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Once spring rolls around, you can usually sow your seeds whenever you like — but don’t be too eager to start transplanting your seedlings. Just because it’s shirtsleeve weather doesn’t mean the ground has warmed up enough to host delicate young plants. In fact, the ground temperature often lags behind the air temperature for several days, and sometimes longer.

Before you transplant anything, research the minimum healthy soil temperature for your seedlings, and then take the temperature of the soil using a large commercial thermometer. A temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or above is congenial to nearly all flower and vegetable seedlings.

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