Whether you’re a beginner sower or a green-fingered grower we’re here to help kick things off this spring. Once you’re seeds have sprouted indoors, it’s time to prepare for transplanting your seedlings and watch them bloom in your garden.
Seedlings grown indoors need to be “hardened off” before being transplanted outdoors into the garden. To acclimatise seedlings put your seed trays outside in the sun for an hour a day in a warm sheltered spot, extending by an hour every day over a fortnight. Always bring them inside at night.
On transplanting day, make sure you have prepared the soil. Use a hand trowel to move the soil apart. Remove the seedling from the tray and place in the hole with as little root disturbance as possible. The young seedling should sit flush with the ground level. Pat and firm the soil around the stem then gently water.
Happy Growing!
