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RE: Overplanting: Better Safe than Sorry?

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I plant more than snip off the extra. But then I don't mind buying fresh
seed next year.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Routhier [b*@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 1:20 PM
> To: sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: Overplanting: Better Safe than Sorry?
>
>
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Hello!  I'm a brand-new wannabe gardener. I've bought Mel's Sq. Foot
> book and I'm really excited about getting started on the community
> garden plot I've rented for the season.  His method seems really great
> -- easy to use and efficient.  But...
>
> 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?
>
> Then I'd have to start from scratch, with 2 or 3 weeks growing time
> totally wasted, and in Ottawa's fairly short summer, I don't see how
> planting a new zucchini bush at that time would work.
>
> So.  *Please*, experienced gardeners on this list, tell me if you
> actually do only put one seed per hole.  I mean, for plants like
> carrots or onions, it's no big deal if a few of the seeds never
> sprout, because there are so many others that will grow to maturity.
> But for those bigger plants.... peppers, broccoli, and the 9-square
> foot plants especially.... what do you do?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Lisa in Ottawa
> broccolisa@hotmail.com
>
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