes and buckets to use for mass, we let a few quick-growing plants to their chances, such as cucumbers. All of these, even in our tunnel, suffered swift death.