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Re: Thinning (was: Starting Seedlings)

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I've always had much better luck than I anticipated separating
seedlings...perhaps because I always start the process with the assumption that
I'm about to kill at least one of them so anything short of that is a pleasant
surprise!  I find that it helps to separate them when they're relatively
dry...the soil just falls away from the roots rather than binding them.  And I
find I have better luck when I do it as early as possible...when the baby plants
only have one or two sets of full leaves.  They seem to have practically
miraculous recuperative powers at that age...much like human babies!

Mary
Zone 4/5
Appleton, WI

Patricia Santhuff wrote:

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> At 12:01 AM 11/13/99 -0500, you wrote:
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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.
>
> Why not just take a tiny scissors -- embroidery type perhaps -- and snip off
> the ones you want to thin out? That's what I saw in one of my books. Won't
> work with weeds, of course <G>, only those things you WANT to grow. ;-)
>
> Patricia
>
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