i know most of you are horny handed sons of the .er.....turf with lots of experiance.
-but i'm a bit new to growing after a city (and lack of space)enforced break.....and i just wanted to say i've started sowing and my ipomea has sprouted!
this is how i feel ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
by the weekend our big raised bed will be finished and i wll be bunging in me spuds!
and me hunions...and me shallots......and salady bits under a cloche!
kitty
xx
Tall & tanned and lean & lovely the girl from ipomea....
sun's out & I'm stuck in the office.
Jeremy
hahahhaa! ;D
aaaaaw!
soon be out of the office-the sunshine will last-it better.. ;D
Quote from: kitty on March 23, 2005, 17:01:46
this is how i feel ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I felt like that this afternoon when I found my direct-sown peas and broad beans sprouting out of the ground ;D ;D
my morning glory was doing fine the other day.checked it this am-dead :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
dragged 6 yr old son out to greenhouse tonight just so I could proudly show him my germinating seeds ;D
autumn calabrese, big boy tomatoes, chelsea mini f1 toms, parsnips,
rosemary, cucumber (tasty king)...
...must sow more seeds..NO!!!... must get started on assignments  :(
Debs
debs-do both! ;D
greenwiz-ahhh...still time to sow more tho ay? ;)
i remembered from away back that the little divils are right brittle to handle so i've lashed out on some coir pots so i dont have to heave them out of their pots-
i'm starting to wonder whether me raised bed is going to be big enough...its a kingsize(bed-geddit?)but maybe i ought to add an ensuite......
Note a sense of hysteria on the old forum tonight due undoubtedly to the warm spring having sprung and everything sprouting right left and centre. I think it's not just March hares that are mad ....... ;D
I have a little ps broccoli seedling that has been about 1/2" long for about a week and has refused to grow any further despite my best efforts. The seed leaves are there but unopened. I have tonight isolated it into some new, warm compost, given it a little talking to and put it under the lights of my cooker hood. If it fails to unfurl or grow a bit by tomorrow it's curtains ;D
hmmmmm..curtains ay?
and maybe a smart little duvet and a vase of flowers.. ;D
hares are a favourite of mine!
i paint lots of hares i do and i am lucky enough to see them cavort on the fields -i luv 'em i do!
wardy-on a slightly more serious note-when you say you put them under the cooker light-is that for warmth or actual light? ???
i always thought using a light meant a special sort of bulb-on dull days i paint under a daylight bulb..well2 actually-are they the sort plantsmen use for extending daylight then?
kitty
x
Sorry to be a downer but I took the top off some seed trays containing cabbage seedlings and the cat slept on them. Methinks the cat may become fertilizer ;)
hahahahaha Redclanger !
The cat was only trying to help with body heat !
;D
It seems that pets are inexplicably drawn to seed trays. I think it's jealousy! We lavish so much attention on our seedlings and neglect our doggies and moggies so they flatten em out of spite ;D
Yes I realise I should put my tender charges under a special kind of grow bulb but don't have one so the light of my cooker hood will have to suffice. I checked it a few minutes ago and I think it's unfurled a bit :)
Could it be seed tray/litter tray ;)
To a cat is there a difference? Except the obvious.. its softer
Cheers
Derek
Re: leaves not unfurling. Is the seed case still attached to them? Some of my peppers and tomatoes have had this problem. If you're careful and have a steady hand, you can just pinch them off.
I've had it under close scrutiny this morning (the seedling that is)! It does not have the seed case still attached but it is still sulking. I fed it with dilute feed, I talked nicely to it and put in my kitchen window. All this attention for one seedling. I think I must be quite loopy :)
That's maybe your problem, Wardy...uncertainty...Now, are you loopy or not, come-on make your mind up.
Cats on seedtrays and my dog on top of newly planted outdoor herb garden. I think I was upset but not too sure.
QuoteSorry to be a downer but I took the top off some seed trays containing cabbage seedlings and the cat slept on them. Methinks the cat may become fertilizer
you're lucky the cat was just having a kip clanger!!
purrrrrr!
ahhh-thanks for the illumination ej-we thought you were a millyunair! ;) ;D
i remember growing roma a few years ago..i couldn't find any seeds...our local w.i. is a good source of cheap veg plants tho..... ;D
Wardy,
I thought of you all day today and of that poor little broccoli seed heading for the chop. I am so glad it has finally shown signs of life !
Well done !
:D ;D
cat sleeping on seed tray eh ? I thought some seeds needed 'bottom heat'. Obviously not the heat of / from a cat's bottom though .
;D