Definitive answer on large seedlings!

Salaam · February 19, 2021

So many years of novice gardening and I have yet to reach a definitive conclusion on whether the larger the seedling the earlier the harvest. Some local seedling sellers always carry large four or five foot seedlings in large pots promising an earlier harvest. I've occasionally bought one, but I'm not sure I got much of an earlier harvest. My understanding is that the weather cycle including transplant shock is the factor that works against a large seedling producing early. Everything being equal. Is it possible to get a significant early harvest without a greenhouse or something to increase the temperature?

Discussion?

February 19, 2021	#1
Salaam Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 128	Definitive answer on large seedlings! So many years of novice gardening and I have yet to reach a definitive conclusion on whether the larger the seedling the earlier the harvest. Some local seedling sellers always carry large four or five foot seedlings in large pots promising an earlier harvest. I've occasionally bought one, but I'm not sure I got much of an earlier harvest. My understanding is that the weather cycle including transplant shock is the factor that works against a large seedling producing early. Everything being equal. Is it possible to get a significant early harvest without a greenhouse or something to increase the temperature? Discussion?