With the increased interest in local food production, more growers are producing vegetable and herb bedding plants and transplants. The following online resources have been updated to provide you with the latest, most up- to- date information with easy to read tables to help you find information quickly.
Growing Vegetable Bedding Plants and Transplants
by Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension
https://nevegetable.org/vegetable-transplant-production
Figure 1: Lettuce and Pepper transplants. Photos by L. Pundt
The vegetable bedding plant section of the New England Vegetable Guide that is online has recently been updated. Please note that the field growing sections and the rest of the online document has not yet been updated.
This section includes up-to-date information on:
- Growing Media and Nutrition (including organic fertility)
- Seeding and Transplanting
- Plant Culture and Height Management
- Disease Management
- Insect and Mite Management
- Scouting Guidelines and Biological Control Options
- Fungicides and Bactericides Labeled for Vegetable Bedding Plants;
- Insecticides Labeled for Vegetable Transplants and Bedding Plants
Growing Herb Bedding Plants
Figure 2: Rosemary plugs and those infected with Powdery Mildew Photos by L. Pundt
Go to the UConn Greenhouse IPM Website: https://ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu/greenhouse/
Scouting Guidelines and Biological Control Options: http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/view.php?id=1097
Some selected insecticides and miticides for use on herb bedding plants
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/view.php?id=1099
Some selected fungicides labeled for use on herb bedding plants
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/view.php?id=1098
Photo Scouting Resources
- Tips on Scouting Vegetable Bedding Plants: Pest and Disease ID
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/view.php?id=894 - Scouting Herb Bedding Plants: Pest and Disease ID
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/view.php?id=889