If you remember watching The Jeffersons sing with me…
Well we’re movin on up, to the east side.
To a deluxe peat pot in the sky.
Movin on up, to the east side.
We finally got a piece of the veggie pie.
It’s moving day for some of the seedlings. I moved some (not all) to larger pots. Peat pots. They also did not really move up the east side. When you make it big in my house and you are a plant I guess moving up to the south side window would be going big time.
The lettuce mix has now started to look more like a mix, changing color and leaf style.
The tomato plant in his new home. Though he is lonely now and probably a little scared this is really going to help him thrive.
When you are out on your own, living on the streets it forces you to toughen up. If he stayed in his tiny seed tray he would never learn to stand tall, grow and survive in a large environment.
Being he is headed out on his own I am currently teaching him a sleeper hold and knockout punch to the stem that hopefully he will never have to use. Better safe than sorry.
Good luck.
My leek are starting to look like little soldiers. If I was a plant I wouldn’t mess with these guys. In the seedling world these leek are like 10 feet tall. Monsters.
When I transplant a seedling all I do is take a spoon and remove everything in one scoop. That way the roots are not disturbed.
You can see one root hanging down trying to hold on to the tray. They don’t like to be moved. It is for their own good though, and must be done.
There ya go. Your new home.
I fill the new pot half full with with black garden soil. I then lay the transplant on top and fill around it with more of the soil. The seedlings can then choose when to send the roots down into the new environment instead of me forcing it so quickly.
Lettuce mix on the move.
There go the leeks.
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I only moved a quarter of the plants into larger pots. I want to see how they do before I move the rest. So, maybe next Saturday will be another moving day.
I have already scheduled the moving van.
It is amazing to watch the little seeds sprout, then become food for the dinner table. It looks like you have a great start for the season. Thanks for sharing.
I love those pictures.
I love your storylines .. so funny! Can just imagine a tiny little moving van, ha ha
Thanks. I always wonder what people think of my silliness.
I like your silliness too. I can just picture the tomato plant doing a sleeper hold.
You portray gardening in a fun way .. very interesting. Especially your observations of the seeds growing! And gardening is such an adventure!
I like how you regard your seedlings as more than just mere plants, but as characters. Very cute
I love baby seedlings close up!
Love reading your blog and looking at all the pictures. I have ordered my seeds and can’t wait to get started on my own garden!
Hi Paul. Your plants look great and I’m sure they will be happy in their new big pots. I am with questions again
if you don’t mind. Have you used any fertilizer when you transplant them? I’ve mixed in some manure in the soil and added a Miracle Grow. But there is something about this name that just doesn’t make me happy. I am thinking to buy Gaia Green Organic . Or maybe you can recommend something? Thank you.
Olga
I have not used fertilizer at this point. Just organic garden soil. The first leaves your plants get are not really leaves, they are part of the seed (cotyledons). You really shouldn’t begin fertilizing the seedlings until the first true leaves appear.
All of them already have their second sets of leaves. Except for peppers.
Then you can fertilize. Make sure you chose one high in phosphorus (the middle number) to help stimulate root growth.
Thanks, Paul
My leeks will go straight into the garden hopefully, once they are hardened off, they can take quite a bit of cold..I am dying to be able to sprinkle some lettuce seed into the garden too.. we have masses of plants on the windowsills i am almost at capacity!! Yours look so sweet, you are so gentle with them.. c
Aw yay they’re growing up =)
I love your commentary, so cute! I’ve got a bit of cilantro that has managed to grow under artificial light. I’m just starting to think about what to sow for planting out in warm weather.
I love your way of transforming something so normal as transplanting a seedling into helping your son survive in the real world! It produces in me a very beautiful emotion and a cute image of seedlings!
Thanks for liking my post. Great blog! Nice photos too…
Awesome photos and I love your writing style! We are doing some seedlings of our own – have you had any luck with onions?
I haven’t grown onions yet. Though I want to. Maybe next season. If you are, let me know how it goes and if you find any secrets along the way.
Looking good. I love how easy lettuce is to grow. Most people don’t really realize that. Congrats!!!
Lettuce is pretty easy. It was the first of my seeds to germinate too.
Wow! Amazing article. I am moving from an apartment to a house with room for a garden in April and I am very excited about getting started!
Your photography is excellent! My compliments! The spoon technique – so simple and yet so effective!
glad to “meet you”~ your pictures are fabulous. It is amazing to see the tiny sprouts. Mother Nature is the best!
I enjoyed the captions that cam ewith the photos! and I like your idea of using garden soil as well to help them acclimatise
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