Self Sown Seedlings

[GaryD]

Hi,

Here's what happens when a Brassica plant is allowed to go to seed in a grow bed.

While it's evidence of the fact that seeds will germinate in a grow bed (and that's a good thing), make sure that the plant that goes to seed is something you want seedlings from.

This lot of seedlings (which would be growing out of season) could still serve a worthwhile purpose by allowing them to grow a bit before feeding them to the chooks.

Gary

[fishfood]

Hi,

Here's what happens when a Brassica plant is allowed to go to seed in a grow bed.

While it's evidence of the fact that seeds will germinate in a grow bed (and that's a good thing), make sure that the plant that goes to seed is something you want seedlings from.

This lot of seedlings (which would be growing out of season) could still serve a worthwhile purpose by allowing them to grow a bit before feeding them to the chooks.

Gary
Yep + 1 on that statment

[newfarmer]

It's definitely a good thing when you want the plant though...

I let my basil go to seed last year, and I still have the plants popping up all over the place. Luckily it seems wind or my vigorous removal of the old plants has spread the seeds across a few beds, and the keep popping up. Definitely be letting another one go to seed soon, and be giving it a bit of a shake around...

I have just had to weed the odd few out when they come up in clumps, but just picked the whole plant rather than taking a few leaves when I needed some.

Tomatoe plants were coming up heaps after a tommie got out of control last year also (Roma).