OL - when I first started gardening, I tried to prick out every individual lobelia seedling - which is a bit like counting the grains of sand on a beach! What you need to do is prick out little clumps of them and pot on as clumps, and plant out as bigger clumps. And the other thing is to spread the seeds sparingly when planting them in the starter tray so the clumps are no more congested than necessary.
Also, with coriander seeds, get ones which are slow to bolt as they do go through their life cycle pretty rapidly, and before you know it they are all flower and no leaf. Pinching the flowers out seems to hold them back a bit so they grow more leaf. And if they do flower and go to seed, you can collect the seed and dry and grind for spice, or presumably plant the following year, although I have not personally tried that. But the ground seeds were good in curries.
Coriander out in the garden has been known to self-seed . Thanks BB for the pinching out tip - should have thought of that - they do tend to bolt in my not-very-light back yard.
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OL - when I first started gardening, I tried to prick out every individual lobelia seedling - which is a bit like counting the grains of sand on a beach!
What you need to do is prick out little clumps of them and pot on as clumps, and plant out as bigger clumps. And the other thing is to spread the seeds sparingly when planting them in the starter tray so the clumps are no more congested than necessary.
Also, with coriander seeds, get ones which are slow to bolt as they do go through their life cycle pretty rapidly, and before you know it they are all flower and no leaf. Pinching the flowers out seems to hold them back a bit so they grow more leaf. And if they do flower and go to seed, you can collect the seed and dry and grind for spice, or presumably plant the following year, although I have not personally tried that. But the ground seeds were good in curries.
Coriander out in the garden has been known to self-seed
. Thanks BB for the pinching out tip - should have thought of that - they do tend to bolt in my not-very-light back yard.
Some of my seedlings....Lobellia, Toms, cucumbers and aubergines and Chillies
Impressive Orchid Lady.
Thanks Forester, I hope to have more very soon, that's just the start
I am going to plant the Lobellia on as it is and not split it, as advised by Bee