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Jan 14, 2024 5:41 AM CST
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Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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Hello all ! I'm very new here and also planting.
Well I plant some seeds of parsley and dill, right now they are in ice cream boxes unfortunately, just a trial.
But they love their place and growing

I'm diving to web can't really find the information I want.

When should I move them?
Should I use longer pot for them?
Should I move the soil aswell?
How I'm going to move them. I have zero utensils, which ones I should get?

Sorry I'm a rookie, I would be appreciated if someone responses:
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Jan 14, 2024 6:49 AM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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Let the plants get their first true leaves before trying a transplant .
what you see now are leaves from the seed ((cotyledons))

I have used an ordinary table fork for transplant with good results .

Will these plants be going outside or into a pot for further growing?
..a balanced life is worth pursuit.
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Jan 14, 2024 7:32 AM CST
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Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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Hello ! much appreciated. Well ı think they can go outside
The seed seller didnt tell me specific
He said they can go every weather :)
Ok I will wait and try to understand the first true laves
And thanx for fork tip :)
This is my first time ever..
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Jan 14, 2024 7:46 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Welcome!
looking good!

The fork is a great suggestion! you could take little clumps and put them in their own pots, like yogurt tubs with holes cut or poked.
both will be happy outside as long as it isn't too much freezing cold. As new seedlings, I would not move them outside if it is going to freeze soon.
Plant it and they will come.
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Jan 14, 2024 7:55 AM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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The clump idea is very good because they don't like their roots disturbed. (long tap roots )

You will notice the true leaves they look different.
give your little seedlings as much light as possible till they go outside.
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Jan 14, 2024 8:06 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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Alriight so I will wait for the true leaves
and than take as clumps to their new yoghurt box or pots :)
While moving try to not destroy the roots :)
Theyr getting good light, they loved their place.
Lisbon is cold but I guess not that much.

Thank you nice people
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Jan 14, 2024 8:16 AM CST
Name: Cinda
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Good luck
Enjoy your new adventure
and let us know how you fare Smiling
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Jan 14, 2024 8:31 AM CST
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Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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May I take the same advices for parleys too? I'm gonna need a lot of pots I guess :D

Thank you have a nice day. Hurray!
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Jan 14, 2024 8:47 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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I enlarged your profile picture... looks like winter...
When I googled growing zone in Lisbon Portugal, it came back USDA zone 10...

Something isn't right... is there another Lisbon?

Parsley does best in my area simply seeded in place out in the garden in the Autumn.

Seems like dill is a summer plant, unlikely to survive a winter planting.
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Jan 14, 2024 12:53 PM CST
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Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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Thanks for your interests.
Well picture is from Sweden :)

And so far my parsley and dill is growing. This was a trial, or ill plant on april again Smiling
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Jan 20, 2024 4:00 PM CST
west central Ohio
Good start, OrangeQ! Your baby plants look really good. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by how good home-grown herbs taste.
Regarding transplanting: Imagine your containers are holding brownies or cake. Cut down into the soil and scoop out the plants and soil into their new pot, like you would serve dessert. Do not worry about getting every seedling individually -- up to 5 seedlings is fine. If they grow amazingly well and get crowded, you can thin them later by cutting off unwanted plants at soil level.
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Jan 21, 2024 6:28 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Viki Yohay
Lisbon
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Hello !
Thank you.
I think I might destroyed parsley , so I leave the dills for now..

I'm also trying to make alive the very old soil (it was on this balcony for a very long time)
So I again plant neew parsley seeds too, did not touch to dills.

And planted rucola.

What if I leave them in their bowls, I do not have any garden anywway so it doesnt make sense for me to move them :/

I'm feeding them with food scraps too :D
0 experience...
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Jan 21, 2024 8:13 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Sure, you can keep them in starting containers for lo ger. Might be best to thin them then. Either pull out or cut off extras as they get crowded. Too much crowding will hurt them all.

Um, sorry to say, I think food scraps are a bad idea.
Plant it and they will come.
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Jan 21, 2024 12:15 PM CST
Name: Cinda
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I agree
Food scraps may invite mold/fungus.
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