Some plants, such as spinach, are cool-season crops, which means that they should be planted before outdoor temperatures get too warm. Others, like tomatoes and peppers, are warm-season crops and will be weakened by too-cool temperatures. The temperature of the soil is important, too! Check our local Planting Calendar , which lists when to transplant each type of vegetable based on your local frost dates.
Keep an eye on local weather forecasts as you prepare for transplanting. If a serious cold snap is imminent, hold off on transplanting until temperatures are more agreeable. This will help you plan in future years! If possible, transplant on a warm, overcast day in the early morning. This gives the plants a chance to settle into the soil without being instantly exposed to the intense midday sun.
After you transplant, keep the soil bed moist, never allowing it to dry out. Water gently with a watering can at the soil level NOT from above. Until the plants are well estalished, water often enough usually about once a day so that the soil surface never dries out, but remains constantly moist.
Check out this video to learn how to take your seedlings from potting tray to garden plot, step by step. Now that your young plants are in the ground, learn about their care for the rest of the season! Find more information on planting. From selecting the right gardening spot to choosing the best vegetables to watering the right way, our Almanac gardening experts are excited to teach gardening to everyone.
My dad taught me that a small "tent" made of leafy twigs helps shade tender seedlings and protect from harsh, drying winds.
Leave the twigs in place about a week. Gives them a chance to get adapted to the soil and put their roots in. I use this method for tomato, pepper, sweet potato and other transplants. Then move to a larger pot after the small pot shows roots at the bottom.
Some plants are exceptions - if they resent disturbance or are root crops like carrots where the main root needs to be left undisturbed. My max for a seedling is a 4" pot, then usually to ground or final destination. In your case if you are going to have several plants in a Large pot, I would direct sow and thin to desired spacing, unless the large pot needs to be outside and you want to sow inside etc.
What a great post! So many people are dipping their toes into Veg gardening and seed starting pots. Best pumpkins and squash we ever had came when the seeds hadn't germinated in their little pots, so in disgust I took them out to an area we call No Man's Land and just dumped the lot.
Some plants will grow taller than others and that will affect how much light the others get. You might wonder why we would go to the trouble of repotting seedlings at all? Why not just give them some fertilizer , or better yet, start them in a larger container to begin with? This allows you to have more control over the temperature and moisture in the seed starting container.
You can dose your plants with some fertilizer but that will stimulate growth. Transplanting seedlings is quite easy to do. You simply need a new container and some potting mix. We recommend a container that is twice as big as what they are in now and a high quality potting mix like Fox Farm Ocean Forest. Maize, melons, squashes, and many other semi-hardy plants benefit from this.
You can also buy planted seedlings from a nursery and transplant them into the soil. The nursery will tell you how to space the seedlings in the bed. Plant when rain is forecast.
Step 2 Remove the seedling gently from the seedling tray and ensure that as much soil as possible is still attached to the roots. With larger or more delicate plants such as tomatoes or sweetcorn, keep a ball of soil on the roots and very carefully put the plant into a small hole dug with a trowel. Step 3 Transplant the seedlings gently, with their roots spread naturally as they were before. I often start plants like kale, chard and corn in containers and plant them out when the soils warm up.
I tend to grow about half my hollyhocks in containers and direct sow the rest. For information and tips on transplanting and growing plants from seed read these links:.
Tips for Growing and Transplanting Seedlings. How to Transplant Seedlings. How to Grow Greens from Seed. My last food garden was where the growing season was long and hot over 2 decades ago…maybe again someday?
Thanks, David! Sounds dreamy. Though I do find that a shorter season forces us to be creative and look to varieties we might not otherwise try — many of which are real treasures. Best of luck and happy gardening. Thank you, Nicky! Would love to see photos as your garden grows — please load to the Pass The Pistil Facebook page if you have a second. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
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