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Gardening => Gardeners Chat => Topic started by: Dianna on Apr 23, 2009, 07:49:24 AM

Title: Sewing Seed
Post by: Dianna on Apr 23, 2009, 07:49:24 AM

I know that this may be a dumb question to most of you, but I am wondering how many seeds do you plant in a given pot or a small flowerbed to get the area fully covered? :ScratchHead:

I was wondering about this yesterday while Reyla and I were seeding some three inch pots. I wanted the little pots bursting with blooms for her when they start, so we put quite a few marigold seeds in... :wink5:

Is there some sort of rule about how many to use with the different type seeds? :unsure:

Title: Re: Sewing Seed
Post by: Tina on Apr 23, 2009, 09:54:31 AM

A packet will sometimes tell you how far apart to plant seeds and then to thin them further. Too many in a single pot will deplete the available nutrients before they even bloom. The nicest thing about marigolds is that they are easy to transplant once the seedlings come up. So you planted some for the pot and some for the yard.
I would not grow more than one or two in a three inch pot, Dianna.

Title: Re: Sewing Seed
Post by: Dianna on Apr 23, 2009, 12:08:11 PM

Thanks, Tina. Guess I had better keep an ear out for when they start sprouting so that I can help Reyla and Desi get some of them in the ground then. We put a lot of seeds in each little pot... ::)

Title: Re: Sewing Seed
Post by: Triss on Apr 23, 2009, 12:24:40 PM

I put a lot in as well.  I know I overstuff my spaces.

Title: Re: Sewing Seed
Post by: Bonnie on Apr 23, 2009, 03:04:53 PM

I always have so many that I just sow some, whatever falls out the pack. You know me. I take the lazy way out.