Author Topic: the sowing thread (Read 16434 times)

aquilegia · « **on:** January 20, 2005, 10:14:22 »

Remember last year - we had a thread where we could all list what we've sown, when it germinates etc. I for one got a lot of enjoyment and learnt a lot from it. So here's one for this year.

Yesterday (19 January):
Chili Peppers: Poblana, Aji Amarillo, Chocolate Chili and Apache sown two to a small module cell, four seeds of each in all. Put in propagator on living room window ledge.
Onions: Long red Florence, sown five to a medium cell, in propagator.
Lettuce: Kellys (winter greenhouse variety) about three to a cell, in propagator.

At least I've learnt to sow thinner, but as for my resolution to label things... ::)

traceym · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2005, 11:53:31 »

:)Is it ok if i join you here,even though i,ve not sown any veg yet.
11th jan
VESTIA
RUDBECKIA MAXIMA
KIRENGESHOMA
ERYTHRONIUM
SMYRNIUM
CRAMBE CORDIFOLIA
IRIS SETOSA
GERANIUM BUXTONS BLUE

14 JAN
GERANIUM SPLISH
GERANIUM ROSE QUEEN
AQUILEGIA FORMOSA
AQUILEGIA RED STAR
DIANTHUS CRIMSONIA

15JAN
KNIPHOFIA
VERBENA HASTATA
HESPERIS
SIDALCEA
CORYDALIS
MALVA
RATIBIDA
ERODIUM
DELPHINIUM
CLEMATIS RADAR LOVE
PETROHAGIA
ALCEA NIGRA
will check back in when i have sprouts. ;)

Moggle · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2005, 12:26:18 »

Sunday 16 jan sowed long red florence seeds in medium cells, around 3 to a cell. On living room floor (out of the way) until I manage to buy a mini-greenhouse to go on the balcony.

Jesse · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:19:02 »

12 Jan sowed Cauliflower (snowball), Sweet peas, Spring onion (Eiffel), Lettuce (winter density) all but the spring onion have made an appearance above soil level.

16 Jan sowed butternut squash (F1), capsicum (Toreador), and three tomato varieties (St Pierre, Golden Sunrise, Outdoor girl). No appearance yet.

All are in heated conservatory at about 17C. Sown into my homemade newspaper modules, 2 seeds per module.

Oh and my potato seeds are chitting - Charlotte (salad pots) and Kestrel (2nd earlies).

aquilegia · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:25:04 »

Jesse - Butternut Squash already? I was going to wait until March/April to do mine. Any reason why so early?

Jesse · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:33:56 »

Aqui, I've only sown a few squash seeds and will thin to 2 plants. It's for my experiment with using a wallo'water. The rest of the squash seeds I will sow end of March in heated conservatory, that's the normal time I sow them. My tomatoes and peppers are also for an experiment as I don't have a greenhouse. The rest of the tomatoes will be sown end of March as well for planting outside around May/June. I'm hoping the Wallo'waters will work, that way I can stagger my sowing much better in future, my conservatory tends to get overcrowded with seeds around march time!

Mimi · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:36:48 »

Jesse, What is Wallo'water. ??? Never heard of that before, is it somne kind of propergator?

Jesse · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:38:42 »

Mimi, there's some information about it here:

http://www.wallowater.co.uk

Mimi · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2005, 16:41:46 »

Thanks Jesse, interesting. Feel sorry for the guy with the tomatoe maze :-\

Sorry doesnt show on the site you gave me.

aquilegia · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2005, 10:06:19 »

My lettuce germinated on Saturday and now lovely little seedlings! horray my first proper new plants for this year!

and i think one of the onions germinated today.

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #10 on:** January 24, 2005, 15:03:09 »

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All are in heated conservatory at about 17C. Sown into my homemade newspaper modules, 2 seeds per module.

Jesse, is your conservatory kept at 17°C (63°F) constantly throughout the night? as I was thinking of putting a dimplex 750 watt oiled fire in there as the area is only about 12ft x 7ft or maybe a convector heater that will go up to 2 Kw both have thermostats, then maybe I can start a few seeds off as long as the leccy bill doesn’t spiral. :o

Oh dear where will I put my sub-tropical plants? ???

Jesse · « **Reply #11 on:** January 24, 2005, 16:03:04 »

Roy we had our central heating extended into the conservatory (helps when your husband is a plumber) so the temps during the day remain the same as the house around 17C. At night we turn the thermostat in the house down so the temps are around 15C in the house and the conservatory I have no idea how cold it gets but should imagine a little cooler than the house (the door to the conservatory is closed at night and the temps drop quicker in the conservatory because it's all glass and not as well insulated as the house). If the house temp drops below 15C then the heating kicks in and the conservatory receives some heat. The seeds that have not shown themselves yet are pampered and brought into the house overnight, once they have fully emerged then they get left out in the conservatory with everything else. It is beginning to look like a jungle in there and I look forward to spring when I can get everything out and planted.

Hopefully not too much longer to plant using my "experiment". I checked the wallo'waters on the weekend. My compost contains some straw from our hens bedding and the wheat from that has germinated and strarted sprouting inside and directly around the base of the wallo'waters but not anywhere further outside of the wallo'waters. I thought that was encouraging. The rest of my non-experimental sowing will happen around March, that's when the packets of seed say I should be sowing.

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2005, 16:48:24 »

Thanks Jesse, I will try it with the Dimplex fire tonight and record some temperatures, anyone know what minimum temps seeds will survive at? ??? ;D

Multiveg · « **Reply #13 on:** January 24, 2005, 17:15:59 »

Sown in trays, The Kelsae huge onion, rossa di milano (a red onion), lao lavender & black beauty aubergines and some miscellaneous chillis on 17th Jan with my son's help (hopefully, not overly crowded in places in the seed trays).

Re the wallo-water- whatshisname Yeoman person filled coke bottles with water and used this to surround the plants.

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2005, 17:54:18 »

How strange Multi I was thinking of coke bottles when I read that ;D
Just out of interest, any idea of the temperature that you keep your seeds at Multi ???

Jesse · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2005, 18:04:01 »

I believe if you keep a large barrel of water in your greenhouse it's meant to help maintain night time temps to prevent sudden drops in temp. Not sure if it works though.

Multiveg · « **Reply #16 on:** January 24, 2005, 20:29:35 »

haven't tried the coke bottles myself (yet!) but that might be worth an experiment one of these days!

Seeds are on the windowsills in the house - probably less than 18 degree celsius.

Just had a look and can see half a dozen rossa di milano onions just leaving the starting blocks - quite a quick germination (can't seem to find me veggie expert in the house and I am not going down the plot at this hour to look in the spare copy!)

aquilegia · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2005, 09:37:41 »

My onions have started to germinate. About five or six where up this morning.

I've now taken the lettuces out of the propagator and they are in a clear plastic bag on the kitchen windowsill. They were starting to get leggy.

Moggle · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2005, 10:00:25 »

All my onions have germinated :D Now I just have to stop them from getting too warm :-\

aquilegia · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2005, 10:16:59 »

Oh Moggle - hopefully that means that mine will all germinated by the weekend.

Do you have a cooler windowsill you can put them on? I do most of my germination on the living room windowsill as it's warmer and then i move them into the kitchen where it's cooler, but has the same aspect.

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