Tips for successful recovery of young plants

You have just received your organic young plants and we thank you for your trust.

The exceptionally harsh weather conditions and low temperatures have slowed plant growth. Despite these challenging growing conditions, our young plants were carefully sown in a warm greenhouse and then began growing in a cold greenhouse without experiencing stress. Pruning them will therefore have no impact on their recovery.

Here are some tips to ensure they grow well:

Quickly remove the young plants from their packaging

To best protect young plants from the sometimes harsh transport, we protect them in recycled and recyclable packaging. Upon receipt, remove them from their shells immediately and water the root balls.

Replant them in pots

Repot the young plants the same day in small 8 cm pots filled with potting soil and place them in the light behind a window for example, ideally at 20°C. Lack of full light is often the cause of the plants not taking root.

Moisten young plants regularly, but only at the base and not on the foliage, to avoid the development of fungal diseases.

As soon as the weather permits, take the plants outside during the day, sheltered from the wind and ideally under cover (frame, small tunnel, etc.) to harden them and make transplanting easier.

It is important to know that the development period between seedling emergence and the 4-5 leaf stage is quite long, the development of new leaves and stem growth will be faster thereafter.

Plant them in the garden

Wait until they reach 12-15 cm (which will take 3 to 5 weeks depending on growing conditions) and you can transplant them into the ground when there is no longer any risk of frost.

Note: You can add plant manure when transplanting (nettle, comfrey, horsetail, etc.), this addition will stimulate your plants to develop their defenses.