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Category: Transplanting

Category: Transplanting

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April 23, 2012

How To Harden Plants Before Transplanting

Before transplanting plant sprouts to your garden you will need to harden them if they were in your house or a very sheltered area to start with. You can do this a number of ways. Set them outside for a few hours increasing every day until they can stay outdoors all day and over night. […]

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March 14, 2012

A Word About Germination

I just wanted to mention a few things about starting your seeds outdoors in the garden this early. As I have mentioned before, if you have hoop houses you can start your seeds outside this early. Especially with this nice weather we are having! There is something to keep in mind though – Most seeds […]

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August 24, 2011

Free Tomato Plants!

I have several tomato plants that I need to get rid of. I dug them out of my vegetable garden last night to create some space between my existing tomato plants. There is one pear tomato plant, the rest are standard tomato plants. They are ALL producing tomatoes (green still). They have been raised organic, […]

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February 9, 2011

A Great Book

I have a new favorite book! I think I have mentioned it before but it deserves another mention. Month-By-Month Gardening in Minnesota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By, Melinda Myers. ISBN-13: 978-1-59186-253-6 ISBN-10:1-59186-253-1 Suggested Retail is $24.99 and worth a LOT more than that! Here are just a few of my favorite features: It covers every type of plant, veggie […]

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June 1, 2010

Petunias From Seed

I started some petunias from seed this year and I learned a lot about them! They are picky little things! They need the soil to be very very warm to germinate. So a seed tray warming pad is essential. I thought that most of mine were duds until they sat outside in a 90 degree […]

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May 30, 2010

Transplanting the seedlings :)

So I was able to harden the seedlings successfully! Normally that’s when I kill things. Generally I forget about them and then they die from over exposure. This time I was meticulous about how much time they were out each day and brought them in properly. The only thing that happened was a little sunburn […]

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April 3, 2010

Potting Soil and other things :)

So, I have discovered a few things about potting soil, and seed starting soil etc… that I want to share with you! Seed starting soil: Already has fertilizer in it! Unless your soil is over 6+ months old do NOT use a fertilizer when you water! Seed starting mix has a lot of Peat Moss […]

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