Topic: Overgrown seedlings..any point..pictures

[Jeannine]

Hi, I have just taken these in my potting greenhouse at home.

Picture 1 is brassicas,all types, that are more than now a foot tall.

Picture 2 is Okra, very healthy but again almost a foot tall

Picture 3 is  my Giant Sweetcorn, which is bent over on the roof now

Picture 4 is my Craven Sunflowers which are so tall they are coming back on
themselves

Picture 5 is the general jungle in the potting greenhouse

All are in 3 inch pots, all with roots coming out of the bottom, they should all have been planted a month ago bit impossible due to the flooding.

I also have 80 assorted squash in a similar situation in another greenhouse.

The ground is still very wet, it was water logged thee days ago.

Is there any point in keeping them any longer,even if I could get them out today, which is very unlikely anyway,would they be any good as they are so pot bound.

Honesty appreciated here, I don't want John struggling to get them in if there is no point. I would rather chuck them now if they are going to be no good rather than give him all that work, especially as the untouched weeds are growing like mad at the lotties.

The squash and corn I know about, it is the brassicas and sunflowers I am not so certain about.

Any ideas welcome.

XX Jeannine

[sarah]

blimey o riley. reckon the brassicas fine to go out.  the sunflowers too but may not acheive their full potential. sweetcorn - not sure. ocra no idea. good luck. ;)

[emmy1978]

Hi Jeannine. I think your brassicas look fine and agree with sarah on the s/flowers. Okra, not a clue sorry. Hope you manage to get something in the ground Jeannine. It's such a shame about your plot.  :(

[manicscousers]

we've planted out brassias, same size as tha, sprouts are okay, calabrese frmed a head too early, just keep picking them, smll is still nice, the caulis did the same but some grew normally, cabbage, depends on the type,greyhound were okay
you may only get small crops, could you grow the sweetcorn for baby corn ?, don't know how they feel about having their feet squashed  ;D
hope you get something out of it  :)

[tim]

Brassica & Corn - yes. Others, don't know.

[Jeannine]

Thanks everyone, the corn is one grown for show,it is the one that grows tremendously high, the seeds were a gift from the US as are were the Sunflowers.

How much longer do you think I could keep them,as I can't get them out now.They look smaller in the pots than they actually are, some of the Chinese ones had actually flowered!!

XX Jeannine

[Doris_Pinks]

Jeannine, I would also say yes.
Have been planting mine through cardboard as the weeds were getting the better of me.....your local Electrical store should have big boxes to get rid of!
Gives an immediate image of tidyness and rots down too! ;)

[Rosyred]

My brocolli and PSP looks the same and i'm still waiting for room to get them in. I didn't realize if they get too big not to bother planting them up, is that right?