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7 Steps to Transplant Tomatoes Perfectly (#2 May Surprise You)
Hooray!
It's finally Memorial Day!
Here in Zone 5, we're so ready to transplant tomatoes!
And Friends, transplanting is deceptively simple. Doing it well is the difference between harvesting a bit and harvesting abundance.
Here is exactly how we transplant tomatoes, after years of trial and error, and I hope these keys surround you with great abundance!
First things first:
Timing is Everything
Friends, resist planting too early.
It's counter-intuitive in our short seasons to not plant warm-season plants like tomatoes as early as possible, but here's the thing: Young, healthy transplants yield greater abundance compared to older, stressed transplants. Every time.
Also, think of tomatoes, basil, peppers and other warm season crops as ‘cold-sensitive’ rather than ‘frost-sensitive.’
A pepper, for example, experiencing temps less than 55 F will cross her proverbial arms and pout for a few weeks (if not months) in protest of her apparent lack of...
8 Seeds to Direct Sow in the Cold
As robins flock, days warm and daffodils rise, our psyches itch sow seeds. That first delicious day in the 60s sends the shoes off my feet as I scramble to plant peas, spinach cilantro and those first, sweet radishes of the season. Truly, there are few finer feelings.
So Friends, I'm excited to share what I'm sowing directly in the ground ~6 weeks before final frost here in the Finger Lakes, Zone 5!
But first, two things about soil temperature and texture, everyone's favorite subject:
Before You Sow Seeds in the Soil This Spring...
...let's talk texture
If your soil is soupy, even a little, your seeds will likely rot. We typically direct sow and transplant into our raised beds and containers, which warm up and drain much more quickly than the garden soil, between two or three weeks before we plant into our gardens. Even light tillage of wet soils will compact and destroy your soil texture, sometimes taking years to recover.
How do you know if your soil is...
Rise & Shine: Starting Seeds with Ease ebook
Rise & Shine:
Starting Seeds with Ease ebook
We've been asked for years to demystify seed starting.
Rise & Shine finally shares everything you need to start seeds successfully at home with easy-to-follow instructions and insightful tips for the novice and experienced grower alike. For the cost of a few seed packets, purchase and download Rise & Shine here.
"I've grown Fruition's seeds and starts for years but I've never had much success starting seeds indoors. Rise and Shine brought growing plants back into our lives and my children have loved caring for our seedlings right on our dining room table."
-Jessica (age 36), mother of Zoe (9) and Tristan (6)
Everything we've learned from decades of seed starting, distilled into 25 pages:
Table of Contents
The Anatomy of a Seed
The Anatomy of a Seed Packet
Sowing Seeds Directly in Your Garden
If Cucurbits Could Talk
Direct Seeding Chart
5 Considerations for the ‘Think Outside the Row’ Gardener
15 Steps...
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