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Originally Posted by loulac
Before thinking of transplanting I check the roots. My seedlings either grow on flats or in yoghurt pots with a hole punched in the bottom, wide enough to enable me to push the the whole content out without breaking the mix and thus check the importance of roots. If they don't show at all or just a little I wait. The same rule works if there are several seedlings in one pot. The more I (resonably) wait, the stronger seedlings get. I use liquid fertilizers, but never more than a third of the recommended dose !
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Your post reminds me that if you have multiple seedlings per container they won't get as large as they will with one plant per container (and dwarfs will likely be pretty small in this case; mine have been: e.g. Payette); however, they can be just as mature as larger plants of a similar age, in this case. Small, mature plants tend to grow to equal the size of larger mature plants quickly once repotted or transplanted (if they're mature; immature ones can still take their time). The same is true to a much more obvious degree with tomatillos.