So, I got a bit too excited with sowing...

…and now have basil, dill, chives and parsley germinating in their hundreds… They look like grass, that’s how close they are together. In small pots. So now I have to kill most of them and leave one in each pot, right? This is how inexperienced I am… LOL

Is there a point trying to transplant some of them? And how quickly do I have to do it, I presume the sooner the better?

Oh well, next time I will know not to throw how the packet of seeds into a small pot! I don’t know what I was thinking LOOOL

 

Have a go at transplanting them......nothing to lose. Do it ASAP. We've all over sown and salvaged the seedlings occasionally.

 

The memsahib calls this "The Red Mist" ! ! !

Cheers, Tony.

 

They should transplant OK - as soon as possible - but they will keep going for some time like that. I have bought little pots of things like Petunias, in the past, where the supplier just sprinkles seed on top of a small pot, resulting in a mass of seedlings.

In the case of the Petunias, I managed to successfully tranplant all of them. I think, about 38 in all.

But your main problem, Peorthine, is where to put them - as there will still be frosts for some time. This is why many people suggest not sowing seeds till March.

Having said that, I am growing some seedlings now and have already run out of space.

 

I did it! I saved 4 seedlings of each variety, and kept between 3-4 in my containers for now. Still, had to bin lots :( oh well, I will know better next time!

Ps. No have space anymore!

 

I hate binning seedlings. But in so many cases you get far more than you can use. If we all lived close to each other - we could do some wonderful swaps. But I don't think seedlings would survive the mail very well.

 

By "transplanting" I presume you mean " pricking out" if this is the case then there are a few photos here on how to do it;

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Pricking out/Pricking Out.htm

Perhaps sowing your seeds differently might help in future these pictures might help;

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Seed sowing-indoors/Seed Sowing - Indoors.htm

As you will see I have been where you are now and have the Tee shirt hence me finding different methods.

These are a couple of 'blogs' I uploaded to GC a bit back;

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/sowing-dust-sized-seeds.49213/

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/sowing-small-seeds.49243/

 

JWK, you´re right, it was a very hard thing to do!

Tee Gee, your pictures are brilliant, thank you very much!

 

i can never bring myself to chuck seedlings out i always end up sowing ton's more than i need (i think everyone does) so every year i have to make emergency seed trays/pots from cereal boxes, milk cartons ect and when the weathers mild enough pop them in a sheltered spot in the garden to grow on...or give them to the neighbours