One seed per pot?
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One seed per pot?
How do you guys do it?
I'm using the little seed starting pellets you see at the big box stores. For ease this first time around.
Instructions say to plant 2 or 3 seeds per pellet. I've read through Google of people saying just one.
What do y'all do?
I'm using the little seed starting pellets you see at the big box stores. For ease this first time around.
Instructions say to plant 2 or 3 seeds per pellet. I've read through Google of people saying just one.
What do y'all do?
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Michael Wise - Posts: 1635
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Re: One seed per pot?
What's the germination percentage of the seed?
Near 100%, 1 per pot should be fine, and then replant the few that didn't grow.
At 80% or lower (most seeds), double or triple plant if you have the extra seeds. Once they sprout, remove the weaker sprouts using a cuticle scissors to cut them at the base. You don't want to disturb the soil at all as new sprouts are delicate.
Remember even 80% means that, out of 100 pots, 20 won't grow if you single plant. 4 won't grow if you double plant. There's a 1 in 3 chance (or so) that 1 won't grow if you triple plant.
My home-gathered seeds range from 36% viable (red salvia) to 88% viable (red celosia), so there's a very wide range. The salvia will be planted in fives. The celosia, threes. Most others, four.
Near 100%, 1 per pot should be fine, and then replant the few that didn't grow.
At 80% or lower (most seeds), double or triple plant if you have the extra seeds. Once they sprout, remove the weaker sprouts using a cuticle scissors to cut them at the base. You don't want to disturb the soil at all as new sprouts are delicate.
Remember even 80% means that, out of 100 pots, 20 won't grow if you single plant. 4 won't grow if you double plant. There's a 1 in 3 chance (or so) that 1 won't grow if you triple plant.
My home-gathered seeds range from 36% viable (red salvia) to 88% viable (red celosia), so there's a very wide range. The salvia will be planted in fives. The celosia, threes. Most others, four.
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