Remedy for Sown "Crowded" Seedlings

Crowded lettuce seedlings.

If you don't save your own seeds, you end up buying every time you are ready to sow.  In my case, our student farm assistant had sown seeds that are quite crowded.  Sowing seeds in seed boxes that are too crowded is a waste of money.  You can still save the seedlings by transplanting them in another seed box.  The series of pictures show how overcrowded seedlings can be saved.

Crowded Pavito seedlings, as a result. leaves turn yellow.

Prepare another seedling box by using your usual seedling media.  What I usually do is to mix compost, vermicast, garden soil (passed through a screen because we have clay dark soil) and coco dust.  I use discarded styrofoam containers-the ones they throw away in the market-for imported fruits such as grapes, apples.

Carefully pull out a clump of seedlings and replant in the newly prepared seedling box.  You don't have to follow a straight line when transplanting the seeds.  Follow a diamond pattern to put in more seedlings.

Here are the seedlings a week after- ready to be transplanted soon.  Your "crowded" seedlings have not gone to waste.