garden:cultivate:tasks:propagate:potting
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+ | ===== Potting ===== | ||
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+ | After the seedlings in a small tray or six-pack have their true leaves, I move them individually either to soil in a garden or to larger cells or pots. While some seedlings are ready to transplant to the soil (for example, onions, spinach or chard), most require potting so that their root systems can develop. | ||
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+ | ==== Directly to garden ==== | ||
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+ | I transplant smaller plants such as spinach, chard, parsley, even cabbages directly to garden soil, assuming it's ready and a suitable time, and they are hardened off. It takes planning to get these seeds ready when the soil is ready, so in the spring this applies to plants that tolerate cooler temperatures. | ||
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+ | ==== Potting medium ==== | ||
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+ | When I move the seedlings from the small flats and six-packs to larger containers I put a mixture of seeding mix, worm castings and [[garden: | ||
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+ | ^ Seeding mix | ||
+ | | 1 cubic foot (7.5 gallons) | ||
+ | | 4 gallons | ||
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+ | ==== Transferring to pots ==== | ||
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+ | I transfer as much of the original root system and seeding mix as possible to the new pot or cell. | ||
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+ | ==== Irrigation ==== | ||
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+ | Then I irrigate the newly potted plants with a water and about 2% liquid kelp fertilizer (2 tablespoons liquid kelp in one gallon of water. On subsequent irrigation I include a similar amount of fish fertilizer with the liquid kelp. | ||
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+ | As with germination I fill a 10" x 20" tray with the nutrient mix and sit the pots into the tray. This waters the roots first and then the rest of the potting medium. | ||
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+ | ==== Hardening off ==== | ||
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+ | A neighbor offered a 400W metal halide lamp and I took it, adding a third station for plants that I'm preparing for transplanting. The color temperature of this light hastens growth. | ||
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+ | A 400-Watt metal halide grow light also warms this area, though only for about 10 hours a day. | ||
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+ | There' | ||