Thinning Seedlings! ✂️🌱// Garden Answer
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Never in my 24 years did i EVER imagine myself to be watching so intently seedlings being thinned and be so satisfied. Lol im a beginner and i still find it funny how i've come to love plants so much all of a sudden!
I can completely relate to this
If we could have as much compassion for our good mother earth and fellow human beings, as everyone is showing for these snipped seedlings.....what a wonderful world it would be
I so totally understand that this is necessary but it just breaks my tiny little heart to cut them back.
I think we need a “seedling support group”.
:) I know it's rough.The other seedlings are just so much better off, and I have found the most success doing it this way!
@@gardenanswer Do you think maybe there is some positive help to them having the cut off roots in the soil. Seems sometimes there is stronger plants that show up and im wondering if they get better support or nutrition from other roots staying in soil.
@@gointothedogs2 That occured to me too. The other roots would likely supply at least nitrogen & moisture.
Hahaha 😂😂😂 I feel the same way. They are my babies and I'm PRO-LIFE (let me CLARIFY that I'm speaking in terms of plants 😉). So yeah she made me cry 😭🤧😔
I thought it was just me having silly feelings 😃😂. I'm still struggling but at least I know it's what's best.
So hard to thin... it seems cruel ( I need therapy 🤭)!
Omg, who else is LIVING for these daily uploads? Laura is really coming THROUGH!
There's just SO much to do around here right now! It's fun to capture as much of it as we can! :)
Ikr!!! It's literally giving me something to look forward to!
I have found I have just as good success with my seedlings by gently pricking out the extras and repotting them. It is easy to do and you don't have to sacrifice the spares. So don't despair all you who can't stand to cut the extras, you can save them!
Yaaaaay! I was really hoping that someone else has done this successfully. I’m definitely going to try it! Thank you!
@@ericaruffo4360 I learned this working in a wholesale greenhouse. It is done all the time. In fact I recently met with an agronomist who told me in their studies they have found seedlings stressed by transplanting do better and the nutritional value is greater in veggies. I was amazed.
Oh flower patch farmhouse I'm so glad you said that because I have just painstakingly pricked out all of my alyssum 'extra' seedlings and potted them on they are so tiny seeds I got bunches of them everywhere what a nightmare but it's done now fingers crossed they all do well x
Thank you!!! I’m over wondering why would I waste all that goodness 😱
@@FlowerPatchFarmhouse woooahhh that is super interesting! I wonder why!! I guess we all grow from stressful situations in the end 🤗
Kind of breaks my heart to cut them off :(
pretend that they are microgreens and eat them
I know, i understand the process and the reason to do it but can't help having mixed feelings about it
@@BlaBla-pf8mf Too bad not all plants are safe to eat, but I get it. I had the same reflex & caught myself!
So did mine! 😟
Try Craig Lehoullier's dense planting method. He puts 50 seeds in a cell and transplants them all up. Probably not viable for all plants but he does it with tomatoes, peppers, basil and some flowers that I know of.
OMG, surprised at the comments. If you can not stand to thin them out, then only put one seed per pot, with some of the small seeds good luck with that. If you do not thin them with a clump of 3 they all die instead of at least one surviving. Even with transplanting with the roots disturbed the survival rate is even less...
I'm the one who goes *absolutely cross-eyed* trying really hard to only put one seed per cell! And I always start more seeds than needed in case some are duds. My friends love getting my extras, and I get more than one year's production from a seed packet. I'm a total wimp when it comes to thinning. I even feel bad for the weeds I pull. 🤦🏾♀️
Seems simple, but such a good idea! Thank you for sharing, I will definitely be doing this in the future!
Make your own seed tape then:
Put the seeds onto toilet paper with a glue of flour and water.
I feel so the same way.
Morning Laura, thank you for this video....I’ve never thinned out my seedlings which explains why I haven’t been very successful. XOXO from Katy, Texas 💐
Thank you Laura. This is my first year growing flowers from seed and I had no idea what “thinning” meant. I’ve learned alot from your videos. Even my husband has noticed an increase in my gardening confidence. Please keep those videos coming. :) ~ Linda
I’ve been an avid fan for about two years and I can tell you, I am *so* much more confident in my gardening now! I’m not perfect, by any means, but I’m less afraid of just chucking it in the ground or in a pot and seeing what happens!
Woh! Laura! Not expecting the feedback!
Thanks for the reminder! One of my flats was starting to get away from me! haha! ;)
Yeah for MIGardner plug, thank you! Luke and his family are great. LOVE your channel and never miss an upload. You inspire me. Thank you for being a great teacher also.
Thank you Laura! Very helpful as I’m starting all kinds of flowers from seeds this spring for the first time!
I see most of the people watching have never grown seeds before, if you try to pull them apart you will most definitely cause quite a lot of damage to their tiny little roots and you will probably end up losing all of your seeds, this is the only way to do it to guarantee getting your full crop of thirty plants. Sorry about the negative feedback on this one Laura, don’t let it get to you. Lots of love ❤️
I think it goes to show that everyone has found success with different methods. What I want to know is where people keep all those extra seedlings! I have lots of grow lights and don't have space even if I did separate the plants. 😜
Can you just transplant the extras? I don’t have the heart to thin hahaha then again I am a plant hoarder
I would have chosen to transplant by gently pulling the root system apart rather than thinning them this way. But to everyone their own preference ☺ Some plants like their root systems undisturbed too so I have to learn with that in mind
Same
You can eat them which makes you feel better
Omg I thought the same. I was like owwww noooo poor baby. Why are you doing this. You evil woman.
Yes . Esp if u dont want to waste your seedlings. Ive never seen anyone snip perfectly healthy seedlings in this way & im still shocked . if the cells are over crowded then remove them & put each in a cell or pot by itself. I dont get killing healthy seedlings. She got them all to sprout just to cut them off when they are healthy ??
Just what I wanted, is like you've been reading my mind. Thank you
I live in MI and yours and Lukes channels are my go to channels since I started gardening last year!!
What a nice first day of Spring video to watch and drink my coffee too! Thanks for the information and the link as it's always fun to watch other gardeners!! Happy Spring everyone!
Thank you. I've seen several video's but yours is by far the best explaining the thinning process!! Clip the outer leaves and keep the one in the middle!!
I try to plant just 1 seed per compartment, but if more seeds germinate I have always had luck in transplanting and then I just give the extra plants to someone in need. It is not hard to transplant, but it does take extra time. I do love watching your videos Laura! I look forward to it every night!
I was just thinking yesterday that I'd love to learn more about thinning my seedlings! Thank you!
I had to stop watching! Couldn’t take watching them be cut off! I’ve always tried to save every little start.
me too
How many end up living vs dying?
Super helpful to follow this process 🌱
Yes, it was very helpful. I've been pulling them instead of cutting the seedlings
Great demonstration; also, love that you mentioned Luke at MIgardener, too. I love watching your videos, and Luke's. He also has the best deal on seeds at only .99¢ a pack! Looking forward to seeing what you put in your vegetable garden this season. ❤️
This was incredibly helpful! During this crazy quarantine time I've decided I'd like to be as good at growing my food as I am preparing it. I'm an excellent chef with a brown thumb!
Thank you. I was never too sure how to do this.
Hi Laura
Greetings from Sunny South Africa, thanks for all your very informative tips!
Another great video. So my next question is when do you pot them up to a bigger pot and when do you start giving them fertilizer.
Wow! Finally a simple explanation on thinning plants!! TY!!!
I usually pull them out, transplant them in the six pack containers I recycled and give them to family members. I feel bad throwing possible food some can use.
Your videos are amazing. Such great quality and time appropriate. I was just thinking about how to do this.
I'm fairly new to gardening and really appreciate this information.thank you.👍
I just can't thin...I'm sure they are thinking (really, I have a serious problem) no, no, not meeeeeeee!! So I drive myself more crazy and only put 1 seed in each cell, LOL!!!
I love that you gave Luke a mention!
I had no idea they are cut! Genius!!!! Tfs.
I needed this info! Thank you!!
I’d never have thought to thin this way. Way better!
Great lesson. Thank you.
Love the Videos! Keep it up
Girl..those Fiskars u got are my #1! Once the season starts..u will never find me without them..if they're not on me..they're within arm's reach at ALL times!!😍
This was so helpful! Thank you for sharing! :)
I love MIGardner. I've learned so much from him. I planted snapdragon seeds for the first time this year and you are right. They are so tiny! I meant to use a whole flat and instead the seeds ended up in only a few cells. I'm steeling myself that I'm going to have to thin them soon.
They are so cute! 😍
Could you do a video on how to design a flower bed from scratch? Also do you have any recommendations for similar gardening channels? Thank you!
Note - another thing I do at times is to use a pencil and dig out some of the extra seedlings and repot them in another cell. It depends on how valuable the seedlings are.
Tom Terrific- You know, I’ve watched Gardeners World on the BBC with Monty Don and he uses a pencil that he dampens to pick up seeds while planting. He’s such a large man with huge hands that the trick helps reduce waste. I’ve seen him separate some plants, too. ❤️ Great tip!
@@megandcochrane That's a great idea!
Super helpful video! Thank you!
You are an awesome teacher!
you are really good at this
Why not use bigger pots to be able to save all them...? Seems like such a waste, you had so many beautiful ones pop up! Is there any alternative in which you can save them all?
No, there isn’t
Yes, there is an alternative. You can prick them out and repot them. I do it all the time and it works great.
Probably just more careful placement of one seed per cell, then there wouldn't be a need to thin in the first place, but it takes a lot of patience and not every seed will germinate, so you may have a few "wasted" cells.
Use a plate with paper towel then once sprouted put them into the cells. No waste and also they do better if you actually had two to a cell. They can compete. I've been known to put two or three into one and pot up then I transplant out to yard. It becomes a pocket of color.
I usually only thin when dealing with really small seeds that I can't see or handle that well so I sow in small clumps and then thin by snipping later.
But for seeds I CAN see and handle, I just put two per cell and when it's time to transplant, I just separate them gently.
Make sure they well watered before you do though, that way it will be easier to pull them apart and you will reduce the amount of stress they go through.
So Laura when I sow my desert rose seeds this happens to me (more than one plant in a cell) what I do is pop the cell out with a teaspoon and one by one I pull the little plants apart and plant them into their own 14inch pot, but the little plants have to have 6 leaves on them before I even attempt to repot them ... I've been doing this for 4 years now and maybe in that 4 years I've lost approximately 20 little baby plants 🌱 great video Laura 🍃💖👍🏼💜🕊
You plant seedlings into a 14 inch pot?
@@Jack-oc2xq I first plant all my seeds into cell trays (like Laura has in her video) then once they have 6 leaves on them, I pop the cell out with a teaspoon, gently separate them, then plant them into their own 14inch pots ... Once the little plants are roughly 10cm in height, I transfer them into roughly 18 - 25cm pots ... I hope that helps and answers your question Jack ... If you'd like to take a look at my desert roses that I've grown over the years my I.G page is ... the_rose_1964_ Cheers
Cherrose oh you mean 14cm, that makes more sense than 14 inches, will definitely check out your instagram
Jack ... lol yes Jack 14cm ... silly me.
Thanks!!! My snap dragon flats looks like a rainforest!
I'm literally just dealing with this. :) Your timing is perfect, thank you for this video.
You are the best teacher 👏
Yes your video was helpful for sure!
Great tip thanks!💕
Thank you for your Tips.. I’m fixing to plant bulbs !!! Stop me if I shouldn’t in Georgia right now ❤️
I feed the sacrificed seedlings to my chickens. Helps with the heart pain ;)
Good video. Thank you.
Thanks!! That was super helpfull!!!
Good tip..I didn't know how to thin but I do know.
Very helpful! Thank you :)
I am so bummed out to see these go to waste! Out of all of the effort that they put to grow. They would've looked so pretty bushed up.
I cant bare to watch you chop off all the snapdragon seedlings. I know you guys work with a massive amount of plants so time is paramount for you. What i couldnt give to be a seedling saver and repotter saving your disguarded seedlings. I cannot chop off heads. I pull plugs out, lay them on their sides and roll them to loosed soil and repot into bigger container. Works great. I love to watch your channel and fall in love with all the things id love to be able to grow.
Yes, but its all time dependent. If you have a couple of hundred seedlings. You could be spending hours and hours. Carefully wiggling them apart.
Also these roots are very delicate. It could cause losses loosening the roots apart. It might not be worth all that effort.
@@gearoidp Yeah i know! In a large scale production its a must. I just watch everyone doing that and wish i was there to save all the disguarded or offer to pot up. Its just hard to watch. I prefer to do one per cell but ive noticed when more are grown together they seem to grow better from the start. Maybe they give off nutrients to each other and theres runts because they are feeding the others?
@@gointothedogs2 yeah, I agree, it is a bit sad. :( But as you say in large production it does happen.
Planting one per cell might mean that the seed does not germinate. Leaving an empty cell. Its insurance just to add extra seed and then just cull a few.
I look at it grow it's fun so u can make fruits yumm
Ok..will do
Very helpful thank you.
For those of you feeling sorry for the cut up seedlings (including myself) remember that you could either repot the cut up seedlings or remove the contents of the whole cell and separate into individual plants and pot them up separately.
When will you start to plant more plants next to the vegetables garden
Hey Laura, when your snapdragons are large enough, could you do a video of how to pinch young snapdragon plants? I am growing lots of seedlings this year including snapdragons but I am a little bit confused on how to pinch them back for a bushier plant. I love your videos because I learn so much from them so thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you
no wonder my little seedlings never made it!
What was in the other flat? What variety of plants were they? It seemed amazing seeing you. I love you and your videos. I also love your family and home
I really should do this!
This pretty much solidifies why I do not have the patience to grow plants from seed.
I used to work in a nursery for a market garden farm and I would've thinned them before their first true leaf came out and transplanted the extras into another tray.
I love to grow plants I water them I look at it everyday
Thank you. As always, really helpful. I appreciate the mixture of showing us the work slowly, with great detail, and then speeding it up to see the full result. Would love to know how much time it took you, before the video speed up. Excited to see these grow😎.
I prefer to start my seeds in flats and then transplant to individual cells when they are that size. Takes a little time but I’m not wasting all those beautiful seedlings. I enjoy giving away all my extra plants to others. Everyone is always so grateful to get them and it makes gardening for me so satisfying.
Very Good
Once you use the ceilings are up and you have to send them out do you remove the warming pad?
Maybe one day....🌱💚
Hey Laura 👋 greetings from India 😀
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels bad about disposing of the other poor seedlings! Lol
Thanks for the video. I feel much better after reading some of the comments. I thought I was the only one who hated killing those extra plants, I know it is best to do it, but seems like such a waste.
Does this technique also work for herb cuttings?
Good morning Laura! Is there ever a way to thin seedlings and save the extras? It kills me seeing them all sniped off! 😂 Love your guys' videos! 😍 Thanks!
👩🌾🌱Great info Laura. I never knew you could just cut them off and they would quit growing. Easier than pulling them out for sure. Thanks! 🌷🦜
What do I do if my plants are getting this white powder look in the soil idk what it means or how to get rid of this 😬
Very interesting, thinking about buying a grow light. How late can I wait to plant my seeds. Can't wait for your next garden tour.
What zone are you in? Might be able to go ahead without grow light this year.
@@rubyoro0 zone 6
Why do you cut them off and not pull them out? Or, might it disturb the roots in the cell? Laura thank you for this. Love it! I’m living vicariously through you. It’s too cold here for anything like that but I’m ready to get started. Okay, you answered my question.
gasp!
I could never
I noticed that the Japanese Maple behind you has some of its leaves from last year still hanging on. Do you just leave these as this year's growth starts or do you eventually remove these old leaves before new growth really gets going?
What’s happening when you separate them,one by one and plant them again on diferente container😁
Ok, Laura. I am going to drink the "Seedling Thinning Kool Aid" because I have so much faith in you. I hope it doesn't kill me! LOL
If i'm at your situation..i will replant the seedlings to another trays..
So then i can get many seedlings..
Oh so pity when u cut off the other seedlings
😂
If u cut it off at the soil level and leave roots behind- should we be worried about decay and rotting roots contaminating the seedling you left behind?
Can't save them all folks, if you did and just plant all those clumps you highly risk all the plants dying trying to compete to live, or most of them die off anyway.
I've been growing mine one per cell... Not sure why; but they seem to grow no problem, almost every time. Idk 😐 Thank you for explaining this concept though as I always read the packs and had no idea what it meant lol.
What age do I do this most of my plants have not germinationg