Close Proximity Plants

Hello, I am new to growing and after doing some research I realized my first mistake was planting two seeds too close together (less than an inch apart). The plants are healthy and about 5 inches high. My question is what should I do? Should I just let them grow? Should I sacrifice one? Or should I try to re-pot one? Thanks in advance for any advice.

It's your call. You could try and separate them? I'd probably cut the least healthy one at dirt level, unless they are certified, expensive, high-explosive seeds. I'd have to think about what to do in that case.

if u cut 1 off u risk the roots going rotten and making the other plant sick, do not try and separate them chances r u will end up with none, my suggestion is transplant them both into a larger pot and tie tham of in opposite directions.

sidngroovennude said:

if u cut 1 off u risk the roots going rotten and making the other plant sick, do not try and separate them chances r u will end up with none, my suggestion is transplant them both into a larger pot and tie tham of in opposite directions.

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Yeah, I thought about writing the same thing . . . the "less than an inch" dissuaded me. It could work fine, though. In fact, I'm doing exactly this right now, by design, w/plants about 10" apart.

Thanks for the help. I can't bring myself to kill a plant so I'm going to let it grow and tie them off in separate directions. About the roots rotting, if one of the plants is male and I remove it, I assume that I may endanger the other plant. Can I just let the male continue to grow and just remove the pollen sacks? Or do pollen sacks regrow?

thats a doozy. sacks keep growing. you could try some serious pruning i spose, but it would prolly need to be daily to be effective.

I personally would try and repot them now while they are still real small I had a friend that did the same thing but with four instead of two and I told him to repot them seperately asap he did it when they where already four inches tall and they all survived. This is risky but it can be done if you real careful not to hurt the roots as much as possible. The longer you wait the more likely it is that you going kill them if you try to move them.

Industrial hemp was grown about an inch apart, you should be fine as long as you train them away from each other.

You know, folks have been sowing veg seeds 2 to a hole for along, long time, then thinning the plants to the healthiest at each site . . . and I'll be damned if I've ever had, or heard/read of anyone ever having root-rot issues. I was under the impression that RRot is a too-much water-ing result. I suppose having dead plant matter under the soil could cause some issue, but root rot? I mean, I've tilled tons of dead AND live veg into my garden . . . no root rot.
I'm guessing someone's gonna reply "but this is in a planter" . . . well, those tomatoes seedlings are in very small containers, 2 to a cell, then one, after removing the runt at the soil . . . and watered daily, with no root rot resulting ever.

Also, if you have 2 plants in one pot, it's much harder to overwater because you have 2 plants drinking up the water twice as fast.

i potted two seeds in a 4" pot once and waited til they popped dirt and were about an inch and a half tall, then very carefully dug the dirt out around it and transplanted into a hole in another pot. try it you should be ok.

note: they were obviously less than an inch apart. just a heads up. chances are as long as you keep light on them and keep them watered theyll be ok.