Yes it is a transplanted only crop. Nowadays the plants are grown in greenhouses. They are grown from seed in the Styrofoam trays you see in the picture from seed. There are different cell sizes for trays, but we have 288 cell trays which would be 288 plants per tray if everyone germinated. We have a machine that places potting soil into the tray then 1 seed is placed onto the soil. Prior to seeding the trays have to be washed and steamed to sterilize them from any prior crop disease issues. Greenhouse seeding takes place between now and by Valentines day depending on weather forecast. Once seeded, the trays are placed into the houses in float beds and float on water and a fertlizer mixture. They are self watered by floating like this. They remain in the greenhouses until transplant time which occurs normally around April 15th ish, usually our last good frost. Until then, once they reach 1.5 inches tall, they have to be mowed with a mower usually every other day to increase a good stem diameter and hardiness. This will also keep them a uniform hight for a regular transplant depth. In the meantime of all of this, fields have to be prepared for tillage and fumigation prior to the plants being transplanted. I'll post a picture of seeding when we start probably late next week. We're still getting the houses prepped for seeding.
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