Topic: Are you REALLY going to sow now?

[supersprout]

That's a really useful list MikeB, any chance of sticking it on the wiki?

[MikeB]

Hi SS, O.K.

[robsa]

What's the general rule about light for germination? I read so much conflicting advice in books about covering with black plastic or putting on a bright windowsill.

Robin

[amphibian]

Did anyone know that Metcheck offer a soil temperature forecast for the next 180 hours. You can select different depths and it plots a neat little graph for you too. Remember to enter your postcode.

You can plot lots of other things on the same graph too, including soil moisture levels, and even solar energy in W/m2.

[the_snail]

What's the general rule about light for germination? I read so much conflicting advice in books about covering with black plastic or putting on a bright windowsill.

Robin

Hmm Good point. I think some seeds like light and others dont. Hmmmm....
I think that makes sense. I started up a thread about brown plastic bottles as use for propergaters over plantpots and was at first belive that it would restrict to much light stopping the seed from growing. But! Since then I was thinking that it may aid germanation and may increase the germanation rate because it is restricting the light to a certain level. Enought for germanation and enought to allow the seedlings to grow on.

I feel an experiment comming on.

The_Snail

[grawrc]

Is it OK to sow lettuce in cold greenhouse now?

[Rose.mary]

I have got some of mine in, and they have now germinated grawrc.
I was frightened that I was cooking them earlier in the month because the sun raised the temperature in the greenhouse to 27c ::)

Rosemary