I saw some tips around sowing multiple seeds per cell so at least one seed germinates in each cell, and then one either thins the weaker seedlings or carefully separates them while potting them up. I’m still very early in my gardening education, so I thought that’s cool, I’ll take this approach for my cucumber starts b/c hey why not, and since the thought of thinning seedlings kinda kills my soul, I’ll just carefully separate them when I pot them up; however, everything I’m now reading about cucumbers is that they don’t transplant well and they’re more sensitive to root shock than other crops like tomatoes and peppers. Is thinning each cell down to one the way to go for these cucumber starts or is there hope for my soul? Not that I even have enough pots to move them all into anyway, but where there’s a will there’s a way…
Further reading/watching:
- When to Start Cucumber Seeds Indoors - In 5 Simple Steps | gardeninginsteps.com by Gaurav Saini
- How To Grow Cucumbers Part 1 - Seeding | YouTube by The Ripe Tomato Farms
Yep,I plant 3 and keep one alive, cutting the others at the base
For all crops or just cucumbers?
Basically all the crops I sow in pots, even beets and salads because it is safer than uprooting them with all the roots because there is no risk of breaking the roots of the plant you want to keep