WSU Clallam County Lois Bellamy will demonstrate how to start seeds indoors to grow healthy transplants that produce beautiful vegetables at noon Thursday, Feb. 25, in the commissioners meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles.

Bellamy will address what is a transplant, why use transplants, which vegetables transplant well and how to grow transplants.  She will explain what kinds of plants can be grown indoors from seed and what supplies are needed. She also will explain how to care for the plantings before and after germination and how to prepare the plants for transplant in the garden. Home gardeners will learn how to grow vegetable varieties from transplants not readily available commercially.

A nine-year veteran Master Gardener, Bellamy has tended vegetable gardens in the Midwest, Northeast, Mid-South and here in the Northwest. She earned masters’ degrees in biology and in information science and worked in biological research labs and health science libraries.

Bellamy first became interested in growing transplants when she needed a large quantity of brassicas for the Master Gardener Robin Hill Farm demonstration vegetable garden, where she compared direct seeding and transplanting of the same plant variety.  She has grown vegetable and flower transplants from seed for the past eight years.

This presentation is part of the Green Thumbs Garden Tips brown bag series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners on the second and fourth Thursday of every month in Port Angeles.

The lecture series provides home gardeners with education on gardening topics relevant to planting and maintaining sustainable gardens and landscapes in Clallam County.

Attendees may bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public. For questions, call 565-2679.