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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI have a mound of cantaloupe seedlings, about 6/8 inches tall. Should I clip seedlings to best 3 or 4? Or let grow and see what I get? These are volunteers in compost heap.
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1 Comment To "Cantaloupe Seedlings"
#1 Comment By Heather On 06/21/2011 @ 2:15 pm
Yes, it is best to thin your seedlings. When they grow on top of each other, they compete for water, nutrients and other resources and none of them get very strong. For a vining plant like that, I would thin to 1-2 plants for every 6′.