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SEED BREEDERS, GROWERS, AND MERCHANTS SINCE 1973
TIPS FROM JOHNNY’S
The Neversink Farm Zipper can be especially helpful for
finishing the rows where the Paperpot Transplanter is too
long to reach, as within the close quarters of a high
tunnel.
To finish off Paperpot beds:
1. Cut or tear enough chain to finish off the row.
2. Move the Paperpot Transplanter off to the side.
3. Dig remaining trench with the Zipper.
4. Lay your Paper Chain Pot seedlings in the trench to
the end of the bed.
5. “Zip” the furrow up around your seedlings so that the
soil is just up over the pots.
Watch our video to learn more about the Paperpot
Transplanter System:
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/videos/video-v146.html
For Transplanting Paper Chain Pots
1. Create a furrow by placing the furrow-opener into the soil the same way you
would for direct-seeding or standard plug-style transplants. Be sure to dig a
furrow along the complete length of the row you will be transplanting to
accommodate the string of Paper Chain Pots.
2. Remove the white paper strip from the end of the Paper Chain Pots and pull
a small length of seedlings from the tray at the beginning of your furrow.
Stake the first pot into the ground where you want your row to start, to keep it
in place once the paper chain pots are under tension.
3. Carefully lay the Paper Chain Pot seedlings along the bottom of the newly
dug furrow (see right).
4. Cut or tear the string of Paper Chain Pots so that the seedlings will
line up with the end of the row.
5. Turn Zipper over so the furrow-opener is face-down and outward, and
“zip” the soil back over the seedlings with the same drawing motion
used to create the furrow (see right). The soil should be slightly
mounded around the base of the seedlings, fully covering the Paper
Chain Pots. Be careful not to bury the seedlings.
07.16.2020 | JG, ms
