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Re: Overplanting: Better Safe than Sorry?

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At 10:19 AM 04/09/1999 PDT, Lisa Routhier wrote:

>I would have problems putting my faith in, for example, planting one 
>single zucchini bush seed.  I mean, what if the seed that I plant is 
>one of the ones that would never sprout?  And if it did sprout, what 
>if in the first couple of weeks of life, it got eaten overnight by a 
>rabbit or cat or something?  

I have that same problem, and though I know I shouldn't, I ususally plant
multiple seeds, based on how many final plants I want.  If I'm planting a
LOT of something, like radishes, then I only do 1 seed per plant.  But as
the number of plants go down, I raise the number of seeds.  So if I wanted
4 tomatoes, I'd plant 8 seeds.  One zucchini?  I'd plant 4 seeds.

Sure, it's a little wasteful, but really, that packet of seeds isn't going
to be viable after three years or so anyway, so you're going to have to get
new before you run out of seeds in any event.  I figure I can let the
hardiest one live and eat the others as sprouts!

BTW, if it's any comfort, cats don't usually eat plants....

(Don't get me started about Woodchucks and cilantro, though!)


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