I did some Goggling and found one new article and also the one that originally got me thinking about this.
I liked the idea about cutting and pushing 18" sections at a time. I might try pre-dividing my guttering every 18" with plastic film so I don't need to cut roots.
Or maybe run some lengths of plastic film under the soil every 2-3 feet so I could pull up on the film to loosen the soil from the guttering.
And right at this instant, I'm thinking "why leave the guttering longer than is easy for one person to carry? Ease of watering? Why not cut the 10' lengths into three lengths of 3'4" or four lengths of 2'6"?
The assembly-line-from-truck-bed with three workers might go faster with 10' lengths, but I'm starting to think that, for myself, "cheap, long narrow planters with open ends" might be just the ticket.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gar...
>> standing at a table, you can sow carefully and space evenly. ... . Because I can do the thinning with the plants still in the gutters, it saves kneeling down or bending.
>> They germinated quickly and consistently in
the warmth of my polytunnel and were transplanted outside without a hiccup.
We were eating sugar snaps six weeks ahead of any previous year.
>> you will need two people, one at either end. ... slide the seedlings from the guttering into the U-shaped trench,
pushing lengths about 45cm (18in) long at a time . Slide one section in, then push the next forward to the mouth of the pipe, and so on.
http://www.nwedible.com/2011/0...
This author cuts the 10 foot, $7 guttering into
4 foot lengths and one 2-foot length, to fit her seed-starting space.
No drainage holes, just limited watering! Push them into the garden three weeks after sowing. Tilted and jerked the whole 4-foot length, but the pea roots resisted.
