Vegetable Transplants

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Vegetable Transplants

• Mike Maddox
• Horticulture Educator
• Rock County UW-Extension
• Rotary Botanical Gardens

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Vegetable Transplants

• Cool season crops placed outdoors early in spring
  will mature before heat of summer arrives.

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Vegetable Transplants

• Warm season species need longer growing season.

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Vegetable Transplants

• Transplants can be purchased or done on your own.

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Common Veg. Transplants

• Broccoli
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Cabbage
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Cauliflower
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Celery
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, May 20

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Eggplant
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, June 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Head lettuce
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplant, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Onion
• Start indoors, Feb 15
• Transplant, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Pepper
• Start indoors, April 1
• Transplant, June 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Tomato
• Start indoors, April 15
• Transplant, June 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Tomato transplants

• Root all along stem
• Set to top leaves

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Common Veg. Transplants

• Brussels sprouts
• Start indoors, March 15
• Transplants, May 1

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Muskmelon
• Start indoors, May 1
• Transplant, May 20

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Common Veg. Transplants

• Pumpkin
• Start indoors, May 1
• Transplant, May 20

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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When Pumpkins Drink...

• Make sure your pumpkins dont end up like this ?

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Common Veg. Transplants

• Winter Squash
• Start indoors, May 1
• Transplant, May 20

Plant two weeks later in northern
Wisconsin. Adapted from A1653, Vegetable
Gardening and Planting Guide for Wisconsin
Gardeners.
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Bed Preparation

• Amend soil as needed
• Remove clods and debris
• Double dig vs tilling

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Spreading 2 inches of compost
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Rye as a green manure
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To till or not to till?
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Removing rocks and debris
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Hardening Off

• Acclimation to outdoors is necessary

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Planting

• Break open peat pot / biodegradable containers
• May slow root devel.
• May wick water

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Planting

• Install transplants at same as in container
• Tomatoes can be planted deeper

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Tomato transplants
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Onion sets
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Planting

• Firm soil around transplants and water

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Protection

• Protection can include covering with
• Boxes, plastic milk jugs, flower pots, etc.
• Remove protection for proper ventilation and to
  avoid cooking transplant

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Watering

• Apply 1 to 1 ½ inches per week

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Good luck in the garden.