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Resources Tagged: Seedlings

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  1. Smoked Rice Hulls as Planting Medium for Seedlings

    2000-09-20 A planting mix for seedlings must promote good growth andprovide sufficient nutrients, water and air to the plant roots. Ordinary rice hulls make a poor material for this purpose, but smoked rice hull is an excellent one. The benefits of smoked rice hull are: it provides a bacteria and...
    Seedlings Nursery Potting Mix

  2. Alternative Germination Mixes for Starting Transplants

    2010-01-20 We at ECHO are sometimes asked what we recommend for a germination medium in situations where seeds or seedlings need to be started in pots or plastic sacks before going out to the field. This past summer, we conducted a trial at ECHO to make and evaluate potting mixes that could serve as...
    Potting Mix Germination Rice Hulls Zea mays Seedlings Seeds

  3. Transplanting vegetable seedlings

    After a vegetable farmer has produced quality seedlings, it’s time to plant them in the field or screenhouse. In this video produced by the World Vegetable Center for the VINESA project, researcherAgatha Aloyceexplains simple steps farmers can follow, such as making ridges for planting, using the...
    Seedlings Transplanting East Africa

  4. Producing quality seedlings

    To maximize their investment in quality seed, it’s important for small-scale vegetable farmers to learn how to raise healthy seedlings. In this video produced by the World Vegetable Center for the VINESA project, researcherAgatha Aloyceexplains simple steps farmers can follow, such as making and...
    Seedlings