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Gordonmull
Acre
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Grangemouth. On clay, becoming clay loam...slowly
60 cell modules
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May 03, 2012, 21:37:39 »
Hi folks
Quick one with this. Picked up 5 of these for free. Any use for a veg grower? They look a little cramped to me.
Cheers
Gord
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cambourne7
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Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: 60 cell modules
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May 03, 2012, 21:46:26 »
wow free sounds good.
I think they are used to start things off in greenhouses
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Gordonmull
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Grangemouth. On clay, becoming clay loam...slowly
Re: 60 cell modules
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May 03, 2012, 22:05:54 »
Oh yes! :D And enough 40 cell inserts plus trays to get me fully stocked up, some brand new. Happy days!
I've been using the 40 cell ones but the 60's look really cramped.
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chriscross1966
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Re: 60 cell modules
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May 04, 2012, 07:13:28 »
60's can be useful for things like starting individual plants off where germination might be a bit uncertain and they're smallish seedlings.... I've used them before for onions a a lot of seeds through a propagator too....and self-saved tomato seeds, it can be a useful way of getting, but they'll need potting on quickly
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cambourne7
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Re: 60 cell modules
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May 04, 2012, 09:03:00 »
brilliant
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Squashman
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Re: 60 cell modules
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May 04, 2012, 19:16:58 »
My plug trays take 308 (14 x 22 x 25cm plugs) they are made of hard plastic and I have been using them since the mid eighties. I start all my beetroot, turnip, swede and most of my brassica's in them. never had a problem
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Gordonmull
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Grangemouth. On clay, becoming clay loam...slowly
Re: 60 cell modules
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May 06, 2012, 17:19:18 »
Ah, I never thought of onions. That will save some windowsill and cold frame space next year!
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Alex133
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
Re: 60 cell modules
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May 08, 2012, 12:53:38 »
I find it really hard to get the seedlings out without damaging them but maybe I'm not using the right technique - pushing a stick up the hole in the base?
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Gordonmull
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Grangemouth. On clay, becoming clay loam...slowly
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May 09, 2012, 01:27:32 »
I put two eating forks (cutlery) down opposite sides of a 40, pinch gently and lift. With a bit of practice I've found i can now just pluck a cell out one handed and pop it where I want it. 60's don't look like they fit even the smallest eating forks, but I think plastic picnic forks might be just the very dab.
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Squashman
Half Acre
Posts: 125
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May 09, 2012, 19:13:37 »
I use the blunt end of a round pencil, keep meaning to line the base holes up on a large sheet of ply and cut round stubs to correspond, apply them to the ply. Then in theory I should be able to ease all the plugs out.
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Russell
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Posts: 127
Re: 60 cell modules
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May 09, 2012, 22:42:21 »
It's a two-stage process, much quicker to perform than describe.
Move 1: with three fingers and a thumb gently squeeze the corners of the module from below.
Move 2: stuff little finger up the hole in the middle.
Out she comes every time.
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