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[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure thing.

I had trouble getting seedlings to survive the transfer this Spring. Do you have any advice? All the plants I have now were purchased as small plants. I think I had one cilantro that survived.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't recall ever having a problem with transferring seedlings. I usually start them in those small plastic '6 packs', with I think 8 fitting in a standard 11 x 21 gardening tray.

I like to mix sand in with standard potting soil to make it less 'fluffy'. After a day or so of the wet paper towel treatment, insert seeds at the proper depth and keep warm. Once they've popped, keep them within about an inch of grow tubes in a 4 foot shop light fixture.

When the roots grow enough to hold all the soil together in the cell, carefully extract them and place in the hole you've made to fit.

This is where yours die? Possible problems include: Weather or soil still too cold, damage to roots from transferring too soon, or going to full sun while they're still too sensitive.

Are you going right from a light fixture to full sun, without acclimating them? If so, try going to filtered sun for a few days to a week first. Work them up to full sun gradually over the course of the week.

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was still cool weather, so maybe that was it. I started them in those "jiffy" starter greenhouses with the expandable pods, with full sun in the afternoon. They did great up until transfer.