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Old 11-03-2018, 09:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Jeff Layman[_2_] Jeff Layman[_2_] is offline
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Default Seedlings, small bunches or single?

On 10/03/18 21:59, kerrygirl wrote:
Hello,
I have nemesia annual seedings growing in my greenhouse. I'm not
familiar with them as it's my first time growing. When pricking them
out, do I plant them on in little bunches or single. I have 3 inch pots
and cell trays


The answer depends on what you want to do with them, how \much space you
have, whether or not they suffer from root disturbance when moved, and
possibly other questions, which apply to just about everything grown
from seed and "moved on". With nemesia, I doubt they will worry about
being moved, so that's one non-problem solved.

If you want small bunches planted out in several places, then go for
several seedlings in a pot, which can - more or less - be planted
directly in the soil. Or you could split them up a bit when you plant
them out. If you want "specimen" plants (although I'd wonder why anyone
would want that with nemesia), you could grow them singly in pots and
plant that out.

And it depends on how much space you have. A couple of hundred seedlings
crammed half a dozen or so at a time in a 3" pot will take up a lot less
space than one or two in the same pot.

With things like nemesia, it's often simplest to follow what the
professional growers do and sow the seeds in small cells, which are then
much easier to move on. There is no root disturbance, and it's much
quicker than pricking out.

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Jeff