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Apr 19, 2008 21:37:08 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 19, 2008 21:37:08 GMT 1
Just as a 'btw', wasn't that a handy tip on GW on Friday about dividing up a tray with cardboard to make modules? As usual, it's so obvious you wonder why you never thought of it before.....I need lots more modules for my Sunflower seeds. I shall have to rescue some cardboard from the recycling bin tomorrow....
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Apr 20, 2008 13:15:56 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 20, 2008 13:15:56 GMT 1
I seem to be waffling overmuch on this thread but as I've completely run out of room now I shall be quieter now.... ;D I spent the morning sowing more seeds, I still have more but I shall have to wait until I can shift some to outside now...  I sowed: Centaurea X 2 Blue and Dark Red Hollyhock 'Antwerp mixed' Achillea 'Moonwalker' Baptisia australis Sanguisorba (another attempt) Poppy 'Pink Paeony' Millet 'Purple Majesty' Sunflowers - 5 packets of assorted heights and colours Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' I still have to sow Mick's cactus seeds and find space to sow cabbages and all the beans.......oh dear.... |
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Apr 20, 2008 19:10:15 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 20, 2008 19:10:15 GMT 1
I have some poppies to sow...is it OK to sow then in trays then? they aren't the huge oriental type (no room) but sowing in a tray would be much easier for me....
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Apr 20, 2008 19:32:58 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 20, 2008 19:32:58 GMT 1
Everyone says that Poppies hate being transplanted but I always sow mine in modules so I can plant them as plugs later on - they don't seem to mind...
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Apr 20, 2008 21:50:36 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 20, 2008 21:50:36 GMT 1
better get some cardboard strips cut then.... ;D
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Apr 24, 2008 6:57:10 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 24, 2008 6:57:10 GMT 1
I am babbling again :  but isn't Nature amazing?? My seeds are thrusting up already - the Centaurea and Sunflowers so fast I think you could almost see them grow! It never ceases to amaze me - eeeh, I love it! And the Purple Millet has germinated too - which is nice - apparently finches love the seed heads. Oh, you just cannot be miserable at this time of year, can you? (As long as you sow seeds, that is..)  |
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Apr 24, 2008 13:08:21 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 24, 2008 13:08:21 GMT 1
I sowed some more stuff this morning: Purple Climbing French Beans Runner Beans - Red Knight, Painted Lady and a golden leaved one called Sun Bright Peas - Kelvedon Wonder Tomatoes - Garetenpearle and Gardeners Delight (resowed a try for eldest's Nursery children - I think they buried their seeds too deep : I don't want them to be disappointed ;D) Chillis - Anaheim And I repotted the Cucumbers, Aubergines, Melons and the solitary Pepper, also some very leggy Gardener's Delight Tomatoes which I hope will recover.... I have filled up every space available in the conservatory by shunting all the pot plants together. I discovered that one of my carniverous plants is flowering too - the Nepenthes - it has a very pretty red flower towering over it - s'gorgeous.... I hope the weather remains OK - I have GOT to get stuff outside into the PT soon..... Shutting up now..... ;D |
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Apr 24, 2008 20:20:05 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 24, 2008 20:20:05 GMT 1
I made a good move this arvo...I gave my sister tons of young plants for her garden, she's going to pop them into her big PVC GH for now....and I have lots left for me (and medad)
gazanias
coboea scandens
trifolium rubens
french marigolds
gerbera
dahlia Bishops children
delphiniums
chrysanthemum snowland
chrysanthemum Eastern star
pepper
chilli
cape gooseberry
pepino
eryngium
Thus freeing up space for my next batch of pricking out YAY!...
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Apr 24, 2008 21:07:40 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 24, 2008 21:07:40 GMT 1
Clever, very clever....! Have you nearly finished sowing weeds now Cheery?
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Apr 25, 2008 16:53:55 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 25, 2008 16:53:55 GMT 1
Clever, very clever....! Have you nearly finished sowing weeds now Cheery? weeds? what DO you mean?  The only thing left to sow (apart from the stuff in the back end of July for next year) is the ipomoea mini sky blue....and some salad stuff o'course. ;D |
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Apr 25, 2008 17:33:20 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 25, 2008 17:33:20 GMT 1
Clever, very clever....! Have you nearly finished sowing weeds now Cheery? weeds? what DO you mean? The only thing left to sow (apart from the stuff in the back end of July for next year) is the ipomoea mini sky blue....and some salad stuff o'course. ;D Oops! Is that a Freudian slip then? Obsessed as I am by weeds.. : |
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Apr 27, 2008 9:07:23 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 27, 2008 9:07:23 GMT 1
I got up at the crack of dawn this morning as I have to feed my sister's horse this week as well as everyone else - I sowed my cabbages, leeks and some Lettuce plants before 6am! Now I am going to try and get the ground ready to plant the Brussel Sprouts and the Globe Artichokes, build a makeshift cold frame out of blocks, bricks and an old patio door and see if I can't make a start on the new beds for the root vegetables. Then I shall mainly be collapsed for the rest of the day.... ;D
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Apr 29, 2008 9:01:13 GMT 1
Post by mickthecactus on Apr 29, 2008 9:01:13 GMT 1
Well, on Sunday I pricked out (what a strange phrase that is) all the tomato seedlings (I have to supply half the office), the black eyed Susans (Thunbergias) and the dwarf sweet peas into hanging baskets. Very satisfying Oh, and last Friday I sowed Avonias and Staepeliads and by Sunday the Avonias were already up. I'll put a link for them on the cactus board later. 4P - I'll put a couple of those tablets in the post to you today =- the ones to stop damping off. They're called Chinosol if you want to look them up. |
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Apr 29, 2008 9:14:51 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 29, 2008 9:14:51 GMT 1
Oh lovely, cheers darlin'!
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Apr 29, 2008 10:30:22 GMT 1
Post by debidoos on Apr 29, 2008 10:30:22 GMT 1
I had a seed planting session yesterday, an attempt to keep my mind occupied. I planted: Another succesion of Broad Beans Dwarf Beans; Ferrari Florence Fennel; zefo fino Onions; Utah Jumbo White Sweetcorn; True Gold Pumpkin; Snowman And I think that's it for now, they're all on top of my 4ft fish tank for some bottom heat to help get them going. I've got to raid the Parrot and the cockatiel food for some sunflower seeds and then plant them too. I grew some from cockatiel seed when I was younger, 7ft sunflowers with the heads as big as dinner plates! So I thought I'd give it another go for the giant sunflower competition. I think we should do a giant pumpkin comp too.  |
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Apr 30, 2008 7:39:39 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on Apr 30, 2008 7:39:39 GMT 1
Or a prize for the most Pumpkin plants....eldest came round and sowed 26 pumpkin seeds yesterday afternoon There is no way I am planting more than one of them in my vegetable garden..... |
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Apr 30, 2008 10:11:30 GMT 1
Post by debidoos on Apr 30, 2008 10:11:30 GMT 1
Emsey and I have a fair few different types to plant ;D
You could alwas sell the surplus ones or give them away to some of her friends at school!
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Apr 30, 2008 18:03:54 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 30, 2008 18:03:54 GMT 1
Yet another afternoon pricking out and potting up...I'm only keeping the 5-7 strongest seedlings of each variety...and have given a fair amount away already (so much for selling stuff) as it saves me compost and room...a few people I know have a GH each...so I've given them little 3" pots with 3 seedlings in so that they can pot up themselves...also gave away all the cape gooseberry, tomato, pepino, chilli, pepper and cucumber plants that I don't intend to keep..altho I'm keeping one or two spares for 4P ;D
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May 1, 2008 9:41:29 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on May 1, 2008 9:41:29 GMT 1
 You are a sweetpea X
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May 2, 2008 10:02:53 GMT 1
Post by 4pygmies on May 2, 2008 10:02:53 GMT 1
Just checked my bathroom babies and the Baptisia australis has started to germinate! Coo! Still no sign of the Sanguisorbas This is the second year I have failed utterly with them... |
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May 2, 2008 13:40:34 GMT 1
Post by debidoos on May 2, 2008 13:40:34 GMT 1
Sweetcorn is popping up, and so are the french beans!
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May 2, 2008 14:05:26 GMT 1
Post by floweringcherry on May 2, 2008 14:05:26 GMT 1
Pleased with all of my seeds his year, only one failure and that's the Blue Poppies sown a month ago. I have sown a few more today, fingers crossed they will germinate.
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May 2, 2008 16:14:43 GMT 1
Post by Sweetleaf on May 2, 2008 16:14:43 GMT 1
Pleased with all of my seeds his year, only one failure and that's the Blue Poppies sown a month ago. I have sown a few more today, fingers crossed they will germinate. Try putting them in the fridge for a while, I heard it helps. I havent grown them myself yet, but hope to in the future. |
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May 2, 2008 18:10:51 GMT 1
Post by cheerypeabrain on May 2, 2008 18:10:51 GMT 1
Pleased with all of my seeds his year, only one failure and that's the Blue Poppies sown a month ago. I have sown a few more today, fingers crossed they will germinate. ello Flowering Cherry...I'm growing blue poppies from seed this year as well...(Lingholm) I kept mine in the cold frame until they germinated and they took ages! I've now pricked mine out but they are very small (back in the cold frame)...be patient. I've had problems sowing them in previous years... : but I seem to have got it right this year....good luck. |
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May 3, 2008 1:16:19 GMT 1
Post by floweringcherry on May 3, 2008 1:16:19 GMT 1
Thanks for all the tips :-) The growing instructions said 2 weeks in a polythene bag at warm temps (about70f) then put in a fridge for another 2 weeks and prick out as they germinate. They have been in the fridge for 3 weeks nothing showing as yet. I check daily and have sown the remainder of the seeds yesterday. Here's hoping. I grew them years ago without a problem  |
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