growing to close together?

[villageidiot]

I dug a small hole and planted three seeds and another with two in a mini garden I have and noticed this morning that three seedings sprouted up side by side and the other two sprouted up side by side. Could soemone tell me if I should let them be and will they grow normal or pull the others so there is only one seedling growing or pull the others and try to replant them so they arent side by side growing?

villageidiot Reviewed by villageidiot on 05-17-2004. growing to close together? I dug a small hole and planted three seeds and another with two in a mini garden I have and noticed this morning that three seedings sprouted up side by side and the other two sprouted up side by side. Could soemone tell me if I should let them be and will they grow normal or pull the others so there is only one seedling growing or pull the others and try to replant them so they arent side by side growing? Rating: 5

[Ripped Gip]

Don't try to pull them apart. Damage to new roots will kill em fer sure. There is one way I tried to seperate plants,and that is to dig around and about 5 inches down. Remove the plug gently (water soil before digging!), use an outdoor hose with very low pressure and wash the soil away from the tap roots, then transplant. It worked 4 me. Truthfully, just let em be. Good luk 2 ya, Gip

[villageidiot]

I had some ole mexican brick pot thats pretty cheap around here and lots of seeds leftover. Well last week I was tending my veggie garden and on a whim decided to plant some of the seeds unfortunatly I planted two to three seeds in each hole instead of placing one seed and damn if they didn't sprout up today. I have grown inside several times and grow one plant per pot so I've never run into this problem also haven't ever grown outdoors before. I am hopeing maybe since there so close there will be one dominent over the others and one will survive. I hope they don't kill each other...peace...