How To Transplant

The time has finally come to start planting! Thanks to Jennilin Alcain and Pukalani Plant Company, we will be transplanting our first crops this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Here's some quick and helpful tips from The Organic Gardeners Handbook by Frank Tozer.

• Make the planting hole deep enough so there is plenty of space for all the roots to spread out, without any of them folding over on themselves.
• When planting out from flats, pick up each individual by the root ball or leaves (they are replaceable), never by the stem (it isn't).
  
• The seedling should be planted a couple of inches deeper than it was in the container, right up to its first true leaves. If a plant is only planted as deep as the cotyledons, the stem often kinks and turns woody, which slows down nutrient intake.
• After planting you will close up the hole, leaving a slight depression for watering. If you don't make the hold deep enough, you will be tempted to make this depression by compacting the soil.
• For hungry plants like Tomatoes and Eggplants, amend the holes individually with (organic) fertilizer.

I'm so excited, I can't wait to get started. Here we grow! - Stacey Casco