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Old 03/15/14, 06:46 PM
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Large Salad Spinner

Recommendations for a salad spinner that's larger than what is sold in stores. I see some 5 gallon ones, but they are $100 which is fine if that's the going rate. Thanks!

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Old 03/15/14, 06:56 PM
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When I used to harvest 30 pounds twice a week for market,
I had a washing machine set up in the greenhouse and would use the spin cycle
to get the water off the leaves.
It worked wonderfully.
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When I used to harvest 30 pounds twice a week for market,
I had a washing machine set up in the greenhouse and would use the spin cycle
to get the water off the leaves.
It worked wonderfully.
I've seen this done too! I visited a couple who raise and sell at a farmers market and they was busily washing lettuce and then they placed it in a washer they had set up and spinned it for a little while. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I had never thought of that. But then, I had never harvested that amount of lettuce before either.
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I believe Johnny's Selected Seeds has 5 gallon or even larger spinners. Up to 10, iirc. I was going to get one a number of years ago. Look in their catalogue, at the back portion, or their website. The spinners were orange colored, that I saw.
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We have the Dynamic 5 gal and it has been worth every penny. I think $100 is the going rate, we bought ours 6 years ago and it was $75 then.
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