Use these tips on how to harden off seedlings to minimize transplant shock and get stronger plants.
Tomatoes are a classic summer staple and the taste of homegrown tomatoes outshines any store-bought ones. Growing them from seed also opens up the potential to grow a much wider variety of tomatoes ...
Starting seeds indoors is a smart way to get a head start on spring gardening. But after weeks of ensuring your seedlings have enough water and sunlight to thrive, the last thing you want is for them ...
When your plants are wilted, discolored, or droopy after potting them up or placing in a garden bed, you're likely dealing with transplant shock. This common plant problem can affect houseplants, ...
DENVER — It drives me nuts to see commercials where people pretending to garden pull plants out of their pots by the stems. This is wrong and can potentially damage the stems at the point where they ...
Welcome to the Super Bowl of gardening! When spring hits, the garden is ready and so are we. There’s so much to be done and we have so much pent-up energy that it’s easy to find the motivation to ...
Wondering when to transplant lettuce seedlings outdoors? Want to know when to transplant brassicas and tomatoes? Read on for some simple tips. Most of the spring transplanting is done around my garden ...
Buying seedlings can be a useful shortcut when it comes to many plants, however, for some species, seedlings are more trouble ...
Yesterday I spent a pleasant several hours transplanting 72 tomatoes and peppers from cell packs to 3 1/2-inch-square plastic pots. I'd started these plants five weeks ago and they'd grown enough to ...