![]() ![]() It takes me not much more than an hour to do the transplanting, including the watering in with a fogging nozzle.Īfter a few weeks in the cell packs, they'll be ready to transplant into the flower beds or my larger patio containers. I prefer to use larger cells, somewhere in the three inch range (18 to 24 plants per filled liner tray). I use a sharpened pencil to replace the automated dibblers (hole punchers) used in the greenhouses. The holes need to be pre-drilled in advance, too. I'll prepare my cell packs ahead of time, filling with a coarser soilless mix than I'll use for germination and water thoroughly. If grown properly with high light and cool ambient temperature, in a light and loose soilless medium, and transplanted early early seedlings will separate very easily without ripping any roots. The reason I've gone into all of this is to dispel the myth that seedlings are incredibly fragile.doomed to a high percentage of loss during the transplanting from tiny seedling to larger cell pack. Two seedling flats will be transplanted into around thirty plant filled trays. This is how we were taught in college, how it was done in the large greenhouse ranges we visited, and the greenhouses in which I worked! I adopted that method to my own home, where instead of growing hundreds of thousands of plants in a season, I'm happy with a few hundred! I only use two flats for my germination needs.which means that that's all I have to heat. How many seeds per flat depends upon the size of the seeds but anywhere from 2-3 hundred. I sow them thickly in straight rows, several different varieties or colors of the same variety, with a labeled marker separating them from each other. I have always germinated my seeds in a plastic flat, the kind that the plastic cell packs come in. then i realized it was always a week after a major repotting project. to figure why all my cuticles cracked this time of year. so you might want to were some gloves if you have delicate skin. but peat based products will severely dry out your hands. i would get a dollar store alum turkey pan. add 50% of the peat on one side, the bottom. but you can do better for the seedling stage. This post was edited by ken_adrian on Fri, Feb 14, 14 at 11:14 default to simply cutting out a few of the plants. but avoids the nightmare of an impossible to untangle root mass. wondering what you were thinking when you decided you needed 50. gently massage it to get the old media off it. i might suggest 6 oz solo cups with slices out of the bottom edge. ![]() Have the new pots/containers all set to go. ![]()
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