Transplanting Techniques, five steps for best results in least time

How to make the best sized holes quickly, with minimum soil disturbance, and which tools are easy and effective.
I show you how deep to transplant, how to do it according to rootball size, and finish with tips on direct watering so it all soaks down and around the roots.

00:00 Introduction
00:29 The five steps
01:10 Using a dibber
01:56 Younger and older plants in small CD60 module cells
02:54 How to make the holes
04:15 Plants in larger module cells
05:52 Larger plants in pots
06:56 Using a trowel for transplanting larger brassicas
07:40 Leek plants go in less deep than usual
08:10 How to water transplants, using little water

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This is the dibber I recommend https://www.gardenimports.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-long-handled-ash-dibber/?v=79cba1185463

The smaller seedlings here are growing in my CD60 module trays https://containerwise.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-60-cell/

The online course module I describe is about spacing and transplanting https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-2-module-5-spacing-and-transplanting/

Filmed at Homeacres SW England July 2021 by Edward Dowding https://edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com/portfolio

My garden is no dig since 2013. You can see in this video, how the surface is soft and spongy and with few weeds. We spend very little time weeding!
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