How to: POTTING UP seedlings to help plants THRIVE!

[@ilchymis4000]

I'm a simple man. I see a new baus vid, I clicks.

[@bausgrows]

You're the man we all need more of

[@SpareBedroomGardens]

I too bought a bag of Happy Frog to up pot into for the first time this year!! Got all 70 of my tomatoes done a few days ago, peppers will happen this upcoming week. Been fighting some aphids on my peppers and I wanted to see if I could knock them down a bit before transplanting but they are persistent little buggers. But thanks for the video!! They are looking better and better each week!

[@PlantObsessed]

Gotta play in the dirt whenever you can in winter. Embrace the mess. 😁👍🏼🌶️🌱

[@bausgrows]

You got that right!

[@mattspeppers]

That handy little cone tool is called a dibber. Fun fact of the day!

[@bausgrows]

Thank you! I feel obliged to do a video honoring it's incredible usefulness

[@wranther]

Nice looking set of Spring 2024 plants Baus! Good start with the up potting! That could also be a way to pass some time up this was as a Blizzard moves in tomorrow. -Bob...

[@bausgrows]

Good luck with the snow! We had 2 feet last week, then it all melted...now more tomorrow as well!

[@mojosgarden3576]

Nicely done, looking forward to seeing your garden again! 🎉

[@bausgrows]

Thank you Mojo!

[@pepperdude]

Vigor is the word you're looking for

[@bausgrows]

....maybe

[@nitramdmij]

Looking good! May the weather be in your favor! I am shooting for mid April to get mine out to my greenhouse but, yeah Mid May for actual in ground planting.

[@bausgrows]

Thanks for watching! I am going to have a jungle on my hands soon I think.

[@Evral5]

I follow pepper geek channel. 7:00 mark 😂 subscribed. Thanks for the video. Look forward to more.

[@bausgrows]

Haha thanks for watching! Pepper geek do great work!

[@13Peppers]

Nice video. Not a fun process to do but enjoyable to see once it is done.

[@bausgrows]

Thanks for watching! Once I get on the swing of it I don't mind. I put on movies or audiobooks and just zone

[@PreatorRaszagal]

Nice soil! All the different types of soil I tried have, like you mentioned, had a bunch of twigs etc in them. Some the size of a finger... And you also tend to get a minor fungus gnat invasion with it as well 🤪Wonder if the have similar type of/quality soil here in Sweden 🤔That tool (the dibber) seems quite handy. I usually use my finger to make the hole, but that spade looking part of it would be nice to have! Nice split! I had left mine "a bit" too long in their tiny pots before potting up so I had to dunk some of them in water to make the separation easier. What are those dark plants in, i guess, 13 to 15? 🖤

[@bausgrows]

So far I am still very happy with this happy frog soil! I don't think its available at all in EU but maybe Canna has something similar? I uh, I don't know offhand which dark plants you are asking about but I have a lot of deep purple beauties this year!

[@PreatorRaszagal]

@@bausgrowsThanks for the tip. Canna seems to be available in Sweden. It costs about twice as much as the soil I usually buy, but I might give it a try next season just to start seeds in (if it doesn't have a *lot* of added nutrients) and when doing the first potting up. If that isn't better I must just start seeds in coco coir.

[@N0_Whining]

Have you found if those taller and skinnier pots require more potting soil than the squatter more cubic 3.5" pots? Edit: Also, have you noticed any improvement of vigor/root development in those taller 3.5" pots? Thanks!

[@bausgrows]

Yes, they require a bit more media but it is absolutely worth it. I will never go back to shallower pots after 4 years using these. I find much better root growth, far less issues getting rootbound/wound around the pot. Roots grow downward by default, giving them more space to do so, plus bottom watering to encourage that downward growth has made a noted difference in the health and vigor of my plants both pre and post transplant. Thank you so much for watching!

[@jonny2529]

great video, this was very helpful for me. how does bottom watering work?

[@bausgrows]

Bottom watering just means you fill the tray at the bottom with water for the plants to wick up from the base. I usually add about a half inch of water into the 1020 trays and the plants will pull up what they need within 20-30 minutes. If there is a lot of standing water left I will carefully drain it so they don't sit in standing water for more than 60 minutes.

[@jonny2529]

@@bausgrows awesome thank you! Going to try that

[@joeponder9668]

What’s the betting odds on the flower picking and how do I get in the pool? I snagged only 4 Depot plants this year and have been picking the flowers but I know 100% that’ll be short lived lol😂

[@bausgrows]

I just had to pluck the first ones off of a hangjiao 6! I was not prepared to see them this Early

[@kutmulc]

I would just say 'vigor' probably.

[@bausgrows]

Haha thanks, usually I'm recording these at odd hours and my brain just was not firing. Appreciate you watching!

[@pepperdude]

...after I've been doing this for a couple hours you bet your butt I'm just sticking my fingers in there, opening up a hole, grabbing a "plant" and slamming it in

[@bausgrows]

This accurately describes my method

[@SoundQuestROB]

to lazy let em' starve lol till sunshine

[@bausgrows]

Haha they will barely make it til May in these pots!