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I was asked this recently by email:
"I set loads of salad seeds but in small trays, I found when I came to transplant them that I had to disturb their roots so that when I transplanted them into the garden it takes 2-3 weeks for them to establish themselves. Do you sow salad seeds individually into modular cells? "
The question has the answer embedded in it, I sow in modules to avoid root damage when planting out. Most plants are growing away within a week on average, longer in cold weather and quicker in warm weather. But modules need watering in, both at planting time and, if it stays dry, a couple of times afterwards at two day intervals or so, until roots have found their way down into the soil.
At the moment, in July, plants are growing away incredibly fast.