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Re: Starting Seedlings

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Lorraine,

I have read that when you are trying to thin the group of seedlings coming
up, you should not try to pull them out...because you will hurt the roots of
all concerned...but you should cut the ones you intend to thin out.

I usually plant two or three seeds close together, in a cell.  When the time
comes to choose the lucky one to live, it isn't quite so painful to
sacrifice the others.    Once the single plant is big enough to transplant,
I don't have to worry about separating.  I hope this helps.

As I said before,  I am new to vegetable gardening...but I have been doing
this with flowers for years.

Good Luck
Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: Lorraine Young <lyoung@npiec.on.ca>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: Starting Seedlings


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>Actually, I have never had success separating seedlings.  However,
>I do pot up (ie, take a plant and put it into a larger container.
>
>My problem is when I thin the plants, the plant being taken out is
>killed.  I just  cannot get the hang of gently teasing the baby roots
>apart.
>
>But it seems such a waste to start a tomato in a 4 or 6 inch pot.  So
>I start in cell packs and transplant the whole thing into a 4 inch pot
>when the plant is large enough.
>
>On 11 Nov 99, Patricia Santhuff wrote:
>>
>> My main objection, though, is that she has a two-step method that I
>> would prefer NOT to use, unless it's just the ONLY way to do things.
>> That is, she suggests you sprout the seeds to just before or just
>> after the first set of true leaves, then transplant them to some sort
>> of larger container with soil, and then at some later point to the
>> garden. I would vastly prefer transplanting just once -- to the
>> garden.
>>
>> Am I off base?
>Lorraine Young, Southern Ontario
>lyoung@npiec.on.ca
>
>
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