Unless really young, just leave them be and let nature do its thing. If tiny seedlings, just dig up carefully, keeping the rootball in tact and relocate. I feed the birds black oil sunflower seeds and they come up everywhere. I just let them be and enjoy them as they are.
Did you start them in ground? pull up ones you do not want to grow or cut them off the younger the better/easier to remove; in flat/container? cup hand around/grab handful of moist dirt from around base of each plant and pull away from other seedlings; paper towels? just gently pull them apart,if you do this in tub of water it's easier on roots put them under water and gently shake & pull them away from each other. eat the seedlings you don't use in salad or on sandwhich instead of lettuce or chop up and throw into garden soil around other seedlings/plants or compost.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
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Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
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Unless really young, just leave them be and let nature do its thing. If tiny seedlings, just dig up carefully, keeping the rootball in tact and relocate. I feed the birds black oil sunflower seeds and they come up everywhere. I just let them be and enjoy them as they are.
Did you start them in ground? pull up ones you do not want to grow or cut them off the younger the better/easier to remove; in flat/container? cup hand around/grab handful of moist dirt from around base of each plant and pull away from other seedlings; paper towels? just gently pull them apart,if you do this in tub of water it's easier on roots put them under water and gently shake & pull them away from each other. eat the seedlings you don't use in salad or on sandwhich instead of lettuce or chop up and throw into garden soil around other seedlings/plants or compost.
I let any sunflowers that survive my squirrels grow as they will. Be sure to harvest seeds for replanting next year.