[Benandbill]

All of a sudden. lots of cabbage, PSB, broccoli, turnip, cauli and beetroot are getting too big for their seed trays and modules and need putting into pots.  I'm having to put 2 to a pot, not just because of a shortage of pots but also because I have space issues in my small garden shed and my house.  Out of the above mentioned, does anyone know if any of them in particular will be particularly hampered by root disturbance when eventually being planted out?  The pots are roughly 3 to 4 inches in diameter.

[DD.]

Your PSB, Brocolli & cauli should be OK. Roots crops don't like too much disturbance though. I alway sow mine direct.

[Benandbill]

Thanks DD.

[Salmo]

My father used to grow his brassicas in a nursery bed all crouded together. When he planted them out he used to just yank them out of the ground. He said that if you broke the tap root they produced a better root system. He dipped them into something that looked like thin custard. Grew enough to feed 5 of us.

[viettaclark]

I find most greens will take moving very well (in fact they enjoy it!) so I can play around with things like lettuce and pak choi, replanting several times from seedtray to pot to pot to bed to another bed.....
Just moved my winter greens from little plastic strawb punnets to large 4" deep trays where they will stay until some space becomes available later in the year.
I'm getting quite good at this now....we had winter cabbages now Spring cabbage, the autumn has just gone in (3" high) and the winter stuff has it's first leaves.
We like greens (and so do the chickens!)

[Benandbill]

viettaclark how do you find this works with spinnach?  I've taken DD's advice and borne in mind that roots are a little averse to disturbance and the rest of the turnip seeds are going in individual pots (these are classed as roots are they or are they brassicas??) but spinach, I've got blooming loads of them and another full tray to dis-semble!  Yikes!!