probability question. How many seeds to plant?

Question

anyone knows how many seeds should i plant.. ? from experience if you have such, how many sprout out of ten?

Answer 1

I make sure that if I accidentally plant my seed that the girl has a fake phone number to contact me. The perfect crime! Tee hee.

Answer 2

Depends, are these in the field or transplants? Seed age?
In the field, other than carrots and beets, I plant seeds at "thin to distance" Carrots and beets if you wait till they are 'baby' size to thin, then you can hve a few meals of baby carrots or beets.

I use a 20 row tray and plant about 10% more than I need , just in case.

Sprouting, unless they package says different (onions) it's supposed to be 84% minimum germination

55+ year gardener

Answer 3

It depends on what you're growing. Planting too many seeds can cause crowding and very few will sprout. If you're using 2" peet pots or similar, and your seeds are 1/8" or smaller, plant 4 to each pot. As with any seedling, thin as they grow (at most, 2 per pot and not too close). Larger seeds, 1/4" or bigger, 1-2 per pot.

Answer 4

Planting seeds is always determined on need, family requirements and logistics.

If you have seeds available, plant them. As the plants grow, you can always barter with neighbors the excess vegetables, or give them away to a needy source, Soup kitchen, senior center, food bank, or an eldery neighbor who cannot raise thier own vegetables or garden anymore !``

Answer 5

Plant all the seeds you have, using the spacing guidelines on the packet. and then pinch off the weakest ones til you have the number you want. Don't pull the weak one because it will disturb the roots of the good ones. Just pinch.