Starting a Vegetable Garden – Which is Better, Seeds or Seedlings?
How Do You Decide Whether to Plant Your Vegetable Garden from Seed or Transplants? It’s certainly easier to start your vegetable garden by planting directly into the garden, by-passing indoor seed starting and transplanting. However some vegetables take several months to mature from seed, so it’s just not practical to direct sow them in the garden where the growing season is short. That’s why, when it comes to long season plants like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, most gardeners either start their own plants indoors or purchase seedlings from the nursery. The choice between direct seeding and transplanting seedlings comes down to 2 basic questions: • Does the vegetable transplant well? • Is your growing season long enough for the vegetables to mature when planted from seed? These two questions often over-lap. For instance, tomatoes would need a 4 or 5 month growing season to mature from seed, which gardeners in warm climates can provide. However, thankfully, they transplant very well
