Topic: Nasturtiums?

[Mrs Ava]

Is it still to chilly to plant these out??

[tilts]

I just have to share with you our name for nasturtiums ~ nastyurchins!  I think it depends where you are and whereabouts you plant them, i would probably wait a week or two and that's on the sunny south coast!!!!!!!!!!

[flossie]

There are quite a few self set ones up on the lotty, about 2cm tall now 8)

[Georgie]

They self-seed in my garden too and are quite tough little so and sos so they should be okay if you have hardened them off.  I sowed a few 'milkmaid' outside today.

G x

[Mrs Ava]

Super.  I shall harden them off over the next week, and then get them out and about in the garden.  Lovely!

[glow777]

i thought nasturtiums were fully hardy?

[mikey]

I have the trailing variety, self sown all over the garden.
They seem to be very hardy and certainly can stand a little Frost.

One plant is in full flower in the unheated Greenhouse, has been for about 3 weeks, self sown from last year when I used Nasturtiums, Tagetes and Feverfew as companions with my GH Toms ... worked ace, never saw a Green/Black/White fly.

take a chance ... put them out

[Georgie]

Yes, nasturtiuums are hardy.  But if they have been started off early undercover rather that sown directly where they are to flower in April then I think it's worth hardening them off for a week or so if you can, just to be on the safe side.

G x

[Mrs Ava]

Well they are enjoying being out in the wilds, growing fast. 

[Robert_Brenchley]

I grow the trailers, and they'll be going in this week. A little late, but I haven't been very organised. I get the occasional one self-set, but it's very much the exception.

[SueSteve]

I sowed mine yesterday, Tom Thumb variety. I have planted them along the paths at the allotment. I thought I would go for the minature version, because I had trailing ones at the last house, and they just took over everthing!
Must get round to getting some Calendula as well, but everytime I visit somewhere that sells seed I am draw to the veg section, looking for interesting squashes!! Rather than looking at the flowers!

[Robert_Brenchley]

Take over is exactly what I want them to do. I've got a big pile of rotten wood in front of a tumbledown shed, and the better covered they are, the more I like it. they were a disappointment last year, as they did nothing in the drought, but most years it's been a success.

[Georgie]

Nasturtiums thrive in poor soil conditions.  So don't feed them and just leave them too it and they should be fine.

G x

[manicscousers]

we planted them in manured ground last year, we got huge plants with very little flower, made good green manure and the cabbage whites loved them  ;D

[Hyacinth]

....and the leaves can go in salads & the dried seeds used as peppercorns 8)

[Rohaise]

 I,ve grown Nasturtiums before ,and they are indeed tough little beauties. ..but this year I thought I,d try the climbing ones . But ,just how good are they at climbing ,will they be able to climb the side wall of our cottage ?   Or would they need fixing up some how,say on a net trellis?   I
    They are already coming up at the foot of the wall.  Even the leaves are beautiful I think .  :)  Rohaise  x

[froglets]

I grew them last year in my flower garden.  They became sacrificial plants against sawfly caterpillers which was a happy accident, but they looked terrible.  Might try them down the allotment on that basis.

[Rohaise]

Eeeeoooo!    :o Rohaise   

[froglets]

Mmmmmm,, yes, but I held off ripping them up to provide food for the young Thrushs, Blackies and Robins that were all hatching nearby.  It's tough feeling responsible for all those mouths.....

[Georgie]

The climbing variety climb by twisting their leaf stems around supports such as canes or other plants.  They wouldn't be able to climb a wall unless you provided wires or similar.

G x