Transplanting seedlings reduces yields?

ScottinAtlanta · November 8, 2011

transplant to inserts with about 2 inch plastic cells, 4 to one pack, 8 paks to the insert, so 32 plants and they're grown on from there to outside transplant size of about 6- 9 imches.

The more you pot up the larger the root system is and it's very fragile, so you get a lot of breakage.

Are my plants rootbound? Yes, and that's what I want them to be so that when planted they take off ASAP and have always grown well.

I adopted some of my methods from a close friend who is a commercial grower and I would sow seeds at home, drive the nursery trays to his place, put them in the seed house, and when 1-2 inches tall transplant them as I mentioned above.

This brief explanation is the clearest yet on this Forum - many many thanks, Carolyn.

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November 8, 2011	#16
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	transplant to inserts with about 2 inch plastic cells, 4 to one pack, 8 paks to the insert, so 32 plants and they're grown on from there to outside transplant size of about 6- 9 imches. The more you pot up the larger the root system is and it's very fragile, so you get a lot of breakage. Are my plants rootbound? Yes, and that's what I want them to be so that when planted they take off ASAP and have always grown well. I adopted some of my methods from a close friend who is a commercial grower and I would sow seeds at home, drive the nursery trays to his place, put them in the seed house, and when 1-2 inches tall transplant them as I mentioned above. This brief explanation is the clearest yet on this Forum - many many thanks, Carolyn.