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Re: planting and transplanting

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At 06:00 PM 3/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
>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?

Depends on the plant and the timing.  I do the same as you with my tomatoes 
and peppers:  Why not, since I intend to let them get up to 6" then plant 
them out, and I only plant about 4 plants each.

But flats are helpful if you are doing more plants, since they take less 
space.  Makes watering easier too.  Some plants take the multiple 
transplant better than others.  (See Jeavon's book for a good list of which 
plants can take the flat to pot to garden.) I'm actually trying something 
new this year to save even more space: Mel's suggestion of "pre-sprouting" 
seeds then putting them right in the garen.

jk


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