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Re: planting and transplanting

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> Its snowing outside, but it's spring in my basement under the stairs.  I
> just transplanted my tomato seedlings to homemade paper pots.  They look
> great so far!  Do the rest of you plant your seeds in flats and then
> transplant them to regular pots.  I've been thinking that is a waste of
> time.  Can I just plant my seed to their first pots, or am I missing
> something?  Is there some benefit?  Wouldn't I be able to avoid that first
> transplant shock?  I also started a new gardening venture:  Growing Worms
> in my basement to compost my kitchen waste and to use as fertilizer/compost
> for my plants.

I think it is a space/light/heat thing.  If you use warmth to help the 
seeds germinate you need less sq ft of heating pads/blankets/mats 
in order to get heat to all of your seeds if they are in trays.  Also it 
takes less light fixtures to supply light to the little seedlings while 
they are in trays.  Lastly, for tomatoes, they root on any part of the 
stem that is underground so the tradition is to transplant often and 
deeper each time to get a good root system, but don't try this with 
your other plants as they will just rot.


-Ron
menoldre@va.prestige.net


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