Pricking out

Pricking out
Pricking out seedlings after they have germinated is necessary for healthy plant growth. Follow our guide and share your favourite plants with friends and family.
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Pricking Out and Potting Up
When seedlings are 2 to 3 inches tall and have several sets of true leaves, it's time to move them to deeper containers or individual pots so they have room to grow. Fill the new containers with pre-moistened mix.

Pricking out - transplanting and potting on
4-6 weeks after sowing, the seedlings should have produced their second set of leaves.

Pricking Out: Moving seedlings from a seed tray and replanting them with more space for development.
Propagation: Making new plants either from seed, taking cuttings or layering.

pricking out
The act of separating tightly growing seedlings so that they can be transferred to individual containers.
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Pricking out-Transferring thickly sown seedlings from the pot, pan, or seed tray in which they were sown into a larger container, giving them more space to develop.
Primocanes-New, first-year canes on raspberries and blackberries.
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PRICKING OUT -- The moving of seedlings from the tray or pot in which they were sown to other receptacles where they can be spaced out individually.

Pricking out Transplanting small seedlings into larger trays or containers.
Prickles Slender, sharp outgrowths of the stem tissues beneath the epidermis.
Primocane The first year's shoot or cane of a biennial woody stem.

Pricking Out and Hardening Off Seedlings
Once seeds have germinated the seedlings can be
pricked out. They should ideally have their seed or
cotyledon leaves fully expanded and the first true leaf
showing before transplanting. Care must be taken ...

pricking out Seeds sown indoors are usually sown fairly thickly in seedtrays of low-nutrient compost. Once the seedlings come up, they can quickly become overcrowded.

See also: Seedling, Plant, Soil, Seed, Planting