This Years seed sowingThis Years seed sowingBought 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! Very similar to this year's efforts here - plus the cat grass too!
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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
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!!! Small steps lead to big changes
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. Ilona This Years seed sowingHi 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.
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
Re: This Years seed sowing
excellent news. The polythene dust sheets are really cheap, you did well
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 |
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