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A local gardener has donated some young ( 2 to 3 inch) globe onions for
the community garden. They were in a seed tray. I'm going to claim I've
been 'pricking them out', but a more experience gardener my describe my activity differently.

I've put the individual plants into modules in a process similar to
bathing a reluctant cat (although I've never actually done that, you'll
get the idea). I'd filled the modules with compost, dibbed a hole in each module, and then tried to coax the roots into the hole. I got there in the
end after a bit of twisting and prodding. I think the plants may survive,
but it wasn't a kind process.

Am I doing it all wrong? I generally sow small numbers of seeds to
individual modules to avoid the pricking out process.

Thanks,
--
David Entwistle
52-#56'02.5"N 4-#31'05.8"W 50m amsl
Sandy soil
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On 25/03/2025 16:19, David Entwistle wrote:

A local gardener has donated some young ( 2 to 3 inch) globe onions for
the community garden. They were in a seed tray. I'm going to claim I've
been 'pricking them out', but a more experience gardener my describe my activity differently.

I've put the individual plants into modules in a process similar to
bathing a reluctant cat (although I've never actually done that, you'll
get the idea). I'd filled the modules with compost, dibbed a hole in each module, and then tried to coax the roots into the hole. I got there in the end after a bit of twisting and prodding. I think the plants may survive,
but it wasn't a kind process.

Am I doing it all wrong? I generally sow small numbers of seeds to
individual modules to avoid the pricking out process.

Thanks,

I forget now what had roots everwhere , but I tamed them with strips of
cut down rice paper, wrapping each one and then dibbing dobbing.
But tissue paper or newsprint would do the same perhaps.
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From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

In article <vrul2i$3lpc6$2@dont-email.me>,
David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> wrote:

A local gardener has donated some young ( 2 to 3 inch) globe onions for
the community garden. They were in a seed tray. I'm going to claim I've
been 'pricking them out', but a more experience gardener my describe my >activity differently.

I've put the individual plants into modules in a process similar to
bathing a reluctant cat (although I've never actually done that, you'll
get the idea). I'd filled the modules with compost, dibbed a hole in each >module, and then tried to coax the roots into the hole. I got there in the >end after a bit of twisting and prodding. I think the plants may survive, >but it wasn't a kind process.

Am I doing it all wrong? I generally sow small numbers of seeds to >individual modules to avoid the pricking out process.

No, but, for such things, I generally find it better to put
a little compost in, then the seedlings, sprinkle compost
on top until it is full and water it well.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren
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