Courses / Outplanting

Course Content

Preparing to Outplant
Introduction Communicate with Your Hatchery Check Your Permits Install Your Growlines Choose Your Weather
Seed Spool Transfer
Transporting Seed Spools Receiving Spools Holding Spools on Your Farm
Day of Outplanting
Outplanting Tutorial Step-by-Step Guide Outplanting on a 5-Line Array Keep Good Records
Resources & Tools
Farm Operations Forum
Kelp Spool Quality Rating System
Download file
Outplant Tracking Farm Map
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Lesson 3 Day of Outplanting

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Outplanting Tutorial

When you leave the dock, make sure you have the right equipment on board for outplanting.

During outplanting, handle your seed string with care.
Essential Equipment for Outplanting

  • Fid

  • Vice grips

  • Knife

  • Seine twine, surgical wrap, and electrical tape

  • Waterproof paper and pencil

  • Growline buoys and lines

  • Seed spools

Use vice grips to hold the spool during outplanting.

During outplanting, your goal is to give the juvenile kelp on your seed string the best shot at maturing into a healthy, full kelp blade. As the seed string is coming off of the spool, pay attention to two things:

  1. Handle the seed gently. Minimize the time it’s exposed to the air, and try your best to keep the growline from rubbing against the boat or splashing hard back into the water.

  2. Look for tight, evenly-spaced wraps of seed string on the growline that ideally settle into the weft of the line.

Watch this video tutorial of outplanting a single-line array on the GreenWave farm.