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General => News => Topic started by: glosterwomble on February 18, 2009, 16:17:34
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Not done much at the plot yet this season but just sown 3 different types of chilli seeds (indoors obviously!) :D
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Not sown today, but pricked out 16 tom. plants. Want to put in the heated frame in the g.h. but it's sooooooooo dull & dank. :(
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i planted some brocclli cabbage and caulli last sunday
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8 shallots in pots indoors. ;D ;D ;D
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8 shallots in pots indoors. ;D ;D ;D
I thought shallots could be planted outside at this time of year, why in pots indoors??
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If I was planting sets I'd put them straight out. I've never done well with shallots so I'm now growing walking onions, which have been in since October.
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Yippee ! First sowing of the year! Have just done Onions (Red Baron), Dahlias (Redskin), Morning Glory, Sweet Peas, Chillis and Parsley. All inside in modules/loorolls in my conservatory.
Still grinning like a lunatic ;D ;D ;D
Ooops - reading the above, I'd better check my few shallots - maybe I'll go and do them at the lottie nex week ....
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Planted four rows of shallots, two rows of Yellow Moon and two rows of Pikant. :)
Also met Dave down the lottie not seen him before what a nice chap, he gave me some garlic so I planted a row of them. :)
Also prepared two more beds, will try and put some onions in this weekend although I think Jane wants to get going on the other plot :o
Happy Happy Happy ;D ;D ;D
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Toms (Gardeners delight free from Gardens illustrated!) Basil (green not sure variety) Basil (Dark opal). Exciting!! I love this time of year!! AND it's sunny outside!!!!!!!!! :o ;D
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Just done 10 different chilli seeds. Feel pleased with myself, especially as I'm supposed to be working ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Nothing yet, but I'm just about to go and plant the shallots. Morning Glory so early Pippy good luck.... :o
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Hi Saddad,
Yes - I know, I thought of doing it later but in Febs Gardeners World Mag it says "Sow February, Plant on april, plant out June. I only did 6 so plenty more for later! ;D
I am a bit of a novice with it tho .... tempted by cheap seeds at 3 packs for £1!! ;) ;D
This is early sowing for me - last year I didn't sow anything until mid March! Probably won't do anything else for another 3 weks now ...
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If you have them in the house they will germinate ok but the foilage is very tender... anything below 5c and they will turn white and die... but ifyou keep them warm they will get huge... try pinching out the tops if they get to 6 leaves and see it they sprout from the leaf nodes, I've never been brave enough to do it myself... :-[
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Just finished sowing Aubergines, more Broad Beans, 3 different varieties. (determined to have a freezer full this year!)
But have now run out of windowsill space as also have previously sown veg, flowers etc. on there! :(
Off to the garage to see if I can knock something together to get more on! ;D
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... but have now run out of windowsill space as also have previously sown veg, flowers etc. on there! :(
Off to the garage to see if I can knock something together to get more on! ;D
I know how you feel, our window sills groan under the weight by the end of the spring!! Post a pic of whatever you knock together to give us inspiration!! ;D
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They are all in my conservatory. It is heated - kept to 16 degrees at night at the mo ....
I'm planning getting one of those mini greenhouses with a set of shelves for hardening off in a month or so so I will be running in and out of the house with them! I think that may slow them down too?
Thanks for the advice re: pinching out! I'll be doing the same with the sweet peas!
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Presumably you only pinch out the flowers and the chillies - don't imagine the onions would take kindly to it?
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Oh gosh no - don't pinch out Onions! I may not know what I'm doing with the flowers but that bit I am certain of! and the onions and sweet peas will be going in a cold frame a soon as they are established to slow them down ...
Can never remember how and when to pinch out the chillis ... is it 3 leaves or five? And dont't you have to keep pinching out as it grows to get it to bush? I seem to forget every year ... must be early dementia ;D
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I have given in and sown banana shallots, onions, aubergines and some biannual flowers that I'm hoping I might get to flower this year if I start them early enough!
I confess I've never pinched out chilli plants, I did try this on some of my aubergines last year but they cropped so late I didn't notice any difference.... :-\
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Sown some Bedford Onions, four X 48 cell trays of Parsley, flat and Curly for the sale, started 400 sturon onion sets in trays, some lillies, the Yacon and Ulluco... OK OH did most of it but I did mop out the Toilet block... :)
Off to put the shallots in now
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Here you go Glosterwomble.........pretty it aint, and I should have pre-drilled holes for the screws to avoid the wood splitting...........but once it is covered in seed trays, no-one will notice anyhow. (I hope!) And it does the job! ;D
Now glad we keep all the odds n sods of wood in the garage!
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PS: bet OH laughs at it when he gets home and tell me my angles are not straight! ;D
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I confess I've never pinched out chilli plants, I did try this on some of my aubergines last year but they cropped so late I didn't notice any difference.... :-\
I just wait until I think the chilli looks strong enough to handle the trauma - I think that usually translates into 5 or 6 leaves.
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I sowed my Onions and sweet peas in January and since then nothing!
I just can't get enthused this year must be the weather!
As it happens I do most of my sowing towards the end of March so there is still plenty of time for me to get 'the urge!
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I agree Tee Gee, March is the big month here as well... ;D
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Last 2 weeks of March will be my next session .... just needed something to play with in the meantime. :D
Big juggling starts in April when the windowsills all fill up! ;D ;D
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My soil is too wet at the moment to plant out, so I thought I'd give the four year old something to do and put some shallots in pots and see how they do against the others when they are all planted out. ;D ;D ;D
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Sowed some toms to replace the leggy ones, plus some sweet peppers,cabbages, sprouts and artichokes.
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Here you go Glosterwomble.........pretty it aint...
I think it looks great!! AND it will do the job!
I agree Tee Gee, March is the big month here as well... ;D
Yes, I agree really but sometimes you just get carried away with wanting to grow things!!! ;D
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Also agree,
"All comes to those that wait"
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sweet peas ;D
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sweet peas ;D
SNAP!!!! Sweetpeas here too! ;D
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Nothing. I wouldn't rest my bare bum on the soil yet!
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sown a row of lettuce and a row of red spinach under clotches in the boarder of the greenhouse, figure that they will be out by the time the toms are ready to go in,
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Nothing. I wouldn't rest my bare bum on the soil yet!
;D ;D ;D ;D I'd forgotten that old wives tale!!
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sowed 2 rows of peas on lotty and aubergines in pots indoors.
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the first batch of tomato seed, Gardeners Delight, Marmande and Whippersnapper, watered with seaweed extract, compost / perlite mix, in heated propagator
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sprouts (early half tall), greyhound cabbage, idol cauli, kalibos and red cap cabbage, all in jiffy 7's..basil and thyme, more marigolds and nasturtiums :)
transplanted 3 burpless cucumbers( for inside the poly) ;D
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Today I sowed 4x12 cell trays of marigold, 2x6" pots of Radish french breakfast, 4x5" pots of Musselburgh leeks, 2 dozen Little Gem. All of which are in my greenhouse.
Yesterday I transplanted 30 x tomato seedlings, 16 x Primo cabbage seedlings, 10 Arcadia calabrese and 10 x Parthenon calabrese. All of which are in my kitchen. I just need to stop the tomatoes reaching towards the light.
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Peas yesterday and more spuds today
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1 bed of International Kidney
1 bed of Red Duke of York
Weed-Digga
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another 20 tomato sown today!
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More onions, leeks and artichokes- all inside. Sowed some coriander and parsley in coldframe yesterday.
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sowed peas cabbages brussels cauilflower radish lettuce in greenhouse :D
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sowed some cabbages and spring onion seeds in the greenhouse and some okra inside and planted some early potatoes in tubs.
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Sowed some calabrese, Early sprouts, Hispi, Romanesco and beetroot. Also some French marigolds. Snaps, Tagetes and stocks. Theyre all sitting on the windowsills
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sowed some lettuce, sunflowers, pak choi, mizuna, par-cel & turnips, left them in the greenhouse.
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I sowed summer and winter leeks, pak soi, 2 varieties of auberiges, marigolds, sweet peas, 2 varieties of sweet peppers, cape gooseberries and a bush tomato.
Resowed red and yellow pointed sweet peppers. The seeds are old and difficult to germinate. But I bought them in Greece and Spain and I like to grow my own souvenirs.
Also bean Ilerda. I never got one to germinate outdoors, so I try to get them germinated inside this year. The first batch still rotted, but I will persevere. Victory will be mine one day, and then I’ll eat plates and plates of fresh beans!
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Hooray! have now sowed sweet peas, onion sets, tomatoes, chillis, marigolds, basil, tobacco flowers, purple sprouting and normal broccoli and sunflowers. Obviously all indoors except the onions. Going to do leeks tonight.
Will do some early peas outside at the weekend if it's warmed up a bit.
Feel very reconnected with the soil now.
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just started romanesco (thank you, Jeannine's pass the parcel), fillbasket sprout (recommendation from here), fielderkraut cabbage(gift from here)
plus celeriac, echium and nemesia flower seed, transplanted peppers and hot wax peppers, windowsills are starting to groan ;D
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I really want to plant my spuds, they are chitting nicely on my windowledge. Normally I don't plant until Easter, but it seems so far away, and they seem so ready.
I'm in Manchester, should I wait a bit?
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I assisted grandson Archie 2 and 1/2, plant his rocket potato in a bucket for our horticulture club competition. It is up to him now to keep it watered. He loves watering the plants and himself so in for a pretty wet time ::) ::)
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Non-edibles! Cosmos, verbena bonariensis, french marigold, nemophila, pansy, teasel and sweet peas. I know it's maybe a bit early for some (and a bit late for sweet peas?) but they are all leftover seed so no great loss if they don't work. It was too windy for the allotment and I had to do something!
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newbies, we're near manchester and have sown some spuds under fleece :)
they take a bit of looking after, if it gets frosty, but we put them in when we have the time ;D
p.s, ignore the name ;D
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I may give it a couple of weeks, and warm the soil up.
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mangetout peas in guttering, first time I'm trying this guttering method so we'll see if it works for me.
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Been meaning to get on and sow more but so busy with other stuff. Managed a good session of sowing today though.
Cabbages ... Early Drumhead, Tundra and Estori
Leeks ... Bleu de solaise and King Richard
Toms ... Tumbling Tom (hanging basket variety) and Berry (strawberry shaped tomato)
Peas ... Onward and Feltham First
Phew feel better now that I've got some things sown! ;D
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seven types of tomato
plum, cherry and normal shaped.
and 4 heritage varieties.
I don't recall the varieties and I'm too lazy to go out into the greenhouse too look. ;D
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resown some cabbage as the first set didn't germinate ::).
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Leeks - Almera (Summer variety)
Gypsy Peppers
Carmen cucumber
Marketmore cucumber
Arcadia broccoli
Onion seed - Red Brunswick
Saladin lettuce
Also planted my Centurion onion sets and shallots (variety not known)
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last weds i sowed
toms
chillis
cabbages
caulis
psb
peas
beans
pak choi,
all indoors in little pots to grow on before putting them out.
i sowed the pak choi on weds and it sprouted on sat is that a record????
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The tomato varieties for the sale and summer ... see my seperate thread... :-X
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Just some Mina lobata which I'd soaked overnight.
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Sown a few Lettuces (Little Gem and Oak Leaf), Tomatoes (Gardeners Delight, Marmande and Tigerella), a few cayenne chillies, a scattering of coriander and the last of my Dahlia seeds.
Lovely day out there!
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peas Feltham wonder, leeks Bandit,rocket, parsley, corianda, basil, cauliflowers candid, red drumhead cabbage, Kilaxe cabbage, primo 3 cabbage, broad beans the sutton, 6 types of lettuce, most of it is for the plant sales some for the lottie.
Pricked out loads to !
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I sowed cabbages, spring onion and AYR caulis directly yesterday. ;D ;D ;D
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Early Nante carrots, Boltardy beetroot and Crimson Forrest spring onions. All sown in a fishbox inside my greenhouse for an early crop ;)
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I'm feeling very pleased with myself - today I planted 5 varieties of tomato, chillies, cucumbers & melons (I know it's a bit early but it's nice and snug in the greenhouse), sweetpeas, and loads of flower seeds. I also pricked out various bits and pieces.
My OH is busy decorating the cloakroom - so a busy day all round.
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crimson globe and cylindra beetroot :)
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nothing as tempted as i am im trying to stagger things a bit lol
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Swift and Pentland early spuds
Feltham First early peas.
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Derby Day cabbage, Carrots and resown cucumbers. ;D ;D ;D
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Finally got round to planting my first earlies (Pentland Javelin). Planted a few Colette in late February as part of the spud challenge, but will be surprised to get much from them. Also multiple sowed some more parsnip seeds in modules in twos and threes.
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tomatoes Cherekee Purple,First in the Field, Black Krim,Japanse Black Truffle
aubergines, saved seed from a morrisons aubergine and Rosa Bianca
and purple globe articokes/ shades x
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First earlies (Belle de Fontenay) Red cabbage, white cabbage, Brussel sprouts, sweet peas, peas, things are hotting up now!! ;D
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Peas. ;D ;D ;D
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Two rows of Arran Pilot.
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geraniums
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yesterday courgettes, summer squashes and yardlong beans.
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repotted my blueberrys between rain clouds but having read the above am now thinking that i should have done my summer squash.
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repotted my blueberrys between rain clouds but having read the above am now thinking that i should have done my summer squash.
not necessarily i am a bit early and i have a warm conservatory to grow it in till end of April.
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Lola Rossa lettuce leaves sown this evening and also transplanted a second batch of Arcadia and Parthenon broccoli.
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put some parsnip to chit
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put some parsnip to chit
me too! ;D and just sown 8 Giant Sunflowers
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Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin, Scarlet Emporere Runner bean, Some more Lettuce, and pricked out a load of toms I got from Ruud!! ;)
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morning glory and nasturtiums.
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Little Leo and Velvet Queen Sunflowers
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Parsnips to chit here as well, but far too nice outside... can sow seeds inside on bad days, ;D
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courgettes
parsley
jalapeno chilli
capsicum
More tomorrow
Lushy x
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Nasturtioums.
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A button on my trousers, I must go on that diet. :-\ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nothing, it was a potting up/potting on sort of day here... :)
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sweetpea, calendula and marigolds ;D
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Nothing, it was a potting up/potting on sort of day here... :)
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sweetpea, calendula and marigolds ;D
Thanks Twoflower, reminded me to sow calendula and F.Marigolds!
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Butternut squash and sweet lightning squash in toilet roll carboard; Blue Lake and Neckar Queen french beans in modules, plus some French Marigolds in a seed tray.
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Toms : Tigerella
Green Sausage
Sun Cherry
Pineapple Starburst
Pink Brandywine
Chillis : Tomato(?)
Halloween
Bolivian Rainbow
Patio Sizzle
Sweet Pepper: Tesco Finest (home saved)
Lavender : Munstead Dwarf
Dwarf Beans : Purple Queen
Fagioli Nani (does that just mean Dwarf Bean in Italian?)
Plus some Tomatillos, Cape Gooseberries, Tree Tomato and some herbs
Weed-Digga
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Caught up on sowing big time today.....
Flowers: foxgloves, sunflowers, calendulas, nicotianas, lavender
Herbs: angelica, caraway, dill, coriander, chervil, parsley, lovage
Veg:HSL peas, salmon flowered, Victorian purple podded, Carruther's purple podded, Tutankhamun
other peas: Golden Sweet, Show Perfection
Swede Virtue, PSB, Black Kale
Celery: Green soup, Loretta
Cucumbers: White Wonder, two mini ones I can't remember!
Also going to start a few dwarf french beans in rootrainers to put out under cloches in May.
That's all today! ;D
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globe artichokes
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globe artichokes
Quiet fanced growming these, just because they're pretty :)
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Am I the only one who hasn't sown a single seed yet this year?
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Boy, do I have some catching up to do.
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Am I the only one who hasn't sown a single seed yet this year?
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Boy, do I have some catching up to do.
how are you able to restrain yourself, i promised myself that i would not sow my heat loving plants to early this year and have broken that promise already at least five times :-\
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beans and squash
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Just some french marigolds.
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3 varities of poppies, calendula, white violas, cornflowers, california poppy and heartease.
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To test the ground broken into a fine tilth by my recently purchased Mantis, I have directly sown a few of the following to test direct sowing instead of sowing in pots all the time:
Early Nante carrots
Crimson Forrest red spring onions
Scarlet Globe radish
Boltardy beetroot
Paris Silverskin onion
In pots: Parsley, Thyne, Basil
I have also sown 8 varieties of flowers and transplanted Arcadia and Parthenon broccoli to their final position.
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I wasn't going to sow any seed indoors this year, but try getting as much of the plot dug as possible & just do lots of direct sowing over the next couple of months. However, OH is tucked up under the duvet feeling rubbish so I could resist seed sowing no longer. Today I sowed the following in pots:
Pepper `heatwave'
Squash `Avalon'
Tomato `Suncherry' and `Garden Pearl'
Cucumber `Telegraph Improved'
Courgette
lemongrass (optimistic I think as no heat?!)
err... & one other thing that escapes me
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hooligan pumpkins ;D
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how are you able to restrain yourself, i promised myself that i would not sow my heat loving plants to early this year and have broken that promise already at least five times :-\
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I am not alone then! :)
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Loads... including Millet Purple Baron... but it was swamped by the pricking out!! ;D
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I spent most of the morning sowing and pricking out and this afternoon trying to find pictures on the net of the seeds people have kindly given me!! ;D
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All the cucurbits next..... ::)