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The bigger the container, the bigger the root system which leads to faster growing plants.

4" deep pots - deeper pots work better than shorter 2-3" deep pots, and wider pots are great too if you have the room.

Bucket - to mix growing medium with water to pre-moisten.

Trowel - we like to use this to mix the growing media with water, and add soil to pots.

Dibber - a long, pointed stick made of wood, metal, or plastic that pokes similar holes into the earth to create a space to plant seeds, seedlings, cuttings, and tiny bulbs.

Widger - a special kind of spoon or trowel, it's a cross between a trowel and a dibber and helps get plants out of the ground, or making space in the new container's growing medium to place your transplant.

Spoons, butter knives - work as substitutes for widgers or dibbers.

When transplanting seedlings, some of the best tools include:

When vegetable roots are wet and soggy, they can drown and cause the plant to wither, the leaves will turn yellow, and eventually shrivel and die if left too long in soggy mix. You should make sure to have plenty of drainage and make sure that seedling pots are not sitting in water for hours at a time. However, it is also very important NOT to soak the seedlings so much that the growing mix is soggy for long periods of time.

At first, it is important to make sure your seedling starting mix or potting mix is well moistened – you don't want totally bone dry mix for your seedlings. We like to use potting soil or seedling mix made with coco coir instead of peat (if you can find it!) as it's made from coconut waste from the shells instead of digging up peat bogs. We find that many potting mixes and seedling mixes can actually REPEL water at first, so stirring and mixing up the medium with water with a trowel in a bucket will really help moisten all of it evenly which will ensure better transplant success. By pre-wetting and mixing the growing medium, you ensure there are no dry pockets that repel water, which will make it easier for the medium to absorb water once in the container. When transplanting seedlings, it is important to pre-moisten your seedling mix or potting mix before transplanting pots – this will help your pepper, tomato and other vegetable transplants thrive in their new pots. Should you pre-moisten seed starting mix? Once your vegetable seedlings have germinated and have a set or two of regular leaves, you can transplant them into larger containers if desired.