Lots more transplanting

on Sun, 03/08/2015 - 23:02

I was able to pick up some more of the flats of larger seedling containers as well as more seedling soil, so I did a lot more transplanting today. My husband and sister helped me to clear the table, move the light and stand, and add the leaf to the table so that there was more room. That allowed me to have plenty of room for all of the plants.

With the exception of a few of them that were still pretty small, I transplanted all of the zucchini, squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers. There are a few that popped up later than the others and they just weren't ready for transplant yet. I also transplanted all of the tomatoes that had good sized true leaves.

Lots of transplants

One thing to know about transplanting tomatoes - it is good to bury them deep so that part of their stem is underground. This helps them to build a better root system, which in turn helps the plant to grow more. So these tomatoes you'll see are much shorter because I buried as much of the stem as I could. The plant will just grow taller and all the stem underground will become part of the root system.