I often put 4 seedlings into a tray cell that size, one in each corner. As soon as they grow two pairs of true leaves (much smaller than those in the photo), I use an ice tea spoon to scoop out each corner's tomato plant and transplant into a 9 oz. plastic cup. I just use the spoon to cut through the roots. I never lose one, and the plants I grow are just as healthy as they would be if each was started in a separate cell.

You have lots of options - Certainly you can let them grow. Last year I did just that with a bunch of volunteers. It does make a mess & I think the hardest part was trying to harvest. Just be prepared to feed them (maybe some compost tea) and keep them watered. Remember the roots will go out for more than 4ft in each direction. So don't just water near the stems. If the nutrients are there they'll be ok. Another problem with the crowding is if they get any disease, it will spread quickly esp. powdery mildew. Just be prepared to trellis them and try to keep up with pruning, ha - they WILL grow fast if they like it there. If I was going to thin them - I would use scissors. Don't forget tomatoes root very easily and you can experiment with some of these just to see if YOU can do it. It is sooo much more fun if you don't care if it takes. You might even try just sticking them in the soil - wet soil - and keeping it watered to see how they do. Try a couple different ways. Good Luck with whatever you decide, Gumby_CT - who thinks gardening is one huge experiment, ha!

Thanks for the feedback; And now for the big question - can the grout be pulled up without tearing out the tile? I've gotten the impression reading posts on here that the grout can be pried out. My mother in law says "no way", but then her brains aren't what they used to be. :) There are fine, possibly superficial cracks in the grout between the marble...is that ok? I was told that in my climate, the grout needed to be moistened several times in the days after installation, to keep it from drying too quickly. True? I'd be happy to leave it...I assume it must be sealed? The stone itself doesn't seem terribly porous (a wet rag doesn't leave a mark). Thanks so much for your feedback; I'm grateful for the backup. Best, Lara

I love how immediately helpful everyone is! The door leads to the laundry/utility room. Immediately on the other side is the furnace. Boo. A nicer door could be an eventuality, but we were over budget on the project already, existing was a brown faux wood finish PLASTIC door. This door was on sale at Menards so we got it as a quick fix because that plastic door was just killing everything. The dark walls kind of closed the space in considerably, something we were both happy with because the room gets tons of traffic so much of the space is unusable as far as adding furniture and room opens to ginormous family room with double french doors so tons of light coming in. A lot of the room just looked like odd open space and now its much more cozy. Thought a black door sucking light wouldn't be terrible. I liked the way the black chair backs contrasted with the wainscotting, that's where I got the idea that the door might look nice in that same finish but I think I've been outvoted! I do like the fresh white with the linked fresh artwork... Would be a very different effect! And thanks for the mock up - how cool is that? So easy for me to visualize, I need to learn how to do that so I can try out my crazy ideas :) Although it still looks appealing to me after seeing it. Thanks again for all the input!