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Title: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: Stripeybea on April 26, 2011, 15:29:56
Hi all

Have sown some campanula, marjoram and foxglove seed in seed trays that are now nicely popping through.....but...these things are Tiny!!  :o

Do I leave them till there are more leaves or attempt microsurgey and see if I can tease some out?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: antipodes on April 26, 2011, 16:10:36
For marjoram, I had some success by growing a clump of it in a pot and then planting it out in a bunch, but it wasn't entirely a hit. Maybe it needs to be direct sown?

TeeGee gives tips for Campanula:
http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Campanula/Campanula.htm
maybe you need to leave it a lot longer before transferring?
Title: Re: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: sunloving on April 26, 2011, 16:15:46
I just use the end of a label to scoop up a blob of soil and dont worry about doing individual seedlings but take a group of three or four this really helps stop them damping of when cramped together.So it really is worth doing I do lobelia and foxgloves like this and they do much better pricked out.
good luck
x sunloving
Title: Re: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: non-stick on April 26, 2011, 19:53:50
Like others for flowers like lobelia I pinch off small "clumps" and pot these on. For Foxgloves I wait for them to grow big enough to handle - the seed is tiny so a little goes a long way

I potted on into cells just the other day and they seem fine.
Title: Re: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: lincsyokel2 on April 26, 2011, 23:56:06
plant clumps, then thin them out as they get bigger......
Title: Re: Pricking out fine seedlings?
Post by: Stripeybea on April 27, 2011, 08:45:12
Many thanks folks!

Clumps it is   ;D

What would I do without you all!!