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Help with my first attempt with seeds, please

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  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    @angelique 2 next year, after your seeds germinate, when potting on the baby seedlings, cover the stem up to the seed leaves.......too late now with those.....
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited May 2020
    Cosmos can be pinched out too, which prevents them getting too leggy.
    It's also exaggerated if they're sown too early. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AmphibiosAmphibios Posts: 158
    @Mary370 I was going to do that with my squash seedling but read that the stem would rot. 
    Can you bury the stem in most seedlings? 
    @Fairygirl when do you pinch out, when the plant has 2 true leaves? 
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    I don't grow veg so can't advise you on that........I cover all flower seedlings stems up to seed leaves when doing the first pot on......
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