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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: cestrian on February 16, 2013, 00:36:11
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It looks like the snow has passed and the weather might be picking up. The evenings are definitely getting lighter! What seeds are you sowing and where - indoors on a window sill, in a cold frame or in the greenhouse?
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The tomato challenge and other toms, peppers and cucumbers in the prop next week, small cabbage and calabrese will be in the unheated poly but covered, salad box in a polystyrene box are already sprouting. I've got ground warming up for early carrots, they will be under fleece and I will be starting some parsnips chitting . Then of course, there are the herbs :toothy10:
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I've got chillies, aubergines, leeks, spring onions and giant onions and cabbage
in the greenhouse. I'll start some tomatoes next week.
The only things outside are broad beans which I sowed last November.
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Onions, tomatoes, basil, indoor cukes, parsley, peppers - propogator to start, now on a sunny windowsill, as usual not enough room even though I'm giving aubergines a miss this year. Oh, and dahlias, coleus and morning glories altough I wasn't going to bother with flowers...it just somehow seems to happen!
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I have not started my seeds yet I am waiting for it to warm up a little. I have a unheated greenhouse so I think it is a little cool for me to start just yet. I will be sowing my onions in early march. I normally sow them on march 3rd as I have always had a good crop when sown on that date. What I might try this year is to sow a week earlier and put them on my windowsill and see if that makes any difference.
I will be starting me seeds soon though. After I have ordered a few that is :P
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Have onions cabbage cauli toms and lettuce going all in the greenhouse which is heated overnight at the moment. Interested to see some off you have started your cucumbers. I did start them early last year but lost them all (collapsed). Spoke to a local nursery about this and he told me this was due to the lack of sun with the weather being so wet and dismal. So left them till mid April and they were ok. The variety was carmen an indoor female type and I had some great results. Would be interested to know what cucumbers you guys are growing and if you experienced similar problems last year as myself.
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tomatoes and leeks next week, little gem are up outside on a window cill and will prick out today. I already have onions, garlic, shallots and spring cabbage up and doing well . Chillis sown in a propagator in january are growing steadily indoors. I can`t think of anything else yet, too early for most stuff and anyway I am sowing far less this year as had far too much last year. Would like early carrots but they just do not grow well here on clay so am not bothering
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Chilli peppers, sweet peppers, onions, cabbages, aubergines, chives, rocket, peas, sweet peas and banana shallot seeds. These are what I have been sowing last few weeks.
Outside I have garlic and overwintering onions growing steadily! :blob7:
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All indoor sowings as have spare room south west facing:
calabrese, various tomatoes, sweet red pointed peppers, chillis, miniature cucumber (picolino) which i shall hopefully save seed from as they are sooo expensive,
rocket.
Thats all for now but fingers are getting itchy :toothy10:
Debs
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Today I started the spring sowing (hurrah).. Maincrop onions of various types, three sorts of shallots (last years very successful Prisma and Banana have been joined by Camelot), some round carrots and radishes in bedding strips, two sorts of alpine strawberries, a couple of trays of the Broad Bean "Express" plus a rootrainer kit of the dwarf french bean "Speedie". They're all indoors on windowsills, and the French beans, strawberries, shallots adn some of the onions have heat under them too. THe speedie's will probably live their entire lives in troughs in the greenhouse, they're a bit of a gamble really this early in the year, but they are so fast I reckon it's worth a go...
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We're off!
I sowed tomatoes and chillies last night. Shallot sets went in last week. :happy7:
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Trying to root some slips from one Wave petunia I bought and seeded tall snapdragons, one is orange. Too early to plant toms.
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Sowed my chitted toms today. Only coyote refused to chit. Found some seeds but I never labelled them so don't exactly know what they are. Might try a couple just to see.
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I have not started my seeds yet I am waiting for it to warm up a little. I have a unheated greenhouse so I think it is a little cool for me to start just yet. I will be sowing my onions in early march. I normally sow them on march 3rd as I have always had a good crop when sown on that date. What I might try this year is to sow a week earlier and put them on my windowsill and see if that makes any difference.
I will be starting me seeds soon though. After I have ordered a few that is :P
I think you are right not to be in too much of a rush. Seedlings catch up quickly and grow away strongly but it's hard to hold them back and prevent them getting leggy if you sow too early. PD cold where I am.
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Ground's been frozen for weeks and still was this weekend, temps of -1 & -2, bitterly cold so no plot of me. Watched rugby on Saturday but spent a few hours in the greenhouse on Sunday morning. Fired up the old propagator and sowed some celeriac, toms, chili peppers, peppers, onions, caulis & minicole cabbages. I love this time of year after the dormancy of Winter - could be a little warmer though ....
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All indoor sowings as have spare room south west facing:
calabrese, various tomatoes, sweet red pointed peppers, chillis, miniature cucumber (picolino) which i shall hopefully save seed from as they are sooo expensive,
rocket.
Thats all for now but fingers are getting itchy :toothy10:
Debs
Unfortunately saving seeds from Picolino is a gamble, as it is an F1 hybrid and won't breed true.
Have never started calabrese this early. How do you sow them? Individual pots one per seed or prick out or? Would like to start brassica earlier, but haven't had good experience and lost many through damping off.
I have just started on the peas in the frostfree conservatory, peppers are being moved into individual pots, parsley is up, tomatillo is up too. Tomatoes in the next week or two.
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Tomatoes, chilli peppers, sweet peppers, onions, garlic, aubergines, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, zucchini, pumpkins
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Big Tomato, Hi and Welcome to Allotments 4 All :wave:
Nice looking blog (I used google translate) looking forward to hearing more about your garden and the varieties you are growing.
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Welcome Big Tomato. I like your self watering seed system. I use a lot of plastic bottles and love this new use. I am due to do on holiday in May and will have some plants that are not ready to go outside and OH is not very reliable they are usually over watered or bone dry.
As my Romanian does not seem to be any good, I also used Google translate, but some words get missed so it can be a bit hit miss. I can get the front page translated but do not seem to be able to find a way to get the others done.
Are you really sowing zucchini etc already?
I have sown parsley, calebrese, lettuce, leeks. Trying early sowing of summer broccoli Sante. Celery. Chilli Peppers.
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chillis are about 3 inches tall and strong, were sown in january. I did tomatoes and leeks a few days ago and little gem are sitting ok in a cold greenhouse after pricking out, I did those in january. Onions, garlic and shallots were autumn planted, so no worries there. Nothing else now, just waiting for longer days. Oh lady christi are slowly chitting. Two beds getting tidyied up today so slow and steady with me, no point in rushing things too early. makes no difference in the end and I am not bothering with carrots on the allotment, they just don`t grow well in that clay soil, hasn`t been worth the effort. Oh yes aquadulce broad beans are thriving outside in root trainers, after sowing in january, will be ready to plant out in march, very strong plants
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Sounds like I am way behind most of you, but yesterday I sowed my early nante carrots in my baths. Everyone says I'm too early but I found that the first sowings at this time do much better than later sowings. Well for me they do.. Sowed some carrots last year on 21 February and they were brilliant. After last years miserable weather it is taking me a while to get back in the mood.This year seems the aches and pains are getting to me as well. Good luck everyone..
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The trial carrot seeds I was sent from DT browns are showing in the poly, sowed Jan 16th in a deep pot under a demijohn cloche. Just sowed primecut and more trial seed in warmed soil under glass and fleece outside :happy7:
Pixie cabbage up, peas up in the guttering and the salads are coming on well :toothy10:
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Sowed my first seeds of 2013 today in my heated propagator in the greenhouse. Chillies, sweet peppers, banana shallots, and a few pots of baby plum tomatoes for the lottie plant sale in May. Exciting times....
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I have sowed tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers so far at home will take to my allotment when warmer not sure how to grow them this year I have always used pots but am thinking of using grow bags I have never used them before so I would be grateful for some advice also if cucumbers could be grown in them .... cudsey
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today i have sown my sweetpea, pea, tomato an some herb seeds still pulling out what else i need to sow and the beds are covered with card to help warm them up a little as my plastic has all vanished :(
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Tomato seeds for cold greenhouse going in today - late but with this weather... :tongue3:
Broadbeans are in - also late
And I'm keeping my fingers crossed for enough good-weather days free to escape to the plot to keep the whole lot productive and tidy.
If the worst comes to the worst I'll just have to take my two very elderly parents down there for the day while I get on with it. :glasses9:
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Two weeks ago when we had the only two lovely days in March I sowed 4 trays of onion seed and I of shallots. Then a range of tomatoes, chillies, sweet peppers, basil and cape gooseberries.
The hope was by the end of March to have them in my unheated greenhouse!
Then winter returned with a vengeance with 9 inches of snow! Daily turning round my seedlings hoping that they don't get too leggy before the weather improves!
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Me too. Daily turning of seedlings and checking for new ones popping. Reallly pushed for space indoors now I've had to pot on the toms. Chillies, Christmas basil and PSB needs potting on. Sweet peas pinched out already and waiting to go outside.
Summer savoury getting very leggy now and peas and PSB heading that way with hollyhocks and lupins following soon. I need those to go out in the greenhouse asap so I can sow more stuff.
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Seeds up in the poly are cauli, calabrese, sprout and cabbage. Small cabbage potted on and started romanesco, filderkraut cabbage and kalibos cabbage today. Loads of flowers coming up for the plant sale and we're not sure how long it will be until we can have one, usually first bank holiday in may but, this weather's putting us all behind :happy7:
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Tomies are on their 2nd set of leaves
Some of the Celeriac up
Waiting on the peppers and cucs to germinate. :wave:
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Seed sowing...??
I think this might be the first year that being slow off the mark is probably not a bad thing.
My progress is:
- found most of the seed packets
- finished the winter digging
- set up the heated propagator
- waiting for tomatoes to burst through the compost
- leeks up....some of them
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Popped in a few cabbages and kale. :wave:
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Chives, basil and toms on the kitchen windowsill are finally up now we've had a bit of sun, but no sign of parsley, coriander or peppers yet. Calabrese, leeks and a few broad beans up in the cold greenhouse, but parsnips and sweet peas doing nothing. Itching to sow more but nor sure what!
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Toms on kitchen window cill, and peas not too bad, spinach was doing well then gave up. French beans in outhouse have just rotted, have compost and seeds but am going to wait until next weekend when hopefully the weather will warm up. Sweet peas from saved seed seem to have given up, so may have to buy some more. Luckily I have overdosed on the seed buying so have plenty of spares. I am little miss impatient. Next time I buy a house, will make sure I have large window cills in every room, or a heated greenhouse, dream on. Not sure that Dulce (beautiful cat) sleeping on the seed trays in the plastic greenhouse was a good idea, but maybe he warmed the soil up.
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When we had a temperature of 10ish degrees a few weeks ago in March (I am not dreaming ) I sowed some cabbage Golden Acre, some Brussels sprouts , some lettuce some leeks and some celeriac in one of those long window sill lidded propagators for Aldi.
All the seeds are now up the Brussels and the cabbage I getting a bit leggy but they are going to have to stay where they are for a week or so as the next home for my seedling is the unheated plastic green house in the garden. and I fear if they go in there whilst the weather is as it is they will be gone.
in the green house are some onion and shallot sets with are now sprouting little green shoots and some runner beans in kitchen roll holders they have germinated but the green part seems slow to show above the soil, I haven't really watered them much as I would hate for them to freeze. not sure if that's what they need?
Nora
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heaps of flowers but most of them have been on the go for ages (years even) but as far as veggies go, leeks in greenhouse (freezing though), parsley, hopeful lettuce (outside) tomatoes (I was just so bored) not doing peppers (which is a slight relief this year) mange toute on plot, more sweet peas (I seem to have been obsessed with these - 19 varieties). Spring onions.
Put some black PVC down for potatoes.
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Tomatoes - 2 batches, one up and pricked out, the other just done so still waiting
Sweet peppers - sown 2 weeks ago still no show
Broad beans - in modules in greenhouse, sown 2 weeks ago no show
peas - see broad beans
leeks - in a seed tray under glass, just done so just waiting to see
lettuces - 4/5 varieties, same as leeks
Mixed results. Dont get me started on flowers. Lots sown but so far only got few sweet peas (just) to show for it it.
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I have sown the last of my maincrop brassicas indoors this week and they are up, I am sowing a few more red cabbage than usual re the potential weather-induced veg shortage, red drumhead stands up to a lot of adverse stuff and has a good tight head so is good wrt slug damage. Nothing fancy this year as it is going to be a toughie but tomatoes and chillis are being nurtured and I am getting them out into a cold greenhouse during the days now. I want them early, like last year, when I got 40kg from 19 plants, I dehydrated a lot. This year only 12 plants and only the hardies that did so well last year
A few more veg to go and that will be 2013 sorted
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Nothing ouside yet but the plan is to get the rotavator out tomorrow then cover two or three strips with poly cloches with a view to direct sowing in a few days.
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Just sowing french beans for in the poly, 6 each of dwarf borlotti, purple and green french beans :happy7:
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Broadies went in the other day, leeks before the last cold spell. Nothing else yet.
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Nothing yet i keep getting the seeds out but they end up back in the box :( its just 2 cold to do anything.
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Nothing ouside yet but the plan is to get the rotavator out tomorrow then cover two or three strips with poly cloches with a view to direct sowing in a few days.
I'm hoping I can get my old machine going tomorrow too...... well, that's the plan.
Sweet-peas in pots (late)
Tomatoes in trays - up
Leeks in trays - up (late)
Not a good start to Spring.... so slow to get going. :(
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Tommies on their 3rd set of leaves and potted in to peat pots
Celeriac still in tray but have about 25/30 up and running
Cucs and bell peppers were no shows
A couple of sweet peas are up, awaiting the others
8 cabbages are up in a tray
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Last lot of toms are now 'cooking' in propagator and earlier sown are all ready for pricking.
Just done most of peas..only few varieties to do now.
I'm starting with brassicas and lettuces very soon :icon_cheers:
As soon as the soil show signs of warming up, I'll be getting my spuds in get some parsnips and carrots sown.
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Pricked out two lots of toms this morning and sowed some more, plus some cabbage and some more broad beans.
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I really must be more organised. Got the rotovator started at last(WD40 is great) mulched some strips and put out the alkathene hoops. What ejit has run out of polythene?? :BangHead: Everything delayed until my order arrives.
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A few peas. Carouby de Mausanne and Latvian.
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I think I got carried away ! I sowed my peas out in trenches and put Leek seeds out they were ones I'd save from last yr,and we put our pots in as well ,Oh dear I do think we got to excited with the sun :tongue3:
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I have sown 3 different types of Cucumbers, 5 seeds of Crystal Lemon,5 seeds of La Diva and 5 seeds of Fatum (Marshalls Seeds) in 2/3Rd's mix of compost and 1/3rd of fine grit sand,i have put them in the heated propagator.
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Sowed allmy brassicas last week, all up except the PSB... Checked the packet today, expires 2006!
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Sowed some carrots and Parsnips direct at the weekend. :sunny:
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As well as spuds I've sowed carrot and beetroot direct. :icon_cheers:
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I've just taken a chance on the following:
Carrots
Parsnips
Root Parsley
Beetroot
Peas and Mangetout
I can't be around to plant in the next few weeks - so it's early ... or late!
Tried to protect the peas from the mice by soaking them in strong chilli and garlic infused water before planting.
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I've planted my first earlies already and I've got toms and chillies, courgettes, squash and spinnach seedlings in 3" pots on the windowsills.
Turnips, runner beans and cabbage in modules in the coldframe in the greenhouse.
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Really disappointed with my duchess f1 parsnip seeds. Free gift, 3 weeks chitting and only 4 so far. Last year I used half an old pack and they all worked. Now, where did I put the other old one :toothy10:
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Sweetcorn and Cucs today. :toothy10:
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Started some tomato seeds a dear friend from here sent me :toothy10:
Oh, and potted up the chitted oca. Thank you, eddibbles :icon_cheers:
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Ive planted about 20 Sweet Pepper seeds California Wonder they are in the greenhouse
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sown at the w/e (indoors and mainly in propagator):-
brune d'hiver lettuce
red amaranthus
parsley
white kaillan
basil
endive
red perilla
garlic chives
jan king cabbage
gros vert de laon g. artichoke
scarlet kale
rainbow chard
tondodi chioggi beetroot
asparagus pea
3 unknown seed from kew ( :happy7:)
have already hardening off:- broadies - normal /crimson, mangetout - shiraz/purple podded/golden sweet, sweet peas. germinated - nicotiania slyvestris, rudbekia, dolchols lablab and pansies.
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Today, on ground cultivated in January, covered in black polyprop tarpaulin last 2 weeks;
parsnips, turnips, 40 day turnips, short carrot, giant red carrot,
Bought seed from the real seed co.uk online (orders @realseeds.co.uk) this year for the first time. So far the rate of germination appears to about 98% on plantings in modules in the polytunnel, Brassicas various.
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Romanesco yesterday evening. :coffee2:
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My turnips have just started to show in the cold frame! :toothy10:
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With a bit of luck this weekend I will be able to prepare the seedbed at long last (temps are at least no longer freezing!) and sow cabbage, romanesco, chard, leeks and salads. I will also try to do half a row (let's not get carried away! ) of early carrot and parsnips and turnips (unless the early sowings have finally showed through!). I might try to do some more peas if I have time, and I have some herb and flower seeds too that could be done - all under fleece and plastic of course!!!
Also have to get in the last spuds and some more spring onion sets.
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My tomatoes were doing quite well in the kitchen on the window cill, hot in there, but I have moved them to the lean to, which gets very hot when the sun is out, but they don't look too happy, but hopefully they will be OK, after they have got over the shock. Everything is very slow this year, the only thing that is coming up is my peas in pots, which I have just put in the plastic greenhouse (unheated, of course). Well luckily I have plenty of seeds so can sow more when it really warms up.
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Round-seeded peas. The wrinkled ones can wait till it's warmer. It's getting to the point where I can plant other things, but I haven't been through the tins yet.
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courgettes and squash sown indoors today. It will be min 7 tonight so all seedlings and small plants will be able to stay either out or in unheated greenhouse and that includes tomatoes and chillis, which look very strong now. I must get to the allotment and clear a bed for parsnips.I believe that they like min 10 in the ground so I`ll cover with black weed fabric for a few days and perhaps sow 7-10 days after that.
Tbh, it has been a godsend for me to have the planning done last year for this year, including the numbers of plants that I want. Stopped me sowing too many seeds
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Sweetcorn for inside :icon_cheers:
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Oh gosh..you lot are talking about almost tropical plants now. We still got frozen soil in places and in shady places piles of snow.. :BangHead:
It will for while yet that I'll be able to sow any corn or courgettes...though I did prepared my builders bag planters last weekend and they almost ready for some courgettes..once the weather warm up!!!!
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what, piles of snow still in the not so distant land of north notts? has it melted just a tad more today, goodlife?? it's meant to be 20c this sunday, so enjoy your last bits of snow whilst it lasts, eh!:sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
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what, piles of snow still in the not so distant land of north notts? has it melted just a tad more today, goodlife?? it's meant to be 20c this sunday, so enjoy your last bits of snow whilst it lasts, eh!:sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
I can hardly tell any difference if it has melted tad or not...it has FINALLY started to rain so perharps now the last of the snow drift piles will disappear. ENJOY!!??? :angry5:...I can hardly wait until next winter.. :tongue3: :angel11: No +20c over here..just 14 was promised for us..that's if the sun don't drown before that..
Anyhow..thats enough of the weather..I've been sowing some herb seeds.. :toothy10: pricking out some seedlings...potting up some scented geraniums...doing some cuttings...LOTS of compost therapy :icon_cheers: Soon is time to start over spilling the pots and trays into unheated GH..windowsills and floor don't take much more..I even have grow lamps wrigged up under the bed and some reflective panelling there too..to keep my tomato plants totally cosy.. :icon_cheers:
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c'mon, goodlife, it will be a bit nicer and warm from next week as they say: have faith in our weather forecasters as they haven't been wrong so far this winter... :angel11:
my GH is 3/4 full already and the window tables (sills too narrow) will be filled up soon enough. seedlings still tiny though. have my tommies and chillis at friend's as they helped me start them off in their HM propagator (blown up now, so didn't last long!) so will have to reclaim them soon enough!
how much are the gro-lamps cost to run if you don't mind me asking?
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how much are the gro-lamps cost to run if you don't mind me asking?
Absolutely no idea. I've got two 'energy saving type bulbs and they are on timers. I don't see any noticeable difference to my energy useage during these few months that they are switch on.
This sort of bulbs.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/45w-Blue-Spectrum-6400k-CFL-grow-light-lamp-bulb-ES-E27-/200497172938?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item2eae9011ca
I'll let you to do the running cost calculations...
edit to add; just noticed..there is some calculations sown on the page..
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Lettuce, calabrese, rocket, Flakkee carrot, Telephone peas, spring onion, cucumber and coriander if it's warm enough.
Total re-sow of the beetroot, plus Aprils' sowing, and more Chantenay carrots if the last sowing doesn't show their faces soon. Roll on Monday, that's when I get busy.
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how much are the gro-lamps cost to run if you don't mind me asking?
Absolutely no idea. I've got two 'energy saving type bulbs and they are on timers. I don't see any noticeable difference to my energy useage during these few months that they are switch on.
This sort of bulbs.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/45w-Blue-Spectrum-6400k-CFL-grow-light-lamp-bulb-ES-E27-/200497172938?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item2eae9011ca
I'll let you to do the running cost calculations...
edit to add; just noticed..there is some calculations sown on the page..
haven't got my brain wired in to work out the costings. maybe they are cheaper than i thought they would be. i managed to save myself £300 just by having just 3 nights worth of gas fire on for the duration of the whole winter period (yes, i'm prone to getting chilblains and contracted them 3x this year!)
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edit to add; just noticed..there is some calculations sown on the page..
That typo shows what my brain has been really thinking :glasses9: :icon_cheers:
I had good 'old' forage in my seedbox last night..sorting some seeds that I 'need' to sow next...and it was impossible job..just going through different brassica options resulted big pile of chosen packets.. :BangHead:..now I'm asking myself 'how many acres my allotment space was again?' :BangHead: (answer;not even a one)
And could I find a single packet of brussels???!! :BangHead:..thought that I had 'tons'..that means only one thing...SHOPPING! :icon_cheers:
Today is BIG sowing day..found so many things in box that I didn't 'remember' I 'need' to sow...kales, collards, cabbages, caulis, broccoli, more lettuce, cape gooseberries, more parsley, more basil, more coriander.. :icon_cheers:
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There were some little Brussels in the parcel :icon_cheers:.
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There were some little Brussels in the parcel :icon_cheers:.
EH?!!!....I must have another look... :icon_cheers: I've got seeds all over the place at the moment :glasses9:
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Black cherry toms. Thank you, Lishka xx
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A line of Charlottes yesterday and some sweetcorn as soon as I finish on here. :blob7:
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A couple more peas, brassicas, mainly kales, and TPS. It was quite warm on the plot today, so I'm going to put some wrinkle-seeded peas in next.
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Everything in my seed box tomorrow, some years out of date, but who cares. Don't really want 320 broccoli plants. Not planted at allotment yet, just in plastic greenhouse and lean to. Tom seeds looking good. :sunny:
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flipping heck. It was sunny and windy and seedlings are fine outside in their root trainers then all of a sudden with no warning, hail with quite some force. I am so glad that most trainers were under enviromesh cages but not all. What dodgy weather again, so unlike april of past years. No gentle fine rain so far
I would say that all my seeds are sown now, beans in cold greenhouses and squash and courgettes indoors, only little sowings left like salad stuff. Looks as though this year will be an in/out year, particularly next weekend.
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Same on my plot. I managed to put in Simpson's Special and Magnum Bonum, and plant some onion sets, with a few shallots mixed up with them. These were small sets I hadn't bothered to put in earlier, but which I then mistook for onions. The first peas I planted are starting to come up.
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I planted turnips, spring onions, florence fennel and raddish today. First rows of peas, mangetout and sugar snap peas earlier in the week. All in the greenhouse at the moment.
Squash and courgette plants moved from the window sills to big pots in the greenhouse this week. Toms and chillis are still on the window sills, but getting a bit leggy. I may pot them up in the greenhouse at the weekend too.
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I decided to bring all the bean seed trainers in the house today and they are on the floor, on warmth retaining stone tiles, in covered trays. It was just too cold last night and I am aware that they might rot and not germinate where they were, in a cold greenhouse. I have made space for all the tenders to come in at night, from tonight, for a few days at least. Warm sunny days = freezing nights at this time of year
Tricky year this year so beetroot seeds are in modules and even swedes, first time for me re swedes but they are in polythene pots that I can cut open to plant out
By the way I have numbers down to a fine art on my plot, thanks to my dt brown free trial of their planner. It is fantastic to use, so much so that I have bought the sub
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It is a bit warmer here, more than 20deg this week, and no frost at least even if cooler at night. This weekend I will sow parsnips, tall peas and some Mangetout peas too, and keep sowing radish. I also need to get my seedbed finished and start to sow out the later crops: sprouts, pak choi, cabbage, summer cauliflowers.
Indoors I think I will start off a couple of cucumbers and courgettes, to get a head start, and plant them out under cloche first week of May.