Whether you grew your own transplants from seedlings or purchased transplants, the next step is the actual planting. Learn how to transplant seedlings so that they may continue to grow and produce a bountiful harvest.
Before Planting
Watch and learn how to care for your Seed Savers Exchange transplants when they arrive.
Planting Transplants
When the soil temperatures reach 50-70 degrees and the danger of frost has passed, you are in the clear to plant your transplants outdoors.
While you may be eager to start digging in the garden soil, transplants need time to acclimate to the outdoor elements through a process called hardening off. This vital process gradually exposes seedlings to natural elements in order to ease them into the outdoor environment.
Set the transplants outdoors in a sheltered area (like by a fence, under a tree, or alongside a building), protecting them from intense sun and wind. Gradually expose them to more sunlight and less shelter, allowing them to acclimate to the natural elements. Increase the amount of time plants spend outdoors each day as well.
Our transplants come in peat pots and you can directly sow them into your garden. Plant the seedling into loose soil that is full of organic matter, whether it’s in well composted soil in the ground or in a container, filled with nutritive potting mix. (Note that tomatoes need large containers.)
Remove the bottom of the peat pot and dig a hole deep enough to completely cover the rim (with the exception of tomatoes, which can be planted deeper).
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Whether you grew your own transplants from seedlings or purchased transplants, the next step is the actual planting. Learn how to transplant seedlings so that they may continue to grow and produce a bountiful harvest.
Before Planting
Watch and learn how to care for your Seed Savers Exchange transplants when they arrive.
Planting Transplants
When the soil temperatures reach 50-70 degrees and the danger of frost has passed, you are in the clear to plant your transplants outdoors.
While you may be eager to start digging in the garden soil, transplants need time to acclimate to the outdoor elements through a process called hardening off. This vital process gradually exposes seedlings to natural elements in order to ease them into the outdoor environment.
Set the transplants outdoors in a sheltered area (like by a fence, under a tree, or alongside a building), protecting them from intense sun and wind. Gradually expose them to more sunlight and less shelter, allowing them to acclimate to the natural elements. Increase the amount of time plants spend outdoors each day as well.
Our transplants come in peat pots and you can directly sow them into your garden. Plant the seedling into loose soil that is full of organic matter, whether it’s in well composted soil in the ground or in a container, filled with nutritive potting mix. (Note that tomatoes need large containers.)
Remove the bottom of the peat pot and dig a hole deep enough to completely cover the rim (with the exception of tomatoes, which can be planted deeper).
