shown here.When transplanting, it is important to handle the
seedlings gently and to touch them as little as possible.
Plants do not like their bodies to be handled, though
they do like to have human companionship and to have
dead leaves removed from their stems. You should hold
them only by the tips of their leaves (if the plant must be
touched) or by the soil around their roots. If you have
grown the seedlings in a at, use a hand fork to gently
separate a 4-inch-square section of soil and plants from
the rest. Using the fork, gently lift that section from the
at and place it on the ground. Then carefully pull away
1 plant at a time from the section for transplanting. If it
is particularly dry, hot, or windy, place the section on a
wet towel. Always keep as much soil around the roots as
possible when transplanting.
Note: Seedlings are transplanted when they are 2 to 3 inches high except for those
marked “LG” in columns H and L of the Master Charts beginning on this page. The
LG seedlings are transplanted when they are 6 to 9 inches high.If the seedling has been grown in a pot, turn the pot
upside down, letting the plant stem pass between your
second and third 9ngers, and tap 9rmly on the bottom of
the pot with your other hand. Or tap the lip of the pot
on something solid.
In all cases, if the plants are root-bound (the roots
being so tightly grown together from having been kept in