Topic: A few bits and pieces I have on the go

[Tee Gee]

In the propagator; Some shrub seed I got from the RHS



A view of the hot bed;



Chrysant cuttings I took earlier this week



Geranium (Pelargonium) seedlings;



Lobelia seedlings

[davyw1]

Looking good TEE GEE, wished you lived a bit closer for your chrysanths tho, This years National Champion is five gardens away, Harrogate best flower, seconed and third place next door. loads of freebies and i dont even grow them

[tim]

Overhead watering, TG?

[Tee Gee]

Overhead watering, TG?

Well yes & no Tim

In my propagator I have some capillary matting in the base, so each morning I return the condensates that develop on the lid back into the propagator.

Re-cycling if you like  ;)

The Chrysants are sprayed daily with my hand pump spray along with any thing else thats looks in need of a bit of moisture.

..and that about sums up my watering programme, basically I am a bit frugal with water at this stage.

Lets face it; when you think about it, nothing is growing so there is nothing to take up water other than evaporation.

That my philosophy anyhow  8)

[floraldi]

Is there a large heated mat under all your seedlings? Also, what kind of geraniums are those cuttings. They don't look anything like regals or zonals so I assume they must be the true geraniums i.e. hardy.  This is said to be the wrong time of year to take cuttings of pelargoniums and fuschias but the ones I have done in the last two weeks are looking healthy.

[Tee Gee]

Is there a large heated mat under all your seedlings?

There is a soil warming cable buried in damp sand below them

Also, what kind of geraniums are those cuttings.

They are not cuttings they are seedlings I sowed earlier in the year.

They grow so easily I don't bother saving my geraniums (pelargoniums) any more unless I get an unusual one.

[floraldi]

I think I was looking at the wrong picture. Had a closer look and it's the crysanthemums I was looking at.  I have saved a few pelargoniums that were special (used to be in the society) but, you are right, growing them from seeds is easy (I have done 6 so far) except that the colours are basic. I suppose it is possible to buy seeds of unusual ones. I'll have a look next year.

Re crysanths - I have mentioned on here somewhere that last year I got a large half dead looking one from a garden centre for 50p and a forum member told me what to do with it and we had so many pots of lovely very white pot mums. One of my pals at the over60s who is wheelchair bound had one from me and he was so pleased with it.  I promised him more this year.