Topic: Newbie mistake

[springbok]

Today I decided to prick out the petunia seeds i sowed a few weeks ago lol.

They just kept coming and coming and coming.. erm i have 10 plugged trays full of petunias... Note for next year... dont sow whole packet lol.

Petunias anyone???? lol

[posie]

Rofl - you are not alone!  I did exactly the same thing this week - hope my family likes petunias!  ;D

[star]

Aye I understand ;D ;D ;D

I have done it with just about everything years ago ;D ;D ;D. A WHOLE packet of cabbage, cauli, beetroot, lettuce all at once :o  you name it I sowed it.....all.

It wasn't a big garden ::)

[sarah]

ah yes me too. in my first year i spent about three weeks pricking out a million poppies. my mother in law has only just stopped laughing.  :D

[caseylee]

you are not alone springbokgirlie, last year was the first time I had grown veg and i poured two packs of carrots seeds into a tiny space, about 4 pumpkin plants and about 4 courgettes, let just say that jungle was the right word to describe it lol

[saddad]

Been there done that! Got the T-Shirt ( Under Gardener)
 ::)

[manicscousers]

when James Martin started his veggie garden, he planted a whole pack of lettuces in a 3 foot, I think, row..then he did 2 more rows the same  ;D
and they showed it on telly  ;D

[cornykev]

Yep same hear, I had 110 tommie plants on the go in my first year. ??? :o :-[ :P        ;D ;D ;D

[Pookledo]

Aye I understand ;D ;D ;D

I have done it with just about everything years ago ;D ;D ;D. A WHOLE packet of cabbage, cauli, beetroot, lettuce all at once :o  you name it I sowed it.....all.

It wasn't a big garden ::)

I've done the same with half of my seeds this year. Then I ran out of room, and have still got half my selection of seeds left.

[DeeBee]

Must confess, still do it every year, well ......
some might die....
or get eaten...
maybe my allotment will grow to three times its original size.....

Crumbs will I ever learn? (78 tomato plants already and I know I have sown some more ;D)
Just love sowing stuff -  and it stops having to dust the back bedroom as I can't get in ;)

[posie]

I'm up to 40 tomato plants as we speak!  I sowed extra in case of failures and not one of them did! So now ringing every relative I have to force them to have some rofl  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

I grow about 50, and expect to get inundated with tomatoes.

[Sparkly]

We have about 50 tomato plants and I have a couple more varieties left to sow. I am planning to keep about 30 plants. 10 in the garden, 10 under glass and 10 straight in the plot (the hardier varieties). I will give the rest away at work/friends or the allotment plant sale.

[manicscousers]

bit like me, put 2 seeds per pot, the experts say, pinch out the weakest..none of them look weak so I transplant the spare, ended up withat least 40 toms and the same of peppers  ;D