How do I transplant seedlings?
- Should I plant seeds or seedlings?
- How should I space my plants?
- Can I grow crops vertically?
- How do I make a marker?
- How do I plant seeds in soil-beds?
- How do I transplant seedlings?
After marking the soil-beds, make holes at each mark. It’s best if you make the holes right at the time of transplanting.
The holes should be deep enough and large enough to accommodate the root-ball and plant stem without crowding.
Tips
Water the seedling plants heavily just prior to actual transplanting. Wet soil on the root-ball keeps it from falling apart (crumbling) when it is taken out of the pot.
To transplant:
Step 1: Take Plant in Hand Take a young plant in hand. Slip the plant stem between the index and middle fingers.
Step 2: Turn Pot Keep the fingers in place and turn the pot upside down. Tap the bottom of the pot with the free hand. If the root ball is wet it slips easily from the pot.
Step 3: Make Hole Hold the plant by a mark in the soil-bed, and with your free hand make a hole large enough to accommodate the roots.
Step 4: Place Plant in Hole Turn the plant right side up while lowering the roots into the hole.
Step 5: Position Plant Set the plant deep, down to the crown (the top part of the plant), but do not plant the crown below the soil level in the soil-bed. Dirt falling on the crown will kill the plant.
Step 6: Fill the Hole After the plant is set properly in the hole, pull loose soil around the plant to fill the hole. Filling the hole with soil around the plant should take just one movement of the hand. Do not pack the soil around the plant.
Step 7: Repeat Procedure Repeat the transplanting procedures and plant one plant at each mark
Step 8: Apply Fertilizer After a soil-bed is planted, apply 8 ounces (1 cup) ammonium nitrate (34-0-0) fertilizer in a narrow band between the rows.
Step 9: Water Water promptly, thoroughly soaking the soil-bed to dissolve the granular fertilizer and keep the plants from wilting.
Step 10: Start Regular Fertilizing Schedule Apply the regular application of Weekly-Feed Fertilizer 3 days after transplanting. You will learn how to do this in Fertilizing.
Garden Genius
Calculate how much ammonium nitrate you will need when transplanting your plants (Allow 1 cup per 30-foot bed) or have The Garden Wizard figure it for you.
Ammonium nitrate
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Tip of the Day
It's Fall and time to prepare your soil for winter! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, October, November, and and early December are the time you need to be cleaning up your garden and preparing it for next spring's planting. You can even plant hardy garlic, which will overvegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.
The freeze/tha-winter and get an early spring start. Before snow covers your garden mae sure all old materials are either removed from the garden, or if they are clean of weed seeds and disease, till them into your soil-beds. Also, when it's not too muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly in the Fall helps keep the weeds from getting a big head start on you before you can get into the garden in the spring, and is very important.
If you grew a Mittleider garden this year, your beds will benefit from tilling or digging. You can apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area now, then till them in, or wait until early spring. Either way after tilling place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.
Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!
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