Planting Seeds: Direct Seed or Transplant?
Seeding Methods
When planting seeds, there are two main seeding methods: one where the seeds are planted directly where the plant will grow all the way until you harvest it -- we call this direct seeding -- and one where you start the baby seedling off in one location, and transplant the young plant to its final spot when it's a little older -- referred to simply as transplanting. Some plants demand one method over another, and some can be successful using either method. Here are some common crops we grow at CCUA, and how we start them:
Direct Seed
Arugula
Beets
Bush beans
Carrots
Cilantro
Leaf lettuce
Nasturtiums
Okra
Parsnips
Peas
Pole beans
Potatoes (plant seed potatoes)
Radishes
Turnips
Transplant
Broccoli
Bulb onions
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Collard greens
Head lettuce
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Peppers
Scallions
Sweet potatoes
Swiss chard
Tomatoes
Flexible
Cucumbers
Kale
Melons
Squash
Spinach