Root development along buried stem?

[orangehero]

It says "The advantages of transferring plants into the field with an undisturbed root system have been repeatedly and very clearly shown."

So you grow your seedling to 1-2 inches, then transplant to garden or full container?

[huntsman]

Think I missed that bit....

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by orangehero

It says "The advantages of transferring plants into the field with an undisturbed root system have been repeatedly and very clearly shown."

So you grow your seedling to 1-2 inches, then transplant to garden or full container?

The small initial transplants are then replanted in plastic units that have 6 cells each, about 2 X 2 inches/cell, and those units all fit into a standard nursery tray. Then they're grown on inside until about 6-9 inches tall, then transplanted outside, whether to a field, a larger container of at least 12 gal although determinates will do OK in 5 gal ones most of the time. In recent years I've been growing my few plants here at home and using 12 gal white gro bags with handles, but that's b'c I fell in Dec of 2004 and have had to use a walker since then and ALL my gardening is now done by someone else.

I send the seeds to a friend in VA who grows my plants for me and ships them to me and I send the same seeds to another friend here in NYS who does almost ALL of my seed production for me, those seeds used for my SSE listings as well as my annual seed offer here at Tville. Now I can only raise about 30 varieties here at home and with help I do set up some fermentations for seed processing.

I used to raise about 500-800 plants each year with maybe 150-200 different varieties.

That's the way I did it and that's the way that all my commercial friends do it as well.

[orangehero]

Thank you, and another thanks for your response to my GW inquiry about late blight being on peppers a little while ago.

Would it then not be recommended to transplant more times than that? I was planning to start in early/mid March on paper towel --> 2.25 in. square plastic pots under lights --> 12 oz plastic cups --> ~1 gal plastic pots --> out in the garden for Memorial Day weekend in Zone 6a Central Connecticut.