Tips for Transplanting Paperpot Crops

Farmer Dean Buttacavoli from Cabbage Throw Farm discusses why the transplant most crops very early with the Paperpot Transplanter. At Cabbage Throw Farm, they have found that it's almost always better to transplant seedlings when they are still relatively young. “The earlier the better” is their guiding mantra when experimenting with different timings. Root growth is their main indicator of when to plant out a tray. This requires constant monitoring of the undersides of trays to see how the roots are developing. They have learned that once the roots hit the bottoms of the tray, they're going to quickly become entangled with the roots of their neighbors, and this is what they try to avoid. Their goal is to get the trays into the ground before that mat of roots has had an opportunity to form under the tray. Avoiding the root mat will also make running the Paperpot Transplanter a much smoother process. Follow us on Instagram @paperpotco Get the Paperpot Transplanter https://paperpot.co/store/