Prick out little seedlings, why and how
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- "Pricking out" is not difficult. It's about moving little seedlings from a tray where they are sown all together, into cells where they can grow bigger.
Tiny seedlings of celery help me to show this.
They were sown actually 23 days earlier, in a small tray which gave over 150 seedlings. This method means you need less space to start many seeds. And have module trays 100% full of seedlings.
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Watching these makes me as happy as watching Bob Ross paint.
All we need is for Charles to plant some happy trees!
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Pricking seedlings out is so satisfying.
It's so cool, how tough these little seedlings are :D
They want to live!!
Mr. Charles. You make me feel like I can do this! Today is the very 1st time I saw you. OMG, oh my George! Where have you been all this time? I am a container gardener mainly because it's just me and now a grown cousin that I am caring for. Do you have videos on container gardening?
You are the Surgeon of Transplanting ❤
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It’s thanks to you I have learnt to prick out tiny seedlings, for years we’ve been taught by experts to wait until the true leaves appear , also never walk on a raised bed , thanks to you I don’t worry about that either with no dig it hardly leaves an imprint now. ❤️
Great to see this Lynda
Something about Charles pricking out seeds is just mesmerizing. I’ve been a gardener for years and I’m always inspired by your videos.
That is nice, thanks Steffen
I’ve been doing this for about 4 years now and it is an absolute game changer. With vm no way to protect flats of seedlings, this method gives me a jump start! Thank you Charles!!!
That is cool Carol
You are like a garden wizard. It’s incredible
Thanks for teaching us how to do this! I got three trays of 72 cells each this year of celery! I gave half a tray away, and am getting ready to set out my plants this week. That's alot of celery, but I plan to chop it and freeze it for winter use this fall. And I just got some lettuce seedlings sorted out last night, so we should be setting those plants out next week sometime. My first pickings of early lettuce this week have been great in salads! My tomato and pepper seedlings did better than ever this year. I changed my potting soil to Promix, and it seems to work best for me for starting seeds. The stuff I got in January had too many twigs and pebbles! You're a blessing, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I love reading your books, of which I own several. And your emails are a great help also! Blessings to you always! I'm going out to plant flowers. We need their cheerfulness.
I'm delighted Janet to help somebody who is so keen - and yes, don't we just need those flowers!
I did this with my basil earlier today while watching some of your videos. Thank you for all the inspiration
Wonderful!
Thank you. I always plant a whole clump🙈, explaining myself by lack of time, but I think your way is much more productive:) No more excuses.
Happy to help!
Just planted herbs on the back porch. I learn a lot from you. Thank you Charles Dowding.
Wonderful
My small town garden is expanding exponentially from one shelf that holds fifty 7cm square pots in gravel trays - under 30 watts of LED strip.
Space is precious so I sow multiple seeds in a pot and often prick them out into multiples and then into singles before entrusting them to my mini greenhouse ouside.
This method saves on heating and means I get to enjoy my garden in embryo form every time I visit the bathroom :)
I am pulling out the stops this year so have opened up a second shelf - if nothing else, it means the heat from those LEDs gets used to heat the more "needy" seeds on the shelf above.
Nice job!
I am so glad to see that i'm not the only one pricking out seedlings that early. I always have dicussions with people that say that you can't transplant seedlings before they have at least two "real" leaves. My thoughts on pricking seedlings that early is that you will do less dammage to the seedling, because the roots are not much developped yet plus when you wait till the plant has two real leaves it will get stressed more because more water will vaporise because of the leaves. I have never had any problems with pricking that eartly, but some people are just really stuborn and don't listen to readson.. And seedlings are very strong and can take quite some abuse.. 🙂
Nice you hung in there! Interesting!
I started doing this, this year and it works great. Thanks Charles.
I love all of your short videos. 🙏🏻💚
Thanks so much Nathalie!
Much less transplant shock when done when they are tiny☺️
I could listen to you teach about plants all day.
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This is fun to do. I use a spoon to carefully dig them up
Neat!
This is very meditative to do, love you Charles!
Thanks Kyle 😀
It's very nice, thank you for your work and your heart
💚 my pleasure
You’re the Jeremy Wade of gardening
Cheers Lukas
Best gardener on UA-cam 😊
So nice of you
Thank you👍💚
such a meditation!
I use bamboo kebab skewers for this!
~Sandra
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I use your method for all my lettuce. Ohio, USA.
Cheers Jeff
Exactly what I was looking for!!
So I say to myself, “What would Charles do?” Pricking out seedlings . Going to try it. Ty.
💚 go you
I had no idea it was safe to move them so young, so little. I'll work on being less afraid, lol
Don't know why I had to get my prick out to plant seedlings,but I did now I'm banned from allotment,thanks a lot Charlie,how's the sheep?wool doing
Sounds a shame, the wool is ok but no firm conclusion yet
That's a great way to prick out seedlings mate
I just posted a video on how and why to thin out seedlings
Great technique you use there mate
Love the video 👍👍
Good idea. I do it with other seeds but that's cause I'm lazy.
That's so impressive. Bet it took a while though
I find it's quick in proportion to the result f 100% full tray and strong seedlings 😊
those are so tiny that I need my magnifying glasses to do so... charles, you seem to be so lucky that you don't need glasses
Ha ha! Are use them occasionally but as little as possible in order to keep my eye muscles exercised. Over the last 10 years, my eyesight has hardly diminished, touchwood!
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nice!
To short I need longer videos don't get me wrong I watch them but 1/2 hour or more is better!!!!!😁
One is coming by the weekend!
Can I do these with flower seeds, too? Thank you.
Yes you can and I do
I’m growing Lupin seedlings and one of them has started to root out of the tray but it hasn’t been a week yet… I also think their soil might be a bit too wet so I’m thinking of transplanting but it’s my first time growing… I’m really unsure
You could transplant them outside, or water less!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you so much! Would they be okay in the tray for longer even though there is one rooting out of it? Thanks for replying ☺
cuanto trabajo hoyyyyyyyyyy!
Personally I like using needle-nose pliers.
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Love your dibber
I mostly use a dinner fork
I just don't have the patience to prick out, i'd rather sow one seed in each plug. Slightly less patience needed :)
Where do i find such little growing bins and the little pricking out tool?
Here you are for the trays charlesdowding.co.uk/shop/gardening-products/, and you can use a pencil, also in the UK containerwise.co.uk/charles-dowding-propagation-trays/
Very good! Why are seedlings always transplanted into a second tray? Why aren't they started in that second tray in the first place? Thanks!
That's exactly what I'm explaining in the video. It's a huge saving of space for 2 to 3 weeks with celery, to start loads of seedlings in a very small space and then move them to module cells where they can grow bigger before being transplanted outside. At this tiny seedlings stage, they are likely to be eaten or die if transplanted outside
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I see. Since the seed is so small it works better.
Is there a quantity at which you’d just sow multiple seeds per cell and then thin? Or do you do this regardless of quantity needed??
For larger seeds and ones which germinate rapidly, I sow direct into the module cells. You can also multisow as I describe on this page charlesdowding.co.uk/multisowing/
These little short videos are like steak and chips without the steak
Haha the other videos are your steak :)
Rumour has it that you burn more calories pricking out celery than eating it!😅
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I’m always so careful but mine always die right after transplanting. Do you know why?
Be sure to handle by the leaves and not squash the stem, place very deeply as you see me do, and don't overwater. I just make sure the compost is moist before pricking out
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks so much Charles, will try that next time. Maybe I’m watering too much…
@@xfallenmoon Did your luck improve? I havent done this yet, but I would be worried about breaking the root
@@tedbastwock3810 it did. Some survived my prickling this year. I’m getting better! My celery did come out with a big hole in the center of each stem though, not sure why.
You didn’t just say “bung it in”
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IF ONLY WE COULD PRICK OUT CERTAIN ANNOYING FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love your videos! Question , you also do this with lettuce 🥬?
Yes I do for sure, and thanks
@Charles Dowding Have you ever watched the Veggie Boys UA-cam channel? Check it out, amazing!
I would if I had more time because I enjoyed the one I watched, nice humour!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Nice you have seen it at least one time! Hope you have a great day.