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Friday, May 13, 2022
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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The "tray-pot" method, while not yet perfected, seems to be the way to go, especially when the weather is far from summery. The expected benefits of a shallow root system do seem to be noticeable... namely the plants respond to fertilizer faster and better, with less watterlogging of the root zone.
With the gallon pots, the roots deeper than 5 or 6 inches seem to be useless this time of year... if not for cold then for lack of oxygen. Next year I need to forget the gallon pots and do everything in the seed trays. My initial experiments this year suggest there are no issues or drawbacks, except the shallow soil/ root system can dry out too much if rainfall is blocked by the plastic covers for an extended period. So some sprinkling with a watering can or a quick flood-irrigation from a 5 gallon bucket easily fixes that. Theres plenty of time for the roots to grow downward, when my soil is only 12" deep, its not like they need some kind of head start or something... They'll get there.
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