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Great advice! You're a wonderful teacher and I appreciate your videos. Thanks!
Starting seeds indoors for the first time this year, and good grief, is there a lot to learn! 😣 Just have to keep telling myself it’s okay to be a beginner and make mistakes! Thanks for the info!
I’ve actually noticed my plants thank me a lot more when I transplant as soon as I see roots peaking through. I do usually separate my seedlings rather than cutting them so I’ve noticed this helps them not get as shocked. I think you guys should try all the ways! There’s no 1 specific way gardening is supposed to be done!🌿🫶🏼
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I haven't had issues transplanting early. I don't even see roots & move into larger pots, especially for peppers & tomatoes. I use myco bliss when transplanting. Maybe that is the key.
PS a flathead screw driver awesome tool to pull seedlings out of the plug trays.
Thanks I learned something new ❤😃
Very informative thank you. From what I’m hearing here, no wonder my pepper plants didn’t do well a couple years ago. I transplanted to early. They never grew one bit after I put them in the ground. I knew I was a little early but didn’t realize that’s probably why they didn’t grow.
Awesome info, Luke!!
Would you suggest clear seedling trays?
Is it possible to transplant directly outdoors if last frost date has passed?
I did exactly that, transplanted some of my tomatoe plants way too early and they are now just not doing anything. Thank goodness I have time and started a bunch more. Will now wait till some of the things you talked about I see. Thanks for the info.
It really depends on the seed starting medium. If you use only coconut coir, then your seedlings will need to be either up-potted to a grow medium with compost in it or be given a little liquid fertilizer after the first set of true leaves appear. The seed has only enough nutrients to produce the first pair of true leaves.
I wish I would have seen this before I up potted all my plants last week and put majority of them in shock & died lol. 🤣 First year seed starting in TX.
Wish I would've known this a week ago. Live and learn. Thanks for the helpful information.
Just took some house started seedlings out to the greenhouse only to realize I need to pull some cold hardy plants out of there to make space for spring seed sowing. The radishes are bolting and the celery is a bush! 😂
We always use dibbers to remove the plants from the plug tray. Makes the hole in the new pot as well! And just overall makes life easier.
I shared with a couple garden groups here in Texas
Hi Luke, Great tips except for the name drop of Bob Iger. Maybe you should do some homework on him. He’s not a good person.
I grow everything in 3" square pots as 18 fits 1it 1020 tray and with 4 trays of tomatoes and 3 of peppers transplanting would be so much work. i can last until they go outside in these pots and so ony one pot… i do this method every year and never have any issues…
Luke, why are you yanking those little seedlings out holding their stem anyway? I never hold plants by their stem. I slide a dull butter knife or something similar down the side of the cell and slide the plug out intact. If I had the type of cells that have the large hole in the bottom, I would just put my little finger up in there and push it out, but I don't have those. I have clear plastic cells so I can see when the roots are doing the circle the bottom thing, and I transplant into larger pots then, I have never had a problem. But if I tried to pull them up like you did, the majority would probably break off. But if I left them all rootbound in the bottom, that would not be good for them at all.
When you up-pot, what kind of soil do you use? Reg potting mix or seed starting mix?
I was really hoping for something concrete like, “Up pot all plants in exactly 2 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours and 37 minutes!” 😂😂😂
Thank you! God bless you!
I've been sharing all of your videos with my daughter.
…….Bob Iger?
Luke, the 5 weeks you mentioned, is that 5 weeks after you seeded or 5 weeks after germination?
P.S. I baby my seedlings by using a popsicle stick to help pop them out of their seed trays.
Thanks so much!!
Thankyou!!!!!!!!!!
😂winter sowed in milkjugs today …tomatoes, onion seeds, and lettuce. Wait and see what happens. Cucumbers, chards and tomatoes planted in early Feb are growing in milkjugs. We are in zone 6. Have a fun time gardening everyone.
🤦♀️ I tried to transplant to soon. Now i know why the dirt fell away from the roots. They're hanging on for dear life! It doesn’t look good. 😢
Thank you Luke
Bob Iger the Disney CEO is your moms friend? thats pretty cool. if i was that rich id have such an awesome farm lol, id bring in so many dumptrucks of compost my soil would be 20 ft deep haha.
These no it alls flip flop constantly. Have some integrity.
I mean how is it that a guy teaching people how to grow garden variety plants kills any of them? Is this really what content has come down to?