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Transplant Production1

Bielinski M. Santos2

The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida was updated in September 2007. The most current version of this chapter may be found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CV/CV10400.pdf .

Keywords: seed, primed seed, seed storage, field seeding, precision seeding, pelletized seed, germination

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Fig. 1. Vegetable transplants growing in trays in a greenhouse in Florida.


Fig. 2. Well-grown watermelon transplants ready for field setting.


Fig. 3. Transplants in peat/vermiculite media in styrofoam trays.

Footnotes

1. This document is HS714, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Date first printed: June, 1995. Date revised: September 2007. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2. Bielinski M. Santos, assistant professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611. The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida is edited by S.M. Olson, professor, NFREC-Quincy, and E.H. Simonne, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.

The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. It is not a guarantee or warranty of the products named, and does not signify that they are approved to the exclusion of others of suitable composition. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow directions on the manufacturer's label.

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