Waste not want not.

[goosander]

Am I the only person that pots up all the seedlings and gives them a chance although I only need a few. Put 2 seedlings in a pot that are small and both grow like weeds.
Am just wondering if I am mad.
Bob.

[Thelma Sanders]

Am just wondering if I am mad.
Bob.

If you are, there's at least the 2 of us

[veggiechicken]

Make that 3.

I only wanted 9 early tomatoes - but I've potted up 17.

[Lardman]

40 lettuce and counting...

[Snoop Puss]

I'm determined to be strict this year...

[Bren In Pots]

I'm determined to be strict this year...

If you manage this you'll have to tell us your secret

[Aberdeenplotter]

If you are, there's at least the 2 of us

Make that 3.

I only wanted 9 early tomatoes - but I've potted up 17.

I'm with these guys

[B Porcupine]

Yup, me too! I just sowed a few more tomatoes and chillies today, for some inexplicable reason... I have plenty

[rary]

Have you ever considered the cost of potting up unnecessary seedlings
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No! Neither have I

[Scarlet]

I'm determined to be strict this year...

Me too....I'm only going to do 60 tomato plants this year. I'll sow double that and try to bin the rest

[Teds Mum]

I can't bin baby plants, I will fit them in wherever there's space and give away the rest. My sister does rather well from this arrangement to the extent that she doesn't bother raising plants other than sowing a few runner beans.

[Snoop Puss]

Me too....I'm only going to do 60 tomato plants this year. I'll sow double that and try to bin the rest

Actually, I'm pretty good at being strict on tomatoes. But then the locals give me a load and I feel obliged to plant them.

[Penellype]

My method is to prevent waste by planning, so if I want 4 cabbages I sow 4 or maybe 5 seeds, not half a packet. This is much easier if you start the seeds in pots or modules than if you sow in rows or seed trays. Once the plants are growing I agree it is very hard not to keep them.

[Greenleaves]

What I dont need or cant give away get a free trip to the compost bin

[Small pumpkin]

I always grow more than I need. But they are very rarely wasted. The spare is either sold, swapped or used as a micro crop depending on what it is.
So I probably fall into the nutters category