thinning out.....

[bretty666]

One thread leads to another on here!!!
I just wandered if the majority of you actually thin your seedlings out or are you more like me ......whatever grows...grows,, sort of mentality? Is it worth having one big parsnip on his own or two smaller ones stuck together which probably weigh the same as the big one?? (but maybe not once they are peeled?????

[Bren In Pots]

I thin parsnips otherwise they grow in a tangled mess lettuce get thinned and put on a sandwich along with anything else edible.

[bretty666]

Good idea with the lettuce! Iv never thinned my parsnips but i have a few experiments on the go this year....im trying to see where effort is most rewarding...not like weeding my leeks 3 times last year to get a couple of euros worh of not very good leek.....the difference in this years garlic growth is minimal considering i have three rows that are weeded and loved and three rows left to nature...since november outdoors...theres not a great deal of difference i. above vround plant??

[bario1]

Weeds don't grow much between November and March, in fact nothing does really - continue the experiment into summer and see what happens.....

[Knight of Albion]

Have you got the seedlings in the soil or in pots in the greenhouse?

Always better to space them out, give each one the room and light it needs to grow into quality veg.

With lettuce especially, you will certainly lose some to slugs. If they're in the soil, bide your time with thinning out. Overcrowding will generally balance itself out with losses to slugs. If they're in pots, plant out the best ones and keep the remainder in reserve and grow them on to fill in for the casualties.

[jacob]

Every year I tell myself that this year I will thin ruthlessly. I just haven't got it in me...

[Two_Sheds]

one big parsnip on his own or two smaller ones stuck together

trouble is, they tend to trap earth in between the twists & turns, which is v.difficult to scrub out for eating


My rule is, sow thinly instead of thinning out afterwards

[vegboi]

Hi all I've sown a whole pkt of beetroot just wondered what size pot should I pop them in from growing in seed tray as there over crowded . Same with sweet basil and coriander got carried away. Thanks


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[solway cropper]

It's probably a bit OCD but I sow individual seeds of everything except celery which my old fingers can't separate. Very little thinning required if you sow an inch apart or into modules before transplanting.

[Bill HH]

Trays and compost are cheap, so why plant seeds so thickly? Nowadays I mix my seeds with some compost, just a tiny amount of seed, then spread it over the tray. That way you dont sow great glops of seed in one place.

[Kristen]

Most Beetroot are conglomerates - clusters of multiple seeds - so even sowing singly you will likely get several plants.

Hi all I've sown a whole pkt of beetroot just wondered what size pot should I pop them in from growing in seed tray as there over crowded

I prick out beetroot 3 seedlings to to each 3" / 3.5" / 9cm pot and then plant that out "whole" laster on. At some point, when they start to over-crowd a bit, I take two of them as "thinnings" for the kitchen, leaving one plant from each original plant to grow on and fatten up.

Same with sweet basil

I would be inclined to put about 5? in a 5" pot. I grow about 5 pots, 2 or 3 of which are in the kitchen for Chef to chop from, and then when they are looking sorry they get swapped out with revived plants from the greenhouse.

Dunno about Coriander.