Don't forget you gave away some seeds to me for the BG man competition; and they are growing nicely here.
Although I succession sow, i also do hold backs; so sow about 20 say toms; when the first ones are big enough I'll pot them on but leave half of them in the original pot that I sowed them in. They will continue to grow but slower. Then, if I get frosted or damping off, or anything else bad happens; I already have more ready to replace them without having to sow them. If they don't get used, they are potted on about a month later and already the second batch is rocketing away.
I first did this when my OH sowed whole packets of onion and carrot seed [he always sows the whole packet - love him]; and I decided to hold some back and worked out that actually, it worked! I could hold them back without any problems and not have huge gluts with the lot coming good at once.
Plus I don't like thinning out for no reason; I'll happily ditch seedlings that aren't as strong as others; but don't like thinning out strong ones just because they were sown too thickly.
so many different ways of doing things and so much advice!!! |