{"id":32057,"key":"Transplanting_seedlings","title":"Transplanting seedlings","latest":{"id":1206008,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:20:57Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"'''Transplanting seedlings''' should be undertaken with care, to minimize shock to the plant.\n\nIf using [[drip irrigation]], a seedling can be planted at each wet spot. This system ensures the moisture gets to the plant, meaning [[Water conservation|efficient use of water]].\n\n== Key steps ==\n\nIt's best if soil is moist, but not too wet, before planting. Having the area covered with [[mulch]] for the days or weeks before planting will help.\n\nIf [[water]] is limited, just water immediately around the plant after transplanting, and cover with a thick mulch except for a few centimeters (an inch or so) around the plant.\n\n== Alternatives ==\n\nGrow directly in place - see [[How to raise seedlings #Sowing directly vs sowing in containers]]. This depends on climate, how much space is available, and whether growing beds are ready.\n\n== Notes and references ==\n\n<references />\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Raising seedlings]]\n* [[How to raise seedlings]]\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Transplanting]]\n\n{{Add links notice}}\n\n* []\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Gardening]]\n[[Category:Seedlings]]"}