Ready to prick out?

I’m never sure when to do it! These look a little leggy but I can drop them in a bit deeper right? And is a tray like this OK to move them into?

 

I think I would leave them a little bit longer, until they've got true leaves even if only small. But then, I'm a bit clumsy and it's easy to damage a seed leaf and the growing point that's between the two at the moment.

 

I would transplant them now, planting as deep as can. I would use the module tray but would alternate the seedlings to maximise seperation. The green cover will be reducing natural light, probably by 1/3rd.
Remember to only touch the leaflet, not stem and be prepared to pot on again when true leaf shows. (Within 10 days )
It would have been better to sow directly in to the module, no more than 2 seeds in each cell. Then to 'bump off 'the lesser of each.
How many plants do you need ?

 

Thanks @JennyJB and @infradig! Goes to show there’s no one way of doing things

@infradig don’t really knows how many I need, as many as possible I suppose, I’m kind of winging it!
I’m a bit confused about what you mean by the green cover though? Do you mean the plastic greenhouse thing? I do try to keep it open during the day to ventilate and get direct sun.

 

I'd do it now, before you have a gazillion other jobs on the go at this time of year

 

It was in respect of your observation that the seedlings are 'a little lanky'. which I attribute to the green cover and density of sowing, hence my suggestion.They are within reprieve.

 

Thanks @infradig that makes sense!

 

Take out some.... I use a lab spatula (often 2) to do this, but anything like that will do. Doing this it will cover you .

 

Accepted wisdom, is to pot on when they have true leaves, so I would leave it for now. As mentioned, if you damage a seed leaf, before they have true leaves, the plant might die.

 

Thanks all. I’ll give them a few more days I think, no point rushing in, which is what I usually do!

 

I'd leave them too- they only have seed leaves, and it's very easy to damage them at that stage.
They've not had enough light, hence the etiolated condition. Leaving sowing until a bit later makes that easier to avoid.

 

@fairygirl i thought I’d left it all too late already!!

 

IMO, sowing seeds too early is far more common than sowing too late, they nearly always catch up, and you are far less likely to get leggy seedlings, if you sow when there is more light.

 

This comes down to the stupid seed packs then that tell you sow Mar-May and get me in a panic!!

I’ll see how these fare otherwise I can sow some more in a couple of weeks, right?

 

When a seed packet says sow March to May, I find May is best, late April at the earliest. Earlier is probably OK if you can provide overhead and all-round light (like in a unshaded greenhouse, maybe growlights) as well as the right temperature for germination. So, the early end of the sowing time is for people with heated greenhouses or similar.