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Post by Cherry on Jul 26, 2011 18:21:04 GMT
Peony wrote in the gardening today diary thread that she had been pricking out seeds which are past the germination stage? I have the same situation and don't know whether to leave them for the winter, and just thin them out if they need it, or whether to prick them out. If they were later into growth, I would leave them until spring. If they are left, of course they take up less room, but is this the right thing to do?
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Post by Tel on Jul 27, 2011 6:55:49 GMT
I think only you can decide on what to do on this one, Cherry.  |
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Post by Cherry on Jul 27, 2011 8:05:45 GMT
Thankyou for the answer Tel. In that case, I will leave them. The growth slows down from now anyway and they will be easier to take care of during the winter, although they are all hardy.
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Post by blossom on Jul 27, 2011 8:34:55 GMT
Won't they get weak and spindly - after all it's only July?
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Post by Cherry on Jul 27, 2011 11:04:42 GMT
I don't think so Blossom. I do blue poppies every year and leave them until the spring. Primulas need the year to make them big enough to handle. I might look at the Verbascum and think about it because they make big plants. What has been your experience?
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Post by floydie on Jul 27, 2011 11:25:20 GMT
Just use your better judgment if they look like they need potting on pot them on . I have lots of trays of seeds/seedlings in the house still (And more to sow yet for next year) and i wont have room for lots of trays. I'll just be doing as above . |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jul 27, 2011 13:00:14 GMT
I was waiting to see the answer too. I sow many seeds at this time of year and am never sure whether to leave them in the tray or prick them out. I normally prick them out into cell trays which does take up more room. Doing it this way makes potting them up in the spring a doddle so it does have advantages. I use the 24 cell trays. If I thinned them out in a seed tray I would still pot up the ones I pulled out  I need therapy because it isn't really murder ;D |
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Post by peony on Jul 27, 2011 15:12:30 GMT
I have tried keeping some seedlings in a seed tray over winter, thinning out as Cherry suggests, but they weren't very successful. They got quite leggy and didn't seem such strong plants as the seedlings I'd potted on.
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Post by grindle on Jul 27, 2011 15:12:32 GMT
glad you asked the question too, I've pricked mine out in the past and lost quite a few over winter, so this year I'll leave them and then I can keep them under cover
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Post by Cherry on Jul 27, 2011 16:53:32 GMT
There are some good replies here, all proving that the first answer, which was from Tel, was the right one.
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 27, 2011 18:11:35 GMT
In my case I plant out or prick out as and when I feel up to it. have a load of stuff in cell trays and other stuff needing potting on. Today it has been very hot so I put these jobs off once again  Been kept rather busy with other things which vie for precedence. |
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I need therapy because it isn't really murder ;D
