0:00Hi guys, Jonathan here with Farmers Friend and we're at Bountiful Blessings Farm with my brother Caleb and we're going to be showing you guys some some

0:08tricks that they use for rapidly planting Salenova. Uh they do thousands of heads of Salenova each year in quick

0:17plant fabric. They've just prepped this field plot, laid down the fabric. So Caleb, what are the tricks of the trade that you guys have developed to do this really efficiently and quickly? Yeah.

0:28So, we're planting into the landscape fabric and these beds have been prepped.

0:32So, we just put out the landscape fabric. Then, we'll water it to make sure that the soil is really moist.

0:38That's a key a key point, especially when you're using the dibbler, which is also very nice when you're using the 200

0:44cell plug trays. So, this dibbler is Yeah, this is a a custom farmer's friend prototype, but this product will be

0:52available pretty soon. the the key with this, you know, it it makes the the perfect size hole for the the little 200

1:00blocks uh plug trays. Um but also, you might wonder why is it in a drill? And the reality is if you just poke it in the ground, uh the the soil will kind of

1:09stick to it and then you won't get a nice clean hole. But when it's actually rotating on that drill, um it it kind of

1:16makes I don't know, just polishes the edges of the hole, I guess you could say, and it Yeah. makes it so collapse

1:24back in. And then the little shoulder on here makes it to where you can just punch it into the ground and not have to worry about getting it just the right

1:32depth. And again, that's just made specifically for that size plug. Yeah,

1:38exactly. Okay. Well, I can go ahead and start dibbling here. So,

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2:03So, it's a quick process. Um, also we did experiment with like an extended reach to where you could be standing up,

2:11but the challenge with that was although it is easier on your back, it took so much longer um because of having to kind

2:18of aim the the thing being down closer is just much more precise and and rapid.

2:23So yeah. Yeah. So once we dibble, we have our plug trays. Um, one key is we'll drop them. So just like from two

2:31feet or whatever, if you just drop it on the ground, that will help loosen the plugs so that they slide out very easily. Um instead of, you know, it

2:40loosens them from the side walls of the plug tray. And so then we'll just plant using both hands. And you can fit about

2:47we'll do about four at a time. So you're just picking them up like this and holding them in your palms. And then you're just going and then just shifting

2:55them forward and sticking them in the ground. And they really don't have to be babyed. They can just be shoved into the

3:03ground. So, you're shoving it right in the little uh drilled hole, I guess you'd say. Yep. And how how quickly can

3:11one person plant a 50 foot bed here? And I guess let's think about this. You've got

3:18500 500 540 plugs per row bed. And you can do that in 10 minutes, I would say,

3:27pretty easily if it if it's already drilled. Um, the dibbling will take about three minutes per bed. Yeah. And then this Salenova will be ready to

3:36harvest in four weeks. Four weeks. Y at a couple dollars per head. Yeah. I mean,

3:42so 12 $13 a pound. Yeah. So this is why you guys grow so much. It's a cash crop.

3:50Uh they have a a dialed in system,

3:52overhead watering. Y and uh pretty much once you're done here, a little bit of shade you have to get it started. Uh we could show that down there, but um yeah,

4:02once it's planted, you really don't have to do anything until you harvest, right?

4:06Yeah, it's just super easy. Leave it and come back four weeks later and harvest.

4:11So awesome. Thank you, Caleb, for showing this. Yeah, for sure. If you guys want to learn more about these products, go to farmersfriend.com.

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