

Transplanting Tips
• Be sure that the plants “harden off.” During the plants’ last week indoors, lower temperatures a bit, withhold fertilizer, and water less often.
• For the last 7 to 10 days, bring seedlings outdoors for increasing periods each day, first placing them in dappled shade, protected from winds, and then gradually moving them into full sun and wind.
• Do not leave outside if there is danger of frost. Our frost date is May 15... so keep an eye on the weather
• When buying transplants at a nursery, choose stocky plants with deep-green foliage. You’ll need to harden off these transplants, too.
• Ideally, the transplants that you grow or buy are in individual containers so that you do not disturb the roots of neighboring seedlings when you remove each plant.
Good info thanks.
ReplyDeleteYup. Here's another thing I do in my typically dry and windy area. I save up large, sturdy PET plastic containers (like big V-8 bottles, salad mix boxes) that will fit over my transplants. Cut off bottoms and tops of containers so you've created a mini greenhouse (with an open top so plants don't overheat). I carefully put these around my baby peppers, tomatoes, cukes, squash, etc. for the first week after transplanting.
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