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Post by daylilydude on Apr 11, 2018 4:23:10 GMT -5
to the ground? I know most of us pot-up at least 1 time before going into the garden, but I was wondering if you have certain ones that go straight from seedling tray to garden without the potting up step?
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Post by octave1 on Apr 11, 2018 7:35:15 GMT -5
Yes. In the past I often found myself with too many tomato plants started, and not all of them got potted up. So that bunch would be left behind, but several times those were the ones that ended up transplanted if the first round of seedlings did not make it (one time cutworms ate all of my transplants).
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Post by shelleybean on Apr 11, 2018 7:41:10 GMT -5
I do pot up once the seedlings get their true leaves. Causes a nice little growth spurt before they move outside.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 11, 2018 7:54:18 GMT -5
I always pot up my own seedlings but I also purchase cabbage and cauliflower from a local greenhouse and they are in small cell pots. I do not pot them up but I do harden them off and then plant them directly into the garden. They look incredibly tiny in the ground but always do fine.
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Post by guruofgardens on Apr 11, 2018 8:27:55 GMT -5
I usually plant multiple seeds in each pot so they have to be divided and transplanted. Some times I even double plant the seedlings at the end of the run, then have to repot those. I don’t usually purchase seedlings, but like brownrexx, I would not repot the ones from the store.
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Post by september on Apr 11, 2018 9:08:20 GMT -5
No, I have to start seeds when the ground is frozen and covered with snow. Everything I start has been probably transplanted twice before it goes into the ground. My growing season is too short not to up-pot things to keep them in good condition. Some may be transplanted three times. It's the only way I can get long season tomatoes. Putting them all in larger pots to start with, is not an option because I have too many plants and not all that much room, so they get up-potted on a case by case basis.
I guess the exceptions would be lettuce seedlings or herbs which usually go out directly from the germination trays.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 11, 2018 9:16:21 GMT -5
I don't repot the purchased seedlings, either.
Actually, I do only the bare minimum of potting up anyway. Mostly it is peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants that get up-potted because it takes them so long to get to transplant size. But for plants that can be safely transplanted when small I often sow directly in a cell big enough to take them to transplant size.
Also, there are some vegetables that I normally direct-sow but sometimes want to give a head start to. Sometimes I give a head start just because I can. For example, when know one crop is 2-3 weeks from finishing, I may start the successor crop in order to have seedlings to set out when the garden spot is free.
Another example is fall peas. Fall peas are iffy here because sometimes the window between hot weather and frosts is too short. (The fall frosts don't typically kill the plants, but can kill the blossoms and young pods so there's no harvest.) If I can sow the peas indoors 2-3 weeks early, while I am still waiting for the weather to cool down, that head start can make the difference between getting a harvest or not.
Since in both these cases the seedlings are only being kept in seed cells for a few weeks, I just start them in the cell they'll stay in until transplant.
I am sure there are other examples, but those two stick out in my mind.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 11, 2018 9:42:26 GMT -5
The only ones that I repot are the ones that I start very early - long season peppers usually, and they will be large by the time they go out. But if I repotted everything, I wouldn't have room under all of my lights for those larger plants in larger pots. I often disassemble one of my hydroponics tubs so those few plants can go under those lights (will be done as soon as basils start producing outside, so no great loss). I guess you could say that what I do with peppers is repotting them, but they are just starting when I move them.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 11, 2018 16:03:11 GMT -5
I direct seed Beans, Peas, squash/pumpkins, lettuce, spinach, Summer Savoury and Garlic of course. Tomatoes, Peppers, Basil, cabbage, broccoli all are transplanted to larger pots at least once before finding their permanent garden spots.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Apr 11, 2018 16:20:51 GMT -5
The only plants that I start indoors are, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants. I do start sweet potato shoots indoors but they aren't seeds. At one time, I started cucumbers inside but found no significant difference in time to harvest.
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Post by spacecase0 on Apr 11, 2018 18:51:36 GMT -5
it never occurred to me to replant from a seed tray into a larger pot. if I start in a seed tray, it gets put in the ground next.
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