New Garden

New Garden

• melanieg 17 years ago
  I live in Austin and it's hard to grow anything here. I did a tremendous amount of research and found that any kinds of lettuce can grow this time, while the ground is cool so long as it starts in the house now until then. I have Basil, Dill, Tarragon, Cilantro, Parsley, Mint, Rosemary and thyme plants all in the garden already. I have Boston lettuce, endive, arugula, mesclun, and watercress all started inside. I had no faith that these tiny seeds would produce, it's my first time. Low and behold the multiple the sprouts have come up. I need to move them, I think as soon as possible so I can give the sprouts room to grow I have a couple of indoor planters ready for the transplants but I am really nervous that the sprouts are really vulnerable right now. They are still sprouts, I'm not even sure when they are plants. Also when I start harvest some of the herbs in the garden how do I cut them back to encourage them to continue to grow? I'm new to growing, all together, I new to dirt infact, I just moved from New York. Help please.
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• pointsevenout 17 years ago said:
  In general, as long as you keep topping the plants, they will continue to grow and get more bushy. If you go down deep into the plant to do your snipping you must leave at the least a couple of leaves on the branch. New growth arises from the crotch of where the leaf is attached to the stem.
  Certain plants don't do well around other certain plants. You'll have to dig that information out of the 'net.
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• tillia 17 years ago said:
  When I do seeds indoors, I move the sprouts outdoors and acclumate the to their new home gradually. I protect them from extremes until they get a little hardy, then I transplant, still protecting them from any extreme elements. Once they are set, I let them GROW. Harvest at will for these types of plants. The more you cut, the more you get.
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