essenceofeclectic
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I currently live in southern Georgia; the gardening zone is 8. However I'll be moving in the near future, and where I'll be living then has a gardening zone of 9 or 10.
I'd like to start a vegetable garden. I would start by just growing vegetables from seed and then transplanting them. My questions are what size pots should transplants be started in? Peat pots, I assume? I also heard that when seedlings have their first set of true leaves they should be transplanted. Roughly how long does this normally take to occur? When they're ready to be transplanted to a bigger pot, what size pot should I transfer them to? After they've outgrown that pot, should they be hardened off and then transplanted outside, or to a bigger pot?
Most seed packets I have say to start plants indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost date. I assume that you don't keep the seedlings you start from seed in the peat pots the entire 6-8 weeks? How long should they stay in peat pots (how many weeks) before they should be transplanted to a bigger pot?
I could really use clarification with this. Also I've heard some vegetables just don't transplant well. Can vegetables that don't transplant still be started in pots and then transplanted outside or should they should they just be planted where they'll grow permanently? If they can be grown in pots and then transplanted, I assume they should be in a bigger pot and stay there until they're ready to be transplanted. What size pot please?
Which plants transplant well and which don't? I heard squash of any kind (cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, pumpkin), melons (watermelon and cantaloupe) and eggplant don't transplant well. What about sugar snap peas and green beans? I think they don't transplant well but I'm not sure.
I'm sorry this is a long post but I'm a newbie gardener and could really use advice regarding this matter.
I'd like to start a vegetable garden. I would start by just growing vegetables from seed and then transplanting them. My questions are what size pots should transplants be started in? Peat pots, I assume? I also heard that when seedlings have their first set of true leaves they should be transplanted. Roughly how long does this normally take to occur? When they're ready to be transplanted to a bigger pot, what size pot should I transfer them to? After they've outgrown that pot, should they be hardened off and then transplanted outside, or to a bigger pot?
Most seed packets I have say to start plants indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost date. I assume that you don't keep the seedlings you start from seed in the peat pots the entire 6-8 weeks? How long should they stay in peat pots (how many weeks) before they should be transplanted to a bigger pot?
I could really use clarification with this. Also I've heard some vegetables just don't transplant well. Can vegetables that don't transplant still be started in pots and then transplanted outside or should they should they just be planted where they'll grow permanently? If they can be grown in pots and then transplanted, I assume they should be in a bigger pot and stay there until they're ready to be transplanted. What size pot please?
Which plants transplant well and which don't? I heard squash of any kind (cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, pumpkin), melons (watermelon and cantaloupe) and eggplant don't transplant well. What about sugar snap peas and green beans? I think they don't transplant well but I'm not sure.
I'm sorry this is a long post but I'm a newbie gardener and could really use advice regarding this matter.