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December 14, 2009 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Connecticut
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It says "The advantages of transferring plants into the field with an undisturbed root system have been repeatedly and very clearly shown."
So you grow your seedling to 1-2 inches, then transplant to garden or full container? |
December 14, 2009 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa - GrowZone 9
Posts: 595
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Think I missed that bit....
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December 14, 2009 | #18 | |
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
Posts: 21,169
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I send the seeds to a friend in VA who grows my plants for me and ships them to me and I send the same seeds to another friend here in NYS who does almost ALL of my seed production for me, those seeds used for my SSE listings as well as my annual seed offer here at Tville. Now I can only raise about 30 varieties here at home and with help I do set up some fermentations for seed processing. I used to raise about 500-800 plants each year with maybe 150-200 different varieties. That's the way I did it and that's the way that all my commercial friends do it as well.
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December 14, 2009 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Connecticut
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Thank you, and another thanks for your response to my GW inquiry about late blight being on peppers a little while ago.
Would it then not be recommended to transplant more times than that? I was planning to start in early/mid March on paper towel --> 2.25 in. square plastic pots under lights --> 12 oz plastic cups --> ~1 gal plastic pots --> out in the garden for Memorial Day weekend in Zone 6a Central Connecticut. |
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