What do you do with leftover seedlings? - Page 3

barkeater · April 8, 2008

I try to thin mine down to what I need, can give away, and need for spares early on, as I hate to trash large, perfectly healthy plants. It's much less painful to jettison a 3-4 inch plant.

dice · April 9, 2008

I guess one could try talking local landscape maintenance
people at apartments, office buildings, parks, etc into taking
them. "Pssst: I have a half dozen extra tomato plants that
I don't have room for. Do you think you could tuck them
in around here somewhere without getting any flack for
it? You can have the tomatoes, or put a 'free' sign in front
of them when they set fruit, or whatever you want. They
like full sun and a little lime."

April 9, 2008	#32
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I guess one could try talking local landscape maintenance people at apartments, office buildings, parks, etc into taking them. "Pssst: I have a half dozen extra tomato plants that I don't have room for. Do you think you could tuck them in around here somewhere without getting any flack for it? You can have the tomatoes, or put a 'free' sign in front of them when they set fruit, or whatever you want. They like full sun and a little lime." __________________ -- alias

April 8, 2008	#31
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	I try to thin mine down to what I need, can give away, and need for spares early on, as I hate to trash large, perfectly healthy plants. It's much less painful to jettison a 3-4 inch plant.