Transplanting Seedlings from Bulk Cell Trays
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2014
- In this episode I will explain how to transplant your seedings from the 512 and 180 cell trays. This method works great for planting a ton of plants in a tight space, without damaging the roots when transplanting.
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i read a lot of comments and see one over and over so i want to address it. these are typically used by professional growers and as such we have a misting system that is used to keep the seedlings moist in the greenhouse. for home use you would have to mist them quite often to ensure they do not dry out
Appreciate the tips and your time man but seriously over 2 minutes in and still waiting for it....
That's a great method, those trays are definitely awesome for seedlings. Looking forward to Friday's video! :-)
Thank you for the tips this is my first year using trays past few years I was just sowing the seed right into the ground. My lilies are going crazy being the 3rd year for most of them still hoping you do something on lilies one of these days great video thanks again for the tips.
I have used that method on about 3300 plants this year alone. I couldn't imagine doing it any other way.
Chuck
I had wondered about those plug trays. Thanks for sharing the info:)
Nice video! I also do this with my tomatoes but I move mine into solo cups. My tomatoes are about 10" tall and have very thick stalks (2 months old). Working on transplanting the next batch soon. Thanks for the video! Happy gardening :)
glad you liked it! thanks for watching.
Super helpful. I just started some brassicas and was really uncertain about how I was going to get those fragile seedlings out the cells.
Great vid! Kudos man!
The pumpkin seeds you sent are growing like crazy! :D
when you put them in the new pots, do you put them in potting soil or starting mix?
I'm an organic farmer in the Deep South. I've been growing in seed trays for the last 3 years. I direct seeded for 20 plus years but some things are better grown in trays. My cells are 128, 70, and 50. I'm thinking about growing kale in the 128 cells and direct seeding into the garden. P,anting my seed trays outside the first day of Feb!
Very informative as always Luke. :)
Thank you! I am very glad you liked it!
Great how to Luke ! I'll have to try those high density planters !
definitely will have to try it. It is amazing. I can't go with anything else
Nice idea. Thanks
Hello sir. Very informative.I am planting rocket arugula in my seedling trays, but they dry very quickly because of the small hole size of the tray I believe. What is the material that u use for these seedlings?
Luke, good video. Neophyte gardeners (like myself not too many years ago) grow very apprehensive starting seeds in bulk trays because they don't know what sized cells or how many inch pots to transfer the seedling into once the plant puts on true leaves or after the plant starts to get root bound inside of a bulk tray. For example, you stated below you start "onions, peppers, lettuce, herbs, early spring crops" in 512 bulk trays. I can't speak for everyone here, but that quote is how specific I wanted it. Could make for a good video :) Best regards & Happy Holidays!
Paul D can definitely show that :)
Thank you this helped a lot 🙏
Check out Charles Dowding online about transplantng and pricking out...you’ll nerver have leggy seedlings again.
Fantastic tips, so helpful to save a lot more plants and get a higher success rate!
absolutely, Thanks for stopping by!
How long do you think these seedlings will be in the new tray?
can you use them trays for pepper and tomato starts also
Where did you get those bulk plug trays?
Good job
using the 200 cell tray to start flowers but having a couple problems. seeds aren't germinating and having difficulty keeping it moist. any tricks or assistance you can give would be appreciated. do you think adding water to the tray would help? ty for the video info. 🙂
I use these trays and keep them moist by adding a layer of vermiculite on top of the cells once I have the seed in place. Spray the the tops with water and the vermiculite will darken. When the vermiculite layer starts to dry by turning a lighter colour, I spray with water. I also keep a humidity dome on the tray until I see germination. I then remove the dome and place some plastic wrap (spritzed with water) over the remaining part of the tray where germination has not yet taken place. These trays basically have to be watered from the bottom daily, once the seeds germinate and start to put on growth. Hope this helps!
Great vid!
thanks for watching!!
The system is definitely space saving during the early stages. But I have a question: why not plant them directly on the bigger cell? it sure is way better than the traditional pricking out of seedlings though.
because sometimes not all the seeds will sprout, and in the case of tomatoes, the seedlings didn't go into a 4 cell. they went into a 4 inch pot. so that would be a big waste if nothing came in.
That makes sense.
I was wondering what video edited you use, I'm trying to start a RUclips channel, and the uploads aren't working great or at all. Thanks
Great technique and explanation, Luke. Could you just use a pencil (the eraser end) to push the seedling out of the 512 trays?
BTW, did the printer misspell MIgardener on your tee? ...or is that the change that we don't know about, yet?? LOL
hahaha first off, yes. you could definitely use a pencil eraser.
Second, I know... the printer misspelled my name, and i got it for free! :D my other shirts were in the laundry. that is NOT the surprise... thank goodness.
I use the end of a pencil that has never been sharpened because it is smooth and goes thru the hole perfectly!
skittles99 great idea!
nice video
Great info on the plug trays, Luke! Do you end up transplanting all of them, or just the strongest ones?
Only the best seedlings make it to the Winner's Circle (aka the garden) at my house. Theoretically, if space wasn't a concern you could transplant all the seedlings, but the strongest seedlings will be the strongest most productive plants.
Sure seems like a good way to get max production for the space. What types of plants do you find are best suited for those 512 trays?
onions, peppers, lettuce, herbs, early spring crops.
I'd love to see that flimsy greenhouse survive a MI winter.
Can you tell me what size the 4 cell pots are?
Where did you get the shirt?
I wonder if a bamboo chopstick would work? I use them all the time for propping up lanky seedlings
Where did you get that tablecloth?
Are you using your tomato starter soil that you prepare from a mixture of different organic products? I saw an episode that you did in 2012 showing how you prepare your soil for your tomato plants and I wanted to know if you still use the same method.
no, Sorry Nicole. I actually switched up my method with a much better one. If you search for "how to make the ultimate potting mix" you will find it :)
Practical @ 3:17
Before that it's theory
And it works
I don’t have a lot of room, my cucumber plants are growing bigger, I want to transplant to bigger planters. But my tomato plants are not ready. And also you said to remove seedlings from the heating mat as soon as they start to grow. Again I don’t have enough room to do this
Luke, where did you purchase the trays? I've been looking but couldn't find them.
+icarus901 I got them from Ebay from a company called greenhouse super store
thank you!
great how to video,i still am on the cup method---lol
imagine all the space you could save!
no kidding
I like the individual pots. More versatility if plants do not germinate/grow at same rate. Can be separated to different stages and lighting, easily brought indoors on a tray on cold nights, and also not so much step-up potting. I have a smaller garden and do not fill an entire flat with the same type of plant.
Didn't realize they made trays with that many cups.
what about using a teaspoon or butter knife to dig around the sides of each cell?
Chopsticks :)
That's what I do. Using handle end of a piece of some rather narrow, flat silverware.
What if someone could spray Cooking oil . Then they would slide out . Or hey bang it over the railing
I had one of those trays, I could not keep them wet. A few plants at a time. I tossed the tray out.
then you dont know what you are doing. these trays are used for greenhouse propagation and as such will have misters on timers incorporated into the process
What if your trays don't have that at the bottom?
all plug trays have to have some sort of drainage hole.
uhm, do you realize your shirt is spelled wrong? lol
Logan Kramer HA!
Love how the actual "pop" you're completely blocking what you're actually doing
But thank you, I was killing all my seedlings
Helpful video, except your hand was hiding the process of getting the plug out of the tray.
You’re not supposed to grab the plant by the stem you’re supposed to grab the leaves that way you don’t damage the fibers on the stems or Damage the stems themselves
An unsharpened pencil would work better
what is a pencil
I just noticed the typo on that shirt.
yep, I got it for free because of that!
Editer*
Those 200 cell trays are used to save room on heat mats. If you raise them all the way in them you'll have stunted junk plants. you doing no any favorers saying it's ok to raise plants in them. It's hard to keep them wet just to germinate let alone to raise them in the small plug trays.
correct all the professionals dont know what they are doing. good catch
kaa - tuh -lee' - dn
Get to the point, jeebus!
Toooiooooo time consuming. Dump them upside down on a tray and go
you have a lot of good information but you talk tooooooo much