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how long?

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Norberto, I'm as antsy as yourself, but I'd wait awhile. I don't know if I 
saw this on TV or read it, but someone showed how transplanting tomatoes 
into a larger pot (several times) before actually setting out into the 
garden strengthened the stalks, and the plants actually outproduced those 
that were just plunked from 6 paks into the garden.
The plants that were transplanted several times had very large stems as 
opposed to those 'brothers' who were planted directly. All started from the 
same source. You might try the experiment yourself. Trans a couple now at 
the first true leaves, and again when they get a good growth and see if 
those actually do make a difference in the final health and plant yield.
Peppers and eggplant and basil don't make roots along the stemline so this 
only works on tomatoes. You can direct seed basil, so it probably will be 
ok planted out. Don't look for much growth until the soil actually truly 
warms up though.
martha (tx) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5505/index.html


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