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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: manicscousers on April 15, 2009, 15:48:10

Title: in the poly today
Post by: manicscousers on April 15, 2009, 15:48:10
things are looking good  ;D
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: GrannieAnnie on April 15, 2009, 16:03:21
Everything looks robust!  What are the seedlings in the 3rd pix in the white rolls?
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: manicscousers on April 15, 2009, 16:14:45
they're my sunflowers, I threw all my self saved ones in and they all came up, I've 2 lots of rootrainers and the rest in toilet rolls to give away  ;D
forgot to take pics of the cucumbers under a glass cloche, burpless f1  ;D
mind you, I've kept 3 back in case  ;D
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: GrannieAnnie on April 15, 2009, 16:47:41
LOL  Can't imagine starting sunflowers indoors! You'll have to chop a hole in your ceiling in a week!
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: saddad on April 15, 2009, 18:27:51
Things are much slower here Grannie Annie  :(
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: Eristic on April 15, 2009, 23:39:51
Here's my offering.

(http://downtheplot.com/images/poly_apr_09.jpg)

(http://downtheplot.com/images/poly_2_apr_09.jpg)

(http://downtheplot.com/images/poly_3_apr_09.jpg)

(http://downtheplot.com/images/poly_4_apr_09.jpg)
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: manicscousers on April 16, 2009, 08:33:17
you've got some good, deep polystyrene boxes there, eristic, what are they from, we only have the fish boxes  :)
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: Eristic on April 16, 2009, 10:39:31
Whenever possible I use the greengrocers boxes as they are much stronger.  Seed trays are made from the big boxes with the tops cut off.

I've found that when I move the fish boxes on the staging, the sides snap off.
Title: Re: in the poly today
Post by: manicscousers on April 16, 2009, 10:41:16
yes, we found that. Our best ones are from packaging of our cooker but they're not too big , still, it's heading to warmer weather,hopefully  ;D