If you allow foxgloves to self seed, when do you thin them out?

roisin897

This summer some of my self seeded foxgloves were way to crowded and didn't thrive.
The seedlings are sprouting now. Should I thin them out now or wait til spring?

Palustris

Whenever it is not raining!

Dovefromabove

Whenever you’re walking past and your back lets you bend down that far ... and get up again! 🤣 

And don’t discard the thinnings ... plant them elsewhere. They’ll look a picture 😊 

edhelka

I usually don't thin, although I sometimes remove the smallest ones (I don't let all plants go to seed, only one or two, the rest gets deadheaded, to limit the number of seedlings). I also move plants where needed/wanted. They are usually sprouting all over the garden.

JennyJ

Normally I thin and transplant foxglove seedlings to where I want them. This year I got hardly any growing in the ground, but loads in the tomato pots, so they've all been transplanted into small-ish pots and looking good. I'll most likely plant them out in early spring.