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This is the first time I have ever worked with sowing seeds directly in the ground. I usually buy plants. Anyway, I made worked a patch of land for mustard, turnip and collard greens. I just sprinkled, sprinkled, sprinkled away and then covered the seeds with dirt. My husband saw what I was doing and yelled "you used way too many seeds!" What do I do? Just wait until they sprout and do a lot of thinning...these were mustard, collard and turnip green seeds.
Yep. Mustard and turnips will tolerate fairly dense plantings. (give them 3 inches each and they will tolerate each other). Collards are a big plant that needs around 18 inches or more each way. Collards transplant well so you can use the thinnings for that purpose. The mustard and turnips can also be transplanted, but it is not worthwhile in most cases. They grow fast. Collards take a while.
If you let the plants get to a half way decent size before you start thinning (and that's really subjective), you can get a small harvest of "baby" greens out of those. It's not much, but at least you won't be wasting anything that you don't re-plant.
