Things can grow a little crowded in your garden when you direct-sow seeds. To ensure your vegetable plants have enough room to grow, learn how to thin seedlings.
What does it mean to thin seedlings, then? Eliminating extra seedlings is the process of thinning.
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After two "true" leaves, remove surplus seedlings. Those are ‘seed’ leaves, not these. True and seed leaves differ in form.
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Check your seed packet for vegetable seedling spacing to decide which to remove. Carefully remove extra seedlings.
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However, this may disturb the surviving seedling roots. Instead, cut surplus seedlings' tops using scissors.
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Thinning vegetable seedlings is a simple gardening task that is essential for healthy, full-sized produce. This plant thinning procedure works for seed-grown flowers too.