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Re: Plant Competition

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I don't know if it has ever been explained satisfactorily but I know others
have observed the same thing.
There is an old saying that if you plant one seed per hole it may not
sprout.  But if you plant more than one,  all will sprout.  My wife who has
a profound empathy for all living things, including plants, says seeds and
plants like people get lonely and will be happier with company from other
seeds/plants.  I also once read a biodynamic article (Rudolph Steiner, et.
al.) which claimed germination is enhanced by magnetic forces between
adjacent seeds.

Olin

----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer W. Gohr <jgohr@rmci.net>
To: <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Plant Competition


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> I've starting quite a few seeds for my garden this year and was following
> Mel's recommendation to plant one seed per hole to eliminate thinning
work
> later.  Some of these single seeded ones did not germinate, so I
replanted
> those seeds with more than one per hole, assuming the seed viability was
> low.  When I put more than one seed per hole, the plants seemed to
> germinate quicker and at a higher rate.  I didn't thin right away and was
> amazed to see that the plants from the multi-seeded holes were growing
> faster and better than the exact same plants from the same seed packets
> that were single seeded ONE MONTH earlier.
>
> Have any of you noticed something similar?
>
>
> Jennifer
>
>
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