Transplanting, 5 steps for best results in least time
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- 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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Charles Dowding , the man who launched a thousand new gardeners this year .
Cool, then 100,000 no diggers!
A million!!!
every year.
I know the queen is busy but to this American you are clearly Sir Charles.
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I realised last weekend, while I was in the garden, that nearly all my gardening knowledge has come from you. Thank you very much Charles.
Glad to help 😀
Same here. I even got the same type of watering can. :)
My garden is absolutely flourishing like never before and I have to say that is partly because of you :) Thank you for all your sound advice. I am truly grateful that you take the time to put out these videos and publish your books.
Wonderful, and I'm delighted to help
Hes the man!
It’s thanks to you I’ve finished my third year as a vegetable gardener at 73 so thanks for all the advice I’ve accessed from you I’m now having many more successful harvests .
Bravo Lynda!
Hey Charles, your son is producing easy watching content and it is producing all the right endorphins.
As for your advice, it's been the backbone of my 18month exploration of no dig market garden. I have never owned a gardening tool in my life, but now I construct my own little designs with what I can find lying about here in the southern point of Africa.
Once again, respect from Africa 🇿🇦
I love that you are creating, Justus
Thank you Charles 😊
That's a really eye-opener video. Quality most of the times comes from from fine tuning and tips like this. Apparently elementary actions that make a big difference!
5 steps:
1. Make a hole just the size around that you need.
2. make the hole a bit deeper than the transplant you are planting.
3. Push the root ball in firmly.
4. Do not pack soil around the new plantings (Leave the holes unfilled).
5. Water in directly after planting.
He doesn't explain why he pushes them firmly. it's left as a mystery
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Yes he does.
Charles explains that he pushes seedlings in firmly so they make good root contact with the soil, and establish quickly.
It also helps with taller plants, to prevent them being rocked about by wind. Brassicas especially need a firm base as they are so top heavy.
Thanks for continuing to provide these very informative videos.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I started with 2 tomato plants in pots on my apartment balcony. Extended to a few more pots with green beans. Fell in love with the outcome. I was proud I could produce that small amount of vegetables on my balcony. Started looking for a house with garden to plant more vegetables. Moved, started small, struggled to get it right, discovered you videos, inspirational. Amazing how easy it becomes to have and eat sufficient vegetables once you learn to cultivate them. Healthy it is. This year for first the time I was successful with growing cucumbers. The season is ending for them. I don't feel like wanting the supermarket cucumbers anymore. My bio/organic shop is my garden. I recommend it everyone. In the meantime I have seen fantastic small vegetable gardens of just a few m2 with abundant vegetables. You wonder why do we buy salads in supermarkets if you can have much more with just 1 or 2 m2? Started this year with planting fall vegetables. Even more healthy food to come. Did not buy any vegetables since May. Don't do it for money, do it for your mental and physical health. This is as environmental friendly as you can be. My vegetable garden must be now 50m2. Still learning to increase the harvest, do rotation planting. More fun to come. Thank you for showing the way.
Hello Ke, thanks so much for sharing this. I'm delighted to have helped you!
Great - this is the kind of straightforward advice learned through solid experience that makes all the difference.
I follow about 2 or 3 gardening channels, on TH-cam. Without a doubt, this is one of the 2 or 3! His videos are informative, pleasant, easy to follow, and interesting.
Cheers Derek, I'm happy to read this :)
Thanks Charles. Love your channel and your high quality content
"..if it will stay sunny tomorrow..." haha, sunny UK weather :P
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I just got my dibber last week and it’s getting so much use. Planting out is quick and easy using Charles’ method and a dibber.
Great to hear!
I will be looking forward to your book!
fabulous good timing for me. Its springtime here and I have seedlings coming away in the little greenhouse. I noticed how my purple sprouting broccoli are spindly, and felt a bit better to hear you say that's a tendency they have. I've never thought to leave the planting hole open for watering. So now I will. Thanks again for your advice - why o why didnt I find your channel years ago, rather than breaking my back with double digging and confusing crop rotations.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I have learned so much about organic vegetable growing from watching your videos🙏
Wonderful, thanks
Can't wait for that new book!
Excellent! Short and sweet and to the point, Just wish I'd watched it last April. Ahh well, there's always next year on the allotment!
We've been gardening for a couple years and thankfully found you this year. Using your techniques has help a lot. Just got the calendar this week aswell:) thank you!!
Glad to help!
Great - will be buying myself your next book for Christmas! Job Done! Thanks
Cheers Kathleen.
We had a slight delay since filming, now appearing mid January!
Don't we all wish we were Charles' neighbor? Sadly, we can't all live so close to one man. But fortunately, he's decided to share great knowledge such as this with us through videos!! Thanks, Charles!!
ha, everytime you popped your head over the fence for a chat you'd appear in a movie.
Thank you Charles for sharing this video, absolutely splendid as always. 2nd Yr of no dig and better crops than last year and the lack of weeding to do is just incredible, have a great week!!!
Thanks for sharing Neil
Charlie you garden guru! Thank you so much for reminding us to get our plugs in, it’s so easy to get overwhelmed. We’re keen to see how the pond is progressing. I think we’re in need of a tiny Charles to inspire and motivate us to start every morning
Our pleasure, and pond is for year end when it's finally wet, to puddle the clay
Thanks for another wonderful video, Charles. I'm in the process of purchasing my first home and I can't wait to start a veggie patch in the yard using all your teachings.
Love from Georgia, USA.
Best of luck!
Great advice as always Charles. Thankyou for your wonderful videos. I always think of you when I'm up on my allotment and how you do things.
So nice of you Jenny, I feel encouraged
🙏 wonderful lesson! Thanks a lot, Charles!
Charles your the gardening king.
Always excellent content.
Another tips for successful gardening. I love your garden, Charles! you are such an inspiration, Thanks!
You are so welcome
Thank you intensely for all your teaching, you are pure inspiration and generates movement all around the world. I am starting to put in practice no dig method at home, making compost and also bokashi, and getting everyone excited at home. Infinitely grateful!
You are so welcome Eliana and I'm delighted to read this
Nice one, Charles, I dig it !
Charles , thank You very much from Mar del Plata, Argentina
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What a great tutorial! Perfectly explained and shown. Many thanks for that!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As always great video full of advise many thanks 👍
Thanks Charles, I only do no dig now and advocate it widely, cheers from Australia! 👍😎
Good man 🍺
Charles top tips as always.
Another great video. Been following your advice and methods for a while now in my little garden in montevideo, uruguay. It’s been working splendid so far. I’m a tour guide here so whenever you want to visit you have a free tour ( and a ton of vegetables). Thank you!!
Sounds great Vincente, that sounds fun!
Wonderful dear Charles, thank you very much for your teaching and advice. We are in early spring in the south of Chile and I am transplanting my little plants this weekend. Greetings. See you
Thanks Su, sounds exciting!
Amazing! You have such a natural talent for gardening and teaching.
Thank you
I passed 150kg off my 3.3x11.6m plot (plus 8x6 greenhouse) yesterday. I'm absolutely convinced it's changing to No Dig & following your advice which has achieved this.
By the end of the year, I'm confident I'll be close to 200kg, as there are still leeks, brussels sprouts, celery, beetroot & carrots to be harvested, never mind the late boost of cucumbers & chilli peppers in the greenhouse (Sungold tomatoes about finished - maybe 2kg to come on top of the 12kg so far from 6 plants).
Heaven only knows how well I'll do on year 3 of No Dig, as I've over 1m³ of compost ready now & as much again should be ready to spread by March (plus lots of shredded woody material for the paths).
Thanks for feedback, great to hear
Hi Charles, l have learned a lot from your video. Good technique and good tip, Now I have grow some vegetables my garden. Thank you for sharing 😊
You are very welcome, may your garden prosper
My neighbour gave me a wooden dibber similar to yours that was his late father's, it's probably one of the most useful tools I have in the garden. It works well even in my very clay soil.
Thank you for another great video. Always to the point and full of useful tips :)
Very cool!
I appreciate you and all the information you share. Without content like this I don't know if my first year growing for market would have gone as well as it did. By no means did I grow as much as I wanted, but I learned a lot and cant wait for my fall crops and next summer.
Best of luck going forwards Justin, I'm happy you are feeling positive
Excellent demonstration and good advice. Thank you Charles!
You are very welcome Teresa
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Love your garden and the ease of planting! You are an inspiration. Until now my mom did what she wanted and how she wanted in the garden....from now on is my turn, it's not going to be easy because of my mobilty at the moment but I am counting on the garden, good food and God's help to turn that around! Many blessings Charles to you and your family! 🤗💜🤗
Wish you well Cami!
Thank you so much Charles!
Me encanta recibir la notificación de sus videos. Gracias. Saludos de Romeral, Chile 🇨🇱
Alejandra 💚
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I think you'll soon be as well known & regarded in Chile as Admiral Thomas Cochrane RN. 😉
Hey Charles, this video makes me feel like I am standing in front of a painting with each brushstroke, nuance and meaning being described by the artist as they stand next to me in the gallery. I have watched you use your dibber many times but somehow never really appreciated what I was seeing over and over again. Did I see you transplanting some red vein sorrel (my favorite of the sorrels)? I have been binge watching "The Crown" in the hopes of you making a cameo appearance. I am nearly to the end of Season 1, so if you make an entrance in a later season please keep it to yourself ;-) All the best to you and your family my friend!
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Great, useful video ☺
Thank you for inspiring us.
Thank you Charles, you helped me in so many ways.
P.S.: Your courses are brilliant. :)
Great to hear!
I’ve followed you for the last few years bought your book and have totally changed my gardening ethos. I don’t worry about planting out plug plants now it’s simply dib the hole push the plug plant in and water. I don’t dig and find it brilliant still not quite up to your standard but I think you might have a bit more experience after 40yrs than me. Cheers 🍻
Awesome, well done Jacko and thanks for your feedback
Love the dibber. Bought one as soon as they went on sale. Wouldn't be without mine now. Have all of the online courses, very worthwhile and most of the books. Love them, much better than any novel.. Thank you Charles.
Great to hear!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Have just bought the new guides too. So enjoy how you present things Charles. many thanks.
THE NEW NO DIG SOCCER HOOLIGAN SUPPRESSOR AND GARDENING DIBBER !!!!!!
Enjoyed this Charles cheers.
I made a dibber myself after seeing it the first time in your videos, an helpful tool
Made as well another tool, dibber pits fixed onto a wood board equidistant (20cm) for faster transplanting, lay it on the beds, push the board and i got all holes ready, can't really explain more cause i've never seen a tool like that
Greetings from Italy
Nice work!
Cómo siempre Charles, muy buen video. Me has ayudado bastante a mejorar mi huerta.
GraciasArturo, eso me hace feliz
Hola charles, Maravilloso tu jardín y sigo tus consejos en mi jardín un abrazo desde santiago de chile
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I think I do double the work I need to as I fill in the soil and pack it. I will try this out!
I see that old white tray still hanging on. Good re-use!
Go for it Ken!
Not backfilling is something that I figured out for myself this year. Dropping the plants in deeper seems to help plants, notably beetroot for me. I have been making the holes with a bulb planter and that has worked quite well.
I use a bulb planter too!
can hear a buzzard in the background love hearing them in the town a lot of people in the town wouldn't take any notice of them and a great dibber I'm going to make me one
Me encanta como transmites tus enseñanzas gracias desde Chile
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Thanks, my plants keep falling over. I think now I know why! I believe that by filling the hole, the compost gets under the plant and if it is a bit dry, it expands when watering and then it pushes my plant up.
That definitely happens. I had planted some small shrub transplants couple years ago and I kept waking up to them laying on the surface like something pulled them up. It drove me crazy.
Merci beaucoup.
Funny I never thought about not filling the hole for watering, a really well duh moment. I watched the RHS series on BritBox, your garden was wonderful, with so many newbies to gardening, they should be really happy to see how you no dig.
Fantastic Wende
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You really have a way of making us want to get out there and grow. No dig makes it so much more enjoyable.
AWESOME VIDEO!🌻
❤FROM DALLAS TEXAS
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Love the video… much love from kc
Thanks so much
thanks.
Also, try starting your plants in something that really lets the roots breathe, like little fabric "pots." (I make my own out of scrap material, but you can buy nice ones that will last longer, too.)
Air-pruning works. In my experience transplants started that way take off noticeably faster, with little or no "transplant shock," compared to plants that were in plastic or paperboard containers, even if they didn't seem at all root-bound.
When starting in fabric, you just have to be REAL careful about not letting the soil and little seedlings dry out.
Nice afternoon,Charles! You and your knowledge are marvelous. Should i come to england one day, i'll buy you a coffee and bring a cake from baden bei wien.Best regards.🌷
That will be marvellous thankyou. I hope life is good in Baden.
The handle of my retired digging spade is about to be reincarnated! Thanks for the video Charles. I just received you calendar for 2022. No more gaps in the veggie plot anymore . . . Many thanks from Ireland.
Rock on! Your name is apt!!
I put my late father's wood turning lathe to use to make a long dibber at the beginning of the year. Used for everything except potatoes.
Charles' Vegetable Garden Diary has worked very well for me these past two seasons, helping refine my plans & maximise yields, especially in regard to immediately replacing a harvested crop with the next one.
Charles, please invent a dibber with built-in cabbage white exterminator.
Thank you so much, that's really helpful. What is the reason why you don't need to fill the hole in?
It fills itself, job saved, and easier to get water to plant roots
me encata👧...dime como evitar que algunas plantas se deshidraten al trasplantar.. me ha pasado con las calabazas,o con las zanahorias que no crecen bien etc, para mi son algo delicadas!...charles 💪👍💚soy tu fan n1😊aprendo mucho de tus videos!
Gracias Ruby. Solo necesita regar un poco más hasta que sus plantas se hayan establecido por el sonido.
We use Dibble sticks to plant pine trees commercially.
Good to hear!
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE TINY TIM IS VERY UPSET THAT HE CAN'T FIND HIS CRUTCH !!!!! AT LEAST NOW HE CAN JUST BUY ANOTHER ONE !!!!!!
Thanks for the detailed instructions on planting the starts. I wonder if here in Florida where it is humid with downpours very often, that the little holes left open may drown the seedlings or cook them due to our location. I certainly will give it a try.
The long handled dibber is a great tool for saving time, and damaged joints. I'm all about making jobs easier!
Hello from New Zealand ☺️ i love you channel Charles i have learnt so much. And am building my first no dig garden this year (since we are spring) i am getting ready to plant my first crops. I am curious though i don’t think i have heard you mention anything about ‘hardening off’ seedlings before planting them. Is this something you do? Or a bit of an unnecessary step?
Thank you Isobel, and that's not a coincidence. I believe in no hardening off and partly that is because in spring we immediately cover new plantings, taken straight from the greenhouse, with fleece. By late spring we don't need to use the fleece and I'm still taking new plants straight from the greenhouse, it saves a lot of time and effort.
Какой счастье, что русские субтитры работают, я уже второе видео понимаю, о чем речь, а не просто догадываюсь:)))
Great!!
i just received charles dowding dibber and as much as it is very well made and will be useful its expensive sold by garden imports uk and i would of liked if it had markings for every inch on it but the first groove is at 6 inches and has 4 grooves in total on it only
Thanks for sharing this Tom, yes it's pricey but it's not cheap to make I'm afraid.
Those spacings are the most common ones I recommend and we need to get a leaflet in the box to explain that
@@CharlesDowding1nodig ahh the markings are for plant or bulb spacing not depth which i thought it was so my apologies im new at this
Que felicidad recibir tus videos, me encantan, me alegran el día, una consulta no tienes mascotas, porque mis gatas no me dejan sembrar a ras de tierra solo puedo tenerlas en alto y tapadas, un abrazo y gracias
¡Gracias! Y sí, no tengo perros ni gatos. Tal vez podrías usar una red para pájaros
Maravilhosas dicas. O livro eu aguardo ansiosa. Venderá para o Brasil também? Um abraço.
Gracias. Podemos enviar livros para o Brasil!
Thanks for the revision!
Can you tell me the varieties of the sunflowers which were behind you in the final part, please?
Best wishes
Helichrysum debris Smallflower, and... Orange something!
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Hi Charles. I have had an awful year with slugs and snails - even chewed my beans up the canes. How do you keep them away? woodchips?
love your helpful videos.
I keep the garden very tidy, including edges, so they have few places to hide. No dig helps because slug eating beetles survive!
LAS TAREAS, EN SUS MANOS, PARECEN SENCILLAS... PERO NO; NO LO SON!!! FELICIDADES, LA PRODUCCIÓN DE SU HUERTO, ES BUENÍSIMA!!!
Pueden ser simples !!!!!! xx
Brother where do you get the stick to make the hold ? I looking at the Bunnings yesterday they don't have that stick
I used to make my own from old spade handles and you could do that.
Also now I have commissioned someone to make some and sell them in the UK at least, I don't think they export to the US but you could ask! www.gardenimports.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-long-handled-ash-dibber/?v=79cba1185463
What make and model of watering can are you using in this video? I live in the US and am having a hard time finding a good, well-made can. Love your videos!
It's Gardman 10L, they make sturdy products
you're needing to plant so deep because of the compost on top, which is hard to keep moist without over watering.
i find the biggest help for me in transplanting was using the right cell tray and commercial grade media. cell trays that have a pronounced taper are so much easier to get transplants out. i struggled with my previous cell tray. bark based seed raising mixes have not only terrible seed sprouting success rate but, also readily disintegrate during transplanting, reducing transplant success rate. i use a very fine peat and perlite mix that holds together very well.
do your dibbers have spacing markings? would seem helpful. 20, 30 and 50cm color coded markings would be easiest to use, without having to read numbers.
No the depth is to give stability and all the reasons I explain.
Good idea on spacer markings, when we make another batch.
Will you do a video on how to prep a garden for winter after they’ve harvested all their crop? I’m curious about once I’ve pulled the plants, is there anything I should do to the soil (compost, etc) or should I wait until spring and also do you cover with a tarp to help with weeds over winter? Thanks!!
I feel like I have done that a lot already, and it's very simple. Just put compost on beds and a little woodchip on paths. We may show it, need just two minutes! No covers.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig you don’t have weed problems without covers? I just have so many weeds popping up already at the end of season here. Our beds were prepped with cardboard and lots of composted soil; wood chips on paths. I’ve been trying to prepare compost for next summer, but it’s not breaking down very quickly so will keep working on that. Was just curious about help on the weeds. :) Thanks for your response.
@@MFaith777 I wonder if the weeds are perennials still growing, hard to say
SO NOW WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FILL THE HOLES !!???????........ MY ARTHRITIS JUST SCREAMED FOR JOY !!!!!!!!
Just curious as to how far apart you space your flat Dutch type cabbages? I think I made a mistake today by planting them too close together.
Around 45cm/18in, even wider for large varieties
Hola una consulta es necesario q sea muy profundo para todo tipo de ortalizas xq lo bisto las q sembro no van tan profundo gracias saludos desde argentina chaco sona norte estamos en stacion primavera
Seguro que plantamos unas ensaladas menos profundas. Solo apunte a tener todo el tallo por debajo del nivel del suelo. Y dejando huecos abiertos, sin rellenar, es asombroso cómo con el tiempo las plantas se asientan tan bien.
Muchas gracias excelente adimiro macho sus trabajos de huerto saludos chaco Argentina ciudad de Barranqueras
Hi Charles, thank you for uploading this video! A few doubts:
When I transplant I end it with a pull test, and when plants just come out very easily, I repeat and tuck them in more firmly, so I tend to try to close the hole. Is this pulling out test a good measure for a well succeded transplant or not at all?
This technique of water-filling the hole, does it work with sandy soils too?
The pull test is for bare root transplants, and risks breaking roots in module cells. Just push in the module rootballs.
And yes water similarly on sandy soil.
Hi Charles what verity of carrots you think that can grow good size in around 90 days my season is short and i like good mid size carrots not crazy for giant one thanks.
Early Nantes above all, maybe Amsterdam Forcing
I'd really like to buy that 60 cell tray in the US! Is there a seller here, or a bulk purchase from the UK that's less than a pallet in size?
We are still negotiating! It's proved surprisingly difficult to find somebody who wants to do it, and does not believe there is some risk involved. It seems to me they would fly off the shelves!
is that cucumbers in back on the Christmas Tree shaped trellises? Is there a video on that?
It's boulotte beans
Hi Charles, I've been making a lot of medium sized boxes for growing my herbs in for this Spring/Summer. I've been using a cheap potting mix but am not happy with the results.. Would you reccomend growing in purely compost or a proper potting mix of 50/50 soil/compost? Thanks heaps
Yes I recommend pure compost and do not call 50/50 with soil a 'proper' potting mix!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thanks for that Charles! So just to confirm, you'd be happy planting a tomato plant in 100% pure compost?? Or prefer compost mixed with "potting mix" .. Sorry for the silly questions but really appreciate the response! Seems the gardening language used in AUS is a bit different.