Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Transplanting and Direct Seeding

Unit 1.4 | 19

cell-grown seedling at transplant

maturity—note balance of roots

and shoots

Flat-grown seedling at transplant maturity—note

balance of roots and shoots

Proper transplanting depth

Appendix 3: Seedlings at Transplant Maturity,

Planting Depths

Appendix 3

illustrations by Cathy Genetti Reinhard; not to

scale

Improper transplanting depth