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Olafhenny · 12-07-2015, 07:25 PM

Hi Ricky,
Do you have a bulb planter (BP), such as shown in the second and third picture here?
bulb planter - Google Search
Here is what I do, when transplanting small plants:
- Go to where the plant should go and take out a plug with the BP
- set the plug aside
- press the BP around the seedling and take it out with a plug of soil
- stick it into the hole of the planting site
- take out a new plug from the next planting site and stick it into the hole, vacated
by the previous seedling
- repeat
- when all done, stick the plug from the first hole into the hole left from the last
seedling

Well, that only works, if there is enough room between the seedlings for the BP to
get between the plants. If there isn’t, lift out a section of seedlings with a kitchen
egg flipper (do that, when you wife is not home, it prevents complications)

rinse
enough of the soil out, so that the seedlings can be separated. Place them into a
hole in the target site and carefully trickle lose soil around the roots.

Now, to be honest, that is not, what I really would do. I would just take a table
or tea spoon and scoop each seedling out with as much soil as possible and drop it
into a hole at the new site. The spoon method also works with those plastic seed
trays, with individual compartments for each seed.

I use the BP method, when transplanting small plants in the yard. These BPs come
in two sizes larger ones for tulips and daffodils and smaller ones for crocus and
hyacinths.

Good luck,
Olaf

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Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 245,981 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: When do I transplant my seedlings? Hi Ricky, Do you have a bulb planter (BP), such as shown in the second and third picture here? bulb planter - Google Search Here is what I do, when transplanting small plants: - Go to where the plant should go and take out a plug with the BP - set the plug aside - press the BP around the seedling and take it out with a plug of soil - stick it into the hole of the planting site - take out a new plug from the next planting site and stick it into the hole, vacated by the previous seedling - repeat - when all done, stick the plug from the first hole into the hole left from the last seedling Well, that only works, if there is enough room between the seedlings for the BP to get between the plants. If there isn’t, lift out a section of seedlings with a kitchen egg flipper (do that, when you wife is not home, it prevents complications) rinse enough of the soil out, so that the seedlings can be separated. Place them into a hole in the target site and carefully trickle lose soil around the roots. Now, to be honest, that is not, what I really would do. I would just take a table or tea spoon and scoop each seedling out with as much soil as possible and drop it into a hole at the new site. The spoon method also works with those plastic seed trays, with individual compartments for each seed. I use the BP method, when transplanting small plants in the yard. These BPs come in two sizes larger ones for tulips and daffodils and smaller ones for crocus and hyacinths. Good luck, Olaf __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them. Last edited by Olafhenny : 12-07-2015 at 07:54 PM.