This is our "Fast seeder"
The plug flat is placed under a "roller" which makes small dents in the dirt. (small detail: don't keep your fingers under the roll!)
Then our flat moves further on a conveyer belt and will end up under a seed tray.
In this tray we place all the seeds we want to seed.
The system works like a vacuum cleaner.
Can you see the needles?
These needles will pick up 1 seed and will drop them in the small tubes.
Normally the seeds will then fall on our plug flats.
This is what a seeded flat will look like.
Then our seeded plug flat will continue its journey and will end up under a box that is filled with vermiculite. (when the grade 4 classes come to our greenhouse for their tour, we always have them pronounce it. It often leads to interesting new words)
The flats are covered with this medium, to maintain the moisture better.
ALMOST finished.
Our flat will move through the water tunnel. It is a fact that every one waters their plants differently. To avoid this, this water tunnel has several water bars and waters the flats nice and equally.
THEN our flats are ready to go to the germination room.
We place all the seeded flats on a cart and OFF THEY GO
To end our blog on a funny note, can you guess what plant this is?
We will give you a hint:
it can be smok'n when you use this plant !
As many of you, we look forward to a nice spring.
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