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Potted on Cucumbers, Peppers and Tomatoes

Posted on 19. Apr, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot, Plan Your Veg Garden

Today I was mostly potting on Cucumbers (marketmore), Sweet Peppers (romano mixed) and Tomato (unknown) – could either be Golden Sunrise or Green Zebra but I forgot to label it so its pot luck what I have!

How to Pot on Seedlings

Tools Required:

• Shuttle Trays with 9cm pots, (I bought mine from Poundstretcher/Instore for £1.99 per tray) or similar,
• Multi-purpose compost
• Sieve,
• Dibber and Widger,
• Watering Can,
• Plant Labels and Pen.

Method:

1. Fill the 9cm pots with multi-purpose compost (sieving if necessary),
2. Lightly water the compost ready so it is ready for transplanting seedlings,
3. Use the dibber the make a hole in the centre of the pot of compost,
4. Use the widger or alternatively a pencil to gently ease out your seedling from the seed or cell tray, use your fingers to gently hold the leaves to transplant it and do not the hold the delicate stem,
5. Put the seedling’s roots in the hole in the compost and back fill the rest of the hole with the compost surrounding the seedling. Gently firm the seedling into the pot. Add a sprinkling of compost if needed to the top of the pot,
6. Label and water well and place pots/tray back into mini greenhouse until frost has passed.

Here’s how you pot on your seedlings (these are tomato’s but it is the same method for cucumbers and peppers):

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