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Vegetable Gardening · April 29, 2021

How to Transplant Zucchini Seedlings

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Use this guide on how to transplant zucchini seedlings to move your zucchini plants to your garden after all danger of frost has passed.

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How to Transplant Zucchini Seedlings

Sometimes, depending on your region, starting seeds indoors can help ensure you have enough growing time. Zucchini is a perfect plant to start indoors because it usually transplants well. Preparing your soil to keep it pest-free is key but it is easy to do. To have a good transplant, simply follow the steps below.

How to Prepare Your Soil for Transplanting

One of the key ways to avoid pests and weeds with your zucchini plants is to simply lay down black plastic from the gardening supply shop. Do this after adding some compost and mixing it into your soil. Cut an ‘X’ into each spot about 12 inches from each other for transplanting later. This plastic will keep weeds from being too much of a problem as well as warm the soil to an ideal temperature.

How to Harden off Zucchini Seedlings for Transplanting

The process of hardening off is one that is easy to do but should not be skipped for the health of the plant if you have started your seeds indoors. To harden off simply means to get the seedlings ready to live outdoors instead of inside. It is a process that just takes a couple of days.

Simply place your seedlings, while still in their trays, outdoors for a few hours a day. Add time each day until they are out all night as well.

Make sure they are watered, and somewhat protected from wind and direct sun.

Once your zucchini seedlings are hardened off, you are ready to transplant them!

How to Transplant Zucchini Seedlings

How to Transplant Zucchini Seedlings

Transplanting zucchini seedlings is easy once you have hardened them off and prepared the soil.

Start by gently releasing the zucchini plants from their pots. Try not to disturb the roots and do not shake off the soil. Instead, just plant them in the ground at each ‘X’ you made in your plastic about as deep as the pot they were in. Don’t press them hard into the ground, but rather pat them gently with a little extra soil. Water the seedlings when you are done.

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