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When to Transplant Seedlings Outdoors. Timing your indoor planting schedule to perfection is the first step. But seeds started indoors will eventually need to be transplanted outside into your garden.
Transplanting has a variety of applications, including: Extending the growing season by starting plants indoors, before outdoor conditions are favorable; Protecting young plants from diseases and pests until they are sufficiently established; Avoiding germination problems by setting out seedlings instead of direct seeding.
Place the bulbs in the soil with the pointed sides up, making sure to plant each bulb close together. Cover small bulbs with a 1/2-inch of soil and larger bulbs up to their tips. Water the bulbs well.
Seedlings (plugs) [20] [21] [22] and cuttings (young plants) are shipped to the production greenhouse from specialized propagation greenhouse businesses. The young plants are hand transplanted but mechanized transplanting is on the horizon. Drip irrigation is standard for large pots and hanging baskets.
The importance of using disease-free seed and/or transplants is highlighted by the fact that "as few as three infected seeds in 10,000 (0.03%) can cause black rot epidemics in a field." [6] In transplant beds, an initial infection level of 0.5% can rise to 65% in just three weeks. [2]
Kale has certainly become a vegetable du jour, especially among superfoods, but now there may not be enough seeds to sustain the global demand for the trendy, There Might Be A Shortage of This ...
The cultivar group acephala also includes curly kale and collard greens, which are extremely similar genetically. The term is also used more loosely to refer to thinnings and trimmed-off leaves of other types of Brassica, including turnip and swede leaves, surplus thinned out young cabbage plants and leaves from cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.
At a major farm in Melbourne, Australia, Deborah and Darren Corrigan planted 1,500 kale seeds a few years ago. Now they plant 150,000 kale seedlings each week. Now they plant 150,000 kale ...