Growing Broccoli - Transplanting into six packs
Tips, Tricks
Transplanted 3 varieties of Broccoli. Varieties are DeCicco, Premium Crop, and Summer Purple. Seed was planted 1/11/12
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driving in baltimore sucks
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I came here for the broccoli seedlings and I have to say you're pretty informative! You also seem like a nice person! Good on you!
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You should only handle seedlings by their first leaves, the seed leaves, and never by their stems. I find the seedlings untangle much easier when the soil is moist but not wet. Your soil was too dry and the roots clung together. Water lubricates the roots so they slide apart with much less root damage. Another technique is to drop the mass of seedlings on its side several times to break up the rootball without tearing it apart. This is how the pros in the green houses do it.
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It is perlite
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I'm just curious. What is that white thing on your soil?
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Keep an eye on your plants and make sure they do not get root bound in what you are growing them in. Both should be in the garden already. They are cool weather crop and once it gets hot they may go to seed.
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The liquid seaweed starts out as a concentrate, then I take 4 tablespoons and add it to a gallon of water. Some have different dilution rates. The grow lights are on for 12 hours. Thanks for your interest, Laura.
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Hey Scott. Just wondering what your seaweed mix is watered down at all? And do you leave your grow lights on 24/7?
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I am In Maryland zone 7a
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what state are you in and whats your zone
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Thank you for the kind comments, bev
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Hi, This is a wonderful, informative video. I really appreciate how you explain things as you do them. Where do you get the liquid seaweed? Never heard of it. Thanks
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@SteveHarpster Thanks Steve
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@nanmol123 Thanks fro your kind comments. That is what so cool about You Tube. Watching other people gardening and learning different way of doing things. I enjoy watching the videos. I got an idea for another guy's video and I will be doing some of my gardening the way he was doing it. That will be a later video. I went heavy on the seeds because the first planting failed. I didn't expect all them germinating lol
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@MIgardener I seeded the pots heavy, because of the first batch not coming up at all. I was a little concerned I wouldn't have enough, germinating . When I make up the 6 packs, I do have some back ups built in. I need 14 out the 18, I transplanted. If they all grow, they will not go to waste. I'll plant them somewhere else or give them away. My camcorder is a Cannon Vixia HG20. I really like the camcorder, but the editing software that came with it sucks. I don't use it.
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I was one of the seed-per-cell guys so this year I'm going to sow seeds in pots and select the best. A quick calculation indicates I will probably use 1/3 - 1/4 of the compost I normally need.
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great video
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Thanks for showing another way of doing things. I especially like that you tell us why. Looks like a good way to approach starting your garden from seed if you have limited space too. I was surprised by the number of seeds planted vs. how many plants you kept. I'd think if they weren't so crowded to start, more would have had better growth.
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