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Old October 16, 2011   #16
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Thanks Steve,

The ones in the white polystyrene trays are hybrids, they are basically for farmers, and it's cheaper for them this way.

While the ones in plastic pots (Upper left corner) if I remember correctly are Cherokee Purple and S.Marzano 3, it's better presentation for growers who visits our shop, and require a couple of seedlings only.

Last time I've checked, Black cherries were selling like hot muffins, even some farmers requested them in polystyrene trays
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Old October 18, 2011   #17
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Here is a page of Google Images pictures of what drill mount
paint stirrers look like:
http://www.google.com/search?q=drill...ed=0CHkQsAQ4Cg
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Old October 21, 2011   #18
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Thanks dice,

Sorry for the late reply, I have been a bit busy lately,
and it looks like finding the paint mixer drill bit harder than I thought, didn't find it yet, but got the buckets, so I got one of the three items.

Just wondering, in case I don't find the drill bit over here, is there is something else can be used instead ?
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Old October 23, 2011   #19
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How about an industrial size dough mixer or something like that?

All it really needs is some kind of flared mixing end and the other
end small enough to fit in a 3/8-inch or half-inch drill chuck. Think
of a mixer for frosting or cake mix or something like that, and you
have the general idea. You could ask at a bakery, there might be some
bakery supply outfit around that carries various implements like that.

Maybe a barbecue rotisserie accessory for holding meat up above the
heat for roasting? (You might need to cut off one end to get the part
that the meat sticks on down into the bottom of the bucket.)
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Old October 23, 2011   #20
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Oddball,

How many tomatoes are you fermenting? If you only have a bucketful, it is easy to just cut the tomatoes in half and squeeze out the seeds and gel into a fermenting container.

If you have a truckload of tomatoes to ferment check out this system:
http://www.avrdc.org/LC/tomato/hybrid/13extman.html

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Old October 23, 2011   #21
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dice:
You have some great ideas,
I guess buying a industrial size mixer will kill my budget
but, options 2, and 3 are more like it

Steve:
Well, it's currently just a bucketful,
so, I guess i will do it this way this time,
next time I will be using power-tools

And thanks for link,
That method will be very useful for a large quantities,
I will be keeping it, who knows I might need it someday
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