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Old April 7, 2011   #9
JoeP
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Originally Posted by carolyn137 View Post
And I don't pot up either. I do one transplant from the seedling trays when they're about 1- 2 inches tall and transplat to plastic cells about 2 X 2 inches, 32 cells to a standard nursery tray and grow them on to that 6-9 inch size. Of course if the weather is bad when it's time to set them out they may get a tad bigger.

And yes, they may be a bit rootbouond but that's what I want. When you pot up the root system is much more fragile and likely to break apart when setting inground or in containers. But rootbound plants don't do that and ASAP set out new roots inground, where I want them to be.
Carolyn,

So when I transplant I should not break apart the roots (rootball/rootplug)of rootbound transplants? Just leave them alone - from 2" pot to ground with as little disturbance as possible?

Thanks,
Joe

EDIT - I see that you posted a reply while I was typing my post.....Timing.
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