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Establish planting using transplants

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•<strong>Establish</strong> <strong>planting</strong> <strong>using</strong> <strong>transplants</strong><br />

•Avoid producing spindly plants (What causes this?)<br />

•Harden off the <strong>transplants</strong> for about 2 weeks (How?)<br />

•Plants should be 6-7 weeks old when placed in the<br />

garden (after danger of frost)<br />

•Plant seedlings deep so they are well covered by the soil<br />

(roots will be produced along the buried stem)<br />

•With peat pot <strong>transplants</strong> – tear one side of the pot to<br />

encourage root growth

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