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This weekend was busy in Greenhouse #2 in Zebulon, NC. We worked like an assembly line. The first “workstation” is shown here, where the sheets of “inserts” were dropped into the trays to make them easy to handle and move. Each tray holds 12 inserts with 4 “cells” each, for a total of 48. The remaining case was handled smoothly Saturday and Sunday.
Kids putting Inserts into the Trays
Once the trays were loaded with inserts, they went to the next workstation where they were filled 1/3 with a soil mix. The mix was partly a peat-plus mix with some organic garden soil and bit of perlite.
Dirt in the Inserts, Full Trays Ready to Plant
Just as an aside, sometimes when you are planting lots and lots, things can get a little monotonous. Below is what happened when one of the helpers at the third workstation (label making) wasn’t concentrating very well on her task. 
When You Do Not Concentrate
Don’t see it? All the labels say “Hales Best Tomatoes”, yet the seed packets clearly were for “Hales Best Cantaloupe”!
Trays moved to the fourth workstation had their labels and were about 1/3 full of the soil mix. At this final workstation, seeds were planted and more soil placed over the seeds. Some seeds, mostly small ones, were covered lightly. Larger seeds such as watermelon or pea were covered more heavily.
Plants Ready To Grow
At this point on Monday morning, thousands upon thousands of seeds sit waiting and germinating inside the moistened soil.
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As an aside, Thank yous go to Wendy and Mark G. for their donations of trays, inserts, and soil mix. Thanks also to AJ, Riley, Nadia, and others who worked this weekend on the planting. A great, great Thank you to Hartford Greenhouse of Hartford, Ohio for donating cases of inserts, trays, and thousands of labels!
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