This Years seed sowing

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This Years seed sowing

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Bought the seeds yesterday and started sowing today:

Tomatoes - Costoluto florentino
Red pear
Gardeners delight
San marzano 2
Tigerella
Golden sunrise
Cauliflower - Skywalker F1
Cabbage - Hispi F1
Calabrese- Tiara F1
Parsley - Moss curled
Pepper - Sweet californian wonder
Brussels sprouts - Brilliant F1
Basil - Sweet genovese
Aubergine - Early long purple 2

Aubrietia -
Cat grass - For the girls and the cat!!

They are now tucked up in the greenhouse and hopefully in 2-3 weeks I may see something for my efforts!
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Very similar to this year's efforts here - plus the cat grass too!

http://www.crimblecottage.com/Crimble_Cottage/The_Kitchen_Garden.html
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Hi AnnaB - bring the pepper seeds indoors at night (even if it is not going to be frosty) because you really need to keep these warm (or if you can afford a heated propagator, better still) Peppers can take up to 4 weeks to germinate (even in ideal conditions) so don't despair if you don't see anything for a while )t'
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Mine have been on the windowsill for a while now and are about 6-8inches tall!!! They really do need to go outside now, but I think I'll wait for a few weeks. My peppers didn't take any longer than the tomatoes to germinate, so I was very pleased with that!!!

Happy growing!!!
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Oh dear, I'm going to have to run a bit faster to catch you up Morph, My seedlings are rather spindly, due to the lack of central heating.

Broccolli, onions, and cauli are fine but the tomatoes have yet to make an appearance. Monty Don says put hot water bottles underneath the trays to give them a boost, think I might try it.

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have you put bags over to keep the heat in?? I'll send you some of my central heating in the post if you like!! )t'
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Hi lancashire lass

The seeds are safe! I sow peppers each year, I was told last year that when they are growing to keep the greenhouse well humidified - this worked exceedingly well.

We have recently been sanding a floor and I bought polythene dust sheets to cover the stuff in the room. I had some over so they are now in use in the greenhouse. I thought they were really cheap 2of 4x5mts for £1.
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Meanqueen wrote: My seedlings are rather spindly, due to the lack of central heating.


Hi Ilona - plants that grow spindly (another term is "leggy") are actually trying to grow quickly because there isn't enough light. If you can get them into some direct sunlight, it would be much better otherwise they may become too weak and spindly to amount to much and will flop over
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AnnaB wrote:The seeds are safe!

I bought polythene dust sheets to cover the stuff in the room. I had some over so they are now in use in the greenhouse. I thought they were really cheap 2of 4x5mts for £1.


)t' excellent news. The polythene dust sheets are really cheap, you did well :-D
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My sowing and planting is all on my blog ("plots and plans" link in signature).
It has been good weather so I've been busy!
Just got to get the onions in once the leeks are all up.
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heebiejeebie wrote:Just got to get the onions in once the leeks are all up.


I was getting into a panic a few weeks back because most of the beds were occupied with leeks, parsnips, celeriac and swede. In the end I dug them all up, chopped and froze them. They taste just as good as fresh and with them already chopped, food preparation is half done :-D
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