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zelda_marie Mar 27, 2010

I didn't know what forum to put this in so I also put it in Beginner Vegetables and Beginner Flowers.

I have been starting herbs, veggies, i.e. peppers and tomatoes, and flowers from seed for the last couple of years with pretty good (but not good enough) success. I use Jiffy trays, with peat pellets with a dome cover and this year trying black plastic packs with 9 or 12 cells with a waterproof tray and a dome cover. Never knowing how many seeds will germinate, I usually put 3 or 4 in a cell/pellet. I can’t throw a plant out and the same holds true for seedlings … LOL. I split and transplant after they get 2 or 3 true set of leaves. It seems like I then transplant them 2 or 3 times (my thinking is that they can’t be in a pot that is too big) or put in 4 packs before I harden them off and they can go in the garden (or to a new home), Zone 4. This is getting to seem like more work than it should be.

I have noticed people mentioning that they “pot up their seedlings in solo cups”. I’m not familiar with this practice. Why solo cups and not plastic pots? What about drainage? When do you do this? Would Styrofoam cups work? When can I switch from seed starting formula to potting soil?

I would welcome any suggestions and advice. I need all the help I can get … LOL … too true!


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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Mar 27, 2010

You should only be transplanting once really, when they get the 2 sets of leaves but them in a 4X4 container(any kind) the next step would be putting them out in the garden.
There are people that make newspaper pots( I really need to start doing that) and that way you can just plant that right out and not transplant anything

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