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clive f

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« on: January 12, 2008, 21:23 »
When starting my veg of indoors eg cabbage, cauliflower, brussels, i sow a few seeds in half seed tray and then prick them out into modules putting the seed leaves just resting on the compost this gives me short strong sturdy plants for planting out , to save time if i sowed two to three seeds per module and removed the weakest ones after germination to leave one plant per cell would i still get the same result as i do when using the pricking out method or would i get a weak spindeley plant? i could try both methods but i,ve gone for the clubroot resistant cabbage/cauli and you dont get many seeds and i dont want to waste any.As any of you had any experience with these different methods of sowing?                                                                                                            Thanks clive.

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WG.

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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2008, 21:25 »
Phew !!!

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Rob the rake

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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2008, 21:27 »
They're fine as long as you thin them out before they start to compete with one another. This is how I've always done it, Clive.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2008, 21:28 »
If you are using expensive seed, then pricking out will waste fewer seeds.  I don't find it to be that much extra work either.

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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2008, 21:32 »
Experience tells me that 3 seedlings together will try to compete with each other for light, unless your prepared to allow 1st one up to grow and pull the others out immediately. I would just sow 1 seed about 1inch apart either way  in a tray and go from there.
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2008, 21:33 »
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2008, 21:36 »
Quote from: "WG."
Phew !!!


yes, I still don't know what you are asking, but I'm foreign  :lol:
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2008, 21:38 »
As a lot on here know, this is what I do....

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