Easy Planting

[pigletwillie]

Every year I grow the vast majority of my plants in modules and then transplant them out direct into the soil. As this can mean planting out several hundred plants I wanted an easy method to undertake this that was time saving, efficient and did a good job.

The pots I use are 2" and are 40 to a tray. They come from Aldi at a cost of £2.49 but are available from most garden centres. The only other bit of kit required is a dibber made from an old fork or spade handle and most of us have one of those.

All I do is dib a hole 3" deep with the dibber, and then drop the plant, sans pot into the hole. It is a perfect fit and requires no other action other than watering in.

It is so easy and quick that several trays can be planted out in an hour. Enjoy.

[nick the grief]

On a similar Vein, I rais e most of my stuff in cells & use a bulb planter to do the same thing and thats quick as well

[rustylady]

Me too, I'm sick of sowing stuff direct and the slugs or the birds or the weather or the mice or the cats destroy it before it's big enough to stand up for itself. I use various sizes of modules, depending on the seeds/plants. Toilet roll "inner tubes" are good for beans, peas and anything else that makes deep roots.

[Two_Sheds]

I'm trying to give up plastic (!) so I'm sowing everything into WiZer's paper pots. Drop into Pigletwillie-style hole, water in and off you go: no pots to clean