Whether you have a just a few tomatoes or hundred of plants to put in the garden, the Hatfield Transplanter makes planting faster, easier, and saves your back. The transplanter opens a 2" X 2" square hole from the standing position. It works with plugs from 72-cell flats and smaller transplants with larger canopies. There is also a depth stop. Lower edges can be sharpened to cut through plastic. The height of handles is adjustable which is great no matt...
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on Aug 27, 2008, 1:00AM
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Gardening books tell us the best time to plant is on a cool, calm, cloudy day. But when planting time arrives in Michigan, regardless of the weather, carpe diem is the cry.
Heat and wind are hard on plants, especially at planting time, but here are some techniques you can use to help get your pretties off to a great start. . . .
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on May 14, 2008, 2:31PM
Gail has been focused - I’d say “fixated†if that didn’t have a wrong sounding tone - on getting the seedlings transplanted by May 1. So yesterday I worked on basils and Nicotianas and thought about whether or not I have “the touch†(a.k.a. a green thumb). I used to work with a 70 year old Dutch gardener named Gerard who taught by nearly silent grumble and who definitely had the touch. I remember planting out bedding annuals with him and watching him knock salvias out of packs, open the roots with rips and tears and shove them one after another into the ground. The fascinating thing for me watching him was the delicate balance - his handling of the plants both wasn’t nearly as rough as it looked nor were the plants as fragile as I thought. . .
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on Apr 29, 2008, 4:11PM
Posted by Kris Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2008-04-30, 06:18:14
Kris of Blithewold fame asks the question, "Do you have 'the touch'?" - the green-thumb touch, that is. Are you able to deftly transplant a seedling with an accurate amount of force and pressure that firms its position in the soil and aids its eventual growth? Or, do they end up becoming snail-bait?
It's an intriguing question and one that I've not considered much - mainly because I've presumed that there is no other way. My 'touch' after all, is my touch. How can one change that. . .
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on Apr 29, 2008, 7:01PM
This was my garden work for today. I spent a pleasant hour in the backyard this evening transplanting several trays of peppers and tomato seedlings. They have all grown up well, with the exception of the last two rows of tomatoes. They fried in the sun today since the plastic cover didn't cover them properly. I lost all of my New Girl seedlings. Oh well....
I was transplanting the small tomatoes seedlings from the crowded seeded tray I started them in, into larger individual pots. The pots and trays of transplanted seedlings are all out in the yard now. Its gotten so warm! Wonderful. Today was close to 80 degrees F!
I think I'll cover these freshly transplanted seedlings tomorrow to protect against the bright sunlight. (Not quite sure how to do this yet... Lattice, row cover, both?) Plus I'll activate my sprinklers about 10 am to give good soaking prior to the heat.
Yay! The weather in this neck of the woods has finally broken. It's nice. And it looks as if it will be sticking around for a while.
I'm full of that excited feeling gardeners get when they can finally get their hands in the soil, and feet - and butt. The youngest planted a whole row of broccoli in the garden yesterday - on her butt. It's such a wonderful thing to know the soil is finally warm enough! :) It was fabulous to have her working in the dirt with me. She thinks it's no big deal, but to me, it's always the most joyful time with her I could ask for. . . .
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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2008-04-18, 06:03:27
It got done. Well, almost. :) The Spireas have a new home in a brand new bed. What should have taken only a few hours ended up being an all day event, what with having to come in at regular intervals to get out of the wind, warm up the hands, have a cuppa and pee breaks (what is it with the cold that makes me have to pee?). And it only got half done at that. Ahh, well. . . .
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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2008-04-14, 18:21:01
It’s been pretty raw outside for the past week but despite the wet and chilly conditions it’s an ideal time to get out and take care of a few transplanting tasks in the vegetable garden.
Sure, it’s not the most agreeable time for an organic gardener to be outdoors, but it is perfect weather for setting out hardy veggie transplants, relocating over wintered crops, or thinning direct seeded plants to give them additional space to grow and mature. . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Here is a hibiscus cutting and four Kalanchoes and three Aloe Veras are sharing a space. Probably not a good plan.
I have been gardening in this space where I live in Chacala for about eight or nine months now. It was hard for me to get started here. I had lots of plants from my old place. Still in pots. But I couldn't figure out how to plant them. How to arrange the gardening space. . . .
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Posted by Andee Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2007-12-05, 00:14:52
This is my new favorite flower of the week. It's the Cosmos Bright Lights that I grew from seed. Yay me! I love the vibrant orange color. I planted a whole pack of seeds but this is the only one that came up. And now, the bad news...
It turns out that the all the seeds I planted that actually bloomed were very random and what I ended up with is clusters of flowers, taller ones in front of shorter ones and bunches of stuff in some spots while other spots are just bare. This morning I decided to just start moving stuff to spread things out a bit and make it look more balanced. I moved this Cosmos, half of the white Cleome and the Rudbeckia Goldilocks that was being hidden behind the giant Zinna. . . .
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2007-08-28, 07:02:09
I enjoy reading articles like this piece on transplanting landscape plants in summer by Marie Iannotti. It's easy to remind readers of the rule that transplanting landscape plants should be...
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on Jul 20, 2007, 4:26AM
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The joy of growing annual plants is the hope that next season they might self-seed and give something back for all the attention you gave them. So, while you may be tempted to deadhead your annual flowers to encourage a repeat flourish, it does pay allowing a few plants to go to seed. . . .
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on Jul 2, 2007, 7:00PM
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I was back at the greenhouse at Rutgers Gardens for another Work Day transplanting plugs for the spring sales. Look at the difference in just one week:
And this is BEFORE we started our days' work. By the time we finished, we had filled an entire side of the greenhouse. And there are stil more plants waiting to be transplanted. . .
An urgent call for volunteers has gone out from Rutgers Gardens. The spring sales are rapidly approaching. Thousands of plants need to be transplanted into their sale containers. The Gardens obtains many of their sale plants from Kube Pak, a wholesale grower. Any trays, or plugs as they call them, that have poor germination or have had some of their plants removed to fill out orders resulting in partial trays are donated to the Gardens.
This is what the greenhouse looked like today after the latest run to Kube Pak:
Takoma Gardener's been gardening her ass off lately and thinking a lot about telling you about it but too damn busy to sit down and write. But today it's raining - sometimes a blessing for the gardening addict - and I have a chance to catch up a bit.
Now moving a plant doesn't seem complicated but jeez, I've seen some pretty bad technique used by beginners and nonbeginners alike, so I offer a tip or two. . . .
Great advice! -OR
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on Oct 17, 2006, 6:40PM
Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2006-10-18, 16:36:19
One of the movies on my "Favorite Movie List" is the Secret of NIMH. On the most basic level, the movie is about moving. The plow is coming and Mrs. Brisby must move her family to the lee of the stone or they will all be killed. Pretty basic premis, if you ask me.
Today, Mrs. Brisby and I are facing similar situations. I must move my gardening family or they will die. As a matter of fact, my
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on Oct 12, 2006, 11:35PM
Posted by Hanna Reblogged by Old Roses to transplanting on 2006-10-13, 15:57:54
So when is the best time to transplant peonies? Early Fall is the perfect time for transplanting peonies and it's a pretty straight-forward process. The first thing you'll want to do is cut the stems back to about 6 inches. Then dig up the root ball of your peonies. . . .
This is a great how-to! -OR
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on Oct 1, 2006, 2:04PM
Can you please share tips on pruning AND transplanting? Which should we do first? We have inherited an overgrown rose bush that hasn't been tended to for at least 6 years, AND we have NO gardening experience. I know that it is still living, but I don’t even know what would be considered killed wood or weak, let alone “crossing” wood! We are in a temperate area, mid-Delaware, so we’re coming up on time to prune, but I don’t know how far is safe to cut it back; I sure would like to handle this grand lady with well-deserved kid-glove treatment. (answer).
Fall is a wonderful time to transplant trees and shrubs that need to be moved to a new location. The cooler weather and chance of rain all woody plants...
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on Aug 27, 2006, 9:54PM
Today in Chacala. 82 degrees, sunny, alternating with a little bit of overcast,and a perfect breeze. Perfect day for transplanting and starting cuttings.
But first, I got sidetracked by Butcho, who is planting melon seeds(could be squash or cantalupe, don't know) between the rocks in the field next to the driveway. . . .
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on Jul 26, 2006, 3:03PM
Once we unloaded the car with the first trip’s worth of dirt, Steve rinsed off his arms and headed back toward Paul’s Discount. I lined up the pots along George’s fence, and then started transplanting herbs.
The sage went first, because it was easier–I had it in a shallow pot, so it didn’t really require any digging to free the plant. Clearly, by the size of the root network and the fact that it stretched sideways through much of the oblong chunk of soil, I should have repotted this one weeks ago. . . .
Well, despite the recent cool down, we only flirted with the 30s, so we didn't get any frost. Yippee! It's still going to be a bit cooler than normal, but that's better than overly warm.
I transplanted my lantana last night. . . .
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on Apr 28, 2006, 9:12AM
via Growing Wisdom - Dave Epstein on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Once we unloaded the car with the first trip’s worth of dirt, Steve rinsed off his arms and headed back toward Paul’s Discount. I lined up the pots along George’s fence, and then started transplanting herbs. 
