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Old April 18, 2018   #5
Labradors2
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I love to root things in water so that I can check on the progress. Word is that roots formed in water are different to those formed in soil and that it's not the best thing to do, but I've never had any trouble with plants transitioning from water to soil. Tomatoes are really easy to root!

The exception to the above was when I bought a two-pack of rooted lettuce, grown hydroponically. It turned out to be several plants which were very root-bound in their tiny little pots. I dumped each clump into a pot of soil and shocked them immensely, so that I figured they wouldn't even survive. I had some die off, but 2 weeks later, they seem to be doing really well and I now have some cut-and-come-again lettuce growing on my kitchen windowsill .

Linda
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