Today’s video explores the principles and methods I follow when it comes to transplanting seedlings in the vegetable garden. It is the process I have been following for many growing seasons that results in fantastic harvests. Transplanting should never be a complicated process and I hope you find this tutorial useful.
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Introduction 0:00
Seedling size? 0:13
Last Frost Date 0:55
Hardening Off 1:33
Pre-Watering 3:00
Ground prep 4:03
Row spacing 4:38
Planting Pattern 5:10
Transplanting Demonstration 5:44
Grow more seedlings than needed 9:08
Closing words 10:14
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Love your vids mate! Brilliant stuff! Couldn't do without!
I'm trying a direct seed garden this year, even tho it's been cold I have had alot of success already and I'm in the north of the uk. (Thank God its dry and cold and not wet!)
Enjoying your channel! Do you have a book? Would like to order from you. Thanks!
Thank you Huw!
Great tips! Tysm!
Isn’t the hardening off process also helpful in making sure the young plants don’t get burned by sudden full exposure to the sun?
I think it is pretty cute when (2:30) he has the new seedling talking to him.
Thank you Huw, I love watching your very instructive videos, I grew some peas this year in a guttering, taken inspiration from your video last year. The trouble was, my husband said they would look very good in his allotment, so that's where have ended up. I didn't mind, I was so chuffed to show everyone how these peas grew, and they were a lot more ahead than those who have sown direct into their allotments. Jenny
Thank I really enjoy watching your programs. They have been really helpful as am trying grow own veg and fruit as have garden now.
Woah, watching some of your first videos compared to this one. Mate you have come along way! Massive improvement, love it!
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I live in southwest Florida. We have no frost dates. Everything is direct sow. 90 percent of all vlogs endure snow.
A dibber has saved me so much time in planting!
So much garden wisdom in one video! Thank you for sharing the golden nuggets! 😀
Loving the 'non Hollywood' approach and delivery.
Like a breath of fresh air.
QUESTION – In your early videos you used hay and grass mulch on your beds, but I don't see that now. Why did you stop mulching?
i like to let cell tray dry out overnight for planting out next day, as easier to remove the starts with root ball and mix intact.
doesnt sound right about diagonal orientation allowing almost double seedlings into ground, if spacing is same. check your math/geometry 😉
Just a warning, Huw starts his seedings in a grow tunnel so they are used to bright sun, if your seedlings have been indoors for a while bringing them out into bright sunlight might burn them, so you might still want to consider hardening off.
I used to work at a fruit and vegetable farm, and we raised all our starts from seed in the greenhouse. Our version of hardening off was moving the plants from a warm, fairly well sealed up greenhouse to a more open, breezy greenhouse. Honestly I couldn't tell much difference that it made. Now when planting on my own farm, I just pick a day to transplant that isn't terribly windy/cold/hot, and my plants do just fine straight out of the greenhouse.
bravo and thank you for the detailed explanation for beginners in gardening !
Great tip to have some extra seedlings in case you need a replacement. However do you keep those extra plants in those containers shown or pot them up, and where should I store them if I don’t have a greenhouse?
Hi Huw, how can I make a plant juice out of something else, because I don't have Nettles?
Not bothering with hardening off?
It will die in Australia
Using plastic to help grow squash should be a no-go these days, Huw – ever heard of micro-plastic? Squash grows just as welll without plastic covers.
Huw "leave enough space for a hoe to pass through" Richards 😀
Thank you so very much for creating this video. I have your book, but watching your video gives me confidence that I can do this.
How do I avoid my transplants flowering soon after flowering
What do you do when the beds are full?