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Post by daylilydude on Sept 29, 2017 8:02:02 GMT -5
When direct seeding do you plant more seeds per hole and thin later, or do you plant 1 seed per hole and go for broke?
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Post by paulf on Sept 29, 2017 9:24:29 GMT -5
I direct seed green beans and space the seeds according to the package and do not thin. Beets get sprinkled and then get severely thinned as they grow. Zucchini gets five or six seeds per hill and I take what I get, usually three per hill survive. Melons the same but two per hill stay and the rest get rouged. Pumpkins the same as melons except if I am trying to grow a super large pumpkin then one plant per hill and one pumpkin, the best and strongest, stays and the rest get picked off. Cucumbers have a space along a fence and they get thinned to five or six plants along the fence line.
The rest of the garden: tomatoes, peppers, and cabbage are from seedlings. If I do corn they are from seeds and planted along the furrow and not thinned.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 29, 2017 10:02:16 GMT -5
Depends on the freshness of the seed.
Since I use the Square Foot Gardening spacing, I do tend to do one seed per hole when planting carrots, beans, lettuce, greens, etc. Pretty much anything I don't plant a seedling of, I guess.
However, if the seed is a few years old, I start using more of a sprinkle than just dropping one seed per hole. When we reach that stage, if nothing comes up I toss the packet and get fresh.
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Post by meandtk on Sept 29, 2017 10:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by janr on Sept 29, 2017 11:01:38 GMT -5
I usually plant one seed per hole unless the seed is old and then I will plant more.
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Post by spike on Sept 29, 2017 11:43:34 GMT -5
One for the cutworm, one for the crow, one will whither and one will grow!
Sometimes I think my Old Uncles taught me this stuff to drive me batty!!
When planting beans or corn I plant one seed per spot unless it is a funny/odd/small seed then I will plant 2. I try to spread out carrots and beets as best I can but turnips I just toss in the wind.
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Post by september on Sept 29, 2017 13:06:33 GMT -5
It's only one seed per hoIe, but I over plant corn, beans, and peas in close quarters, then thin to the correct spacing. Come to think of it, I do that with lettuce, carrots and just about everything else.
I've had crows pull out seedlings for the corn kernels, and had some years of poor germination. You can't really have a two or three week difference in germination in the same small corn bed or it may not get pollinated well. My short season, and limited bed space makes it more efficient to thin.
Sprouting peas always get damaged by something, don't know if it's slugs, mice or other dirt dweller. Even with overplanting, I still get gaps in the row. I probably should move the pea bed to another part of the garden, but I have a solid permanent fence so hate to redo that.
I save my own bean seed and have more than I will ever need, so don't mind over planting that too. Some years every seed comes up, but if we have a cold snap during germination, some sprouts might get some kind of fungal damage.
I guess I just want everything to grow from the get-go and not have to replant in a few weeks it turns out the seed is poor. Some things can be transplanted to fill in gaps.
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