Apparently not

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Karen

Heck no. Mother Nature thins out the weakest seedlings but the remainder thrive.

T

Scientifically speaking, seeds grown from the same parent plant may actually prefer to be near their kinfolk.

Science News.

That's really an interesting article, Token! Thanks! I learn new things every day lol.

I love planting out HOS style and the plants always seem to just flourish!

Not a problem.

What is HOS?

Luke

Luke,
HOS=Hunk of Seedlings.

Some of us are heavy sowers and the result is a containers with so many sprouts you can't see the potting mix. The other result is that when you transplant, you end up putting 'hunks' in the ground vs individual plants. IMHO it's the best way to plant for impact - ie. WOW factor.

Hunk o Seedlings. You take a clump of dirt with seedlings in it and plunk n run. Plunk n Run is when you don't know where to plant because it was so successful, that you stick HOS in any available space, sometimes the neighbor's yard.

Thank you very much. I was racking my brain and coming up with all sorts of things. I feel better now.

Luke

Oh Yes, Some times the neighbor's yard.lol.
Last spring my neighbor went out of town for a few weeks.
I HOS ed all over his gardens. Filled his containers too.
He loved it. My neighbor is also my older brother.
:)Laura

HOS is great, and plunk & run is fun too (my parents yard should bloom foxgloves this year from my HOS/P&U antics). HOS is also great for kid gardeners.

Laurel