Seeds

[4pygmies]

COOEE! I just emailed you. Watch your back! Hasn't it been a lovely day? My Sweet Peas don't look very well......never mind. I'm rubbish at growing them anyway! They always go to seed really quickly. Where are you going to put yours?

[cheerypeabrain]

Goodness knows...but I'll find a space! you know me....I was going to sow my morning glories too but will wait a bit longer...I think that with climbers they need to be a certain height (or is it length?)
before they start flowering...maybe next weekend.

[mickthecactus]

I have only sown the cactus seeds so far (all 72 varieties - went a bit overboard this year) and will start on Toms next week.

I used to grow the Sweet Peas in the greenhouse then transfer to the big pots that I have for them but for the last 3 years I have sown them directly into the outside pots so they don't have to be moved. That worked fine until last year when they refused to develop when we had that heatwave. I'll try that method again this year though.

I also grew Morning Glory 3 years ago and planted them against my trellis. Seedlings still pop up out of the ground though. wonder if there will be any this year?

[4pygmies]

Ah I love Morning Glory! They were really late into flower last year which I was presume was because of the heat but they were fantastic once they got going. I am going to try to concentrate on early flowering or Autumn flowering this year. Last summer excessive heat stopped me and my veggies and flowers getting anywhere for weeks so I'm working on the assumption it will be the same or worse this time. I just wilt in the full blown summer so I bide my time and wait for the Autumn.... quick maturing veggies and September flowers. That's the plan anyway

[The witch]

I've grown Morning Glory purpurea mixed - lovely colours too.

seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/6358/2

[sweetleaf]

So far today I have sown
courgette Tromboncino
Sweet dumpling squash
Butternut squash
Pumpkin Cinderella
Gigantes beans (from mulchmad )
Sweetcorn Incredible
Aubergine Black Beauty
Tomatoes Moneymaker
Tomatoes Tigerella
And Im not done yet ...... ;D
Im in such a good mood I may be dancing to the greenhouse

[4pygmies]

It's such fun! My Morning Glory have started germinating already! About 2/3 are up and at em. Coo. A few solitary French Parsley showing. Heleniums are up but growing, oh so slowly...

[debbiem]

Love the dancer Sweetleaf! My Petunias are now sprouting, they are in a seedtray with a lid on the kitchen windowsill but would you believe it, I found slug trails even in there yesterday! Not too much harm done though.

[cheerypeabrain]

Pricked out some more hollyhocks, the phacelia and verbena bonarienusrtyyeuytsdfsis ;D...I really need to leave the rest alone for a bit cos they're still tiny. My BANANA !!!!! has grown a good centimetre today ;D

[karenwl]

Ive potted on my tomato seedlings today all 22 of them, think im going to have to give some away to family.
Not done any of the others not big enough yet.
My pea seeds i planted last week are starting to poke through

[sweetleaf]

How many did you plant Karen, you may need lots if you get the lottie!
;D

[Sleepy]

karenwl said:

Ive potted on my tomato seedlings today all 22 of them, think im going to have to give some away to family.
Not done any of the others not big enough yet.
My pea seeds i planted last week are starting to poke through

The first crop I ever planted was peas. That's what got me hooked

Never had much success with them after that first time though

[sweetleaf]

They need the right weather, sleepy and they dont do well in the heat, last year wasnt good for peas, or the year before come to that

Never give up, never surrender. I ate most of them right there by the plants last year

[Sleepy]

Oh I don't grow veg any more Sweetie. There is only me doing the cooking, so it's not worth it. The veg would be given away or rot away. I just grow toms now.

[karenwl]

SL i planted 24 so ive not done bad, was wondering were to put them all. If i get the lottie ive got lots of ideas of what id like to plant, but ill decide what when i get it.
Sleepy ill see how i get on with peas this year, this is my first year for veg so i am bound to make mistakes but its a challenge to do better next time if i fail

[Sleepy]

Sleepy ill see how i get on with peas this year, this is my first year for veg so i am bound to make mistakes but its a challenge to do better next time if i fail

That's right.

And you will have lots of failures. But lots of successes too.

My biggest failure was peas.

But the sweetcorn! Mmmmmm. Worth having an allotment just to grow that.

And I had wonderful success with spaghetti marrows.

I had so many redcurrants one year I sold 20 lb to a local greengrocer at £1/lb

[sweetleaf]

My biggest failure was Cabbages not growing them this year...or any member of the Brassica family, Club root.
Karen, have you a list of questions to ask when you go to the plot?

Heres an answer I gave on the beeb to someone who was getting a new plot


Ask a lot of questions!
Are there any problems with security
Are there any facilities.shop, toilets. manure deliveries rubbish collection etc
Are you allowed a shed/greenhouse, glass or plastic?
Water... is there any? Wheres the tap in relation to your plot. was there a hosepipe ban last year, will there be one this year?
How much will it cost to rent, whens it due?
Is there club root on the site, what other diseases have been reported
Will they rotavate for you (I wouldnt if I were you)
Are there any other regs you need to know about, some are only allowed to plant annuals (I can plant trees if I want!)
Im sure others will think of more ;D

[karenwl]

Thanks for the help i had not thought of what questions to ask but im sure there will be something i forget, i have not seen any buildings on the plot or trees so i think they will be a no but its only a few minuites away from home .
There is one question if i decide to take it do i need any money for the rent and joining fee im going to take some just in case.

[sweetleaf]

I took my chequebook, and paid the second I`d picked my plot Karen, I felt it was the best thing to do before he changed his mind!
Silly eh?

[karenwl]

Thats a yes then i dont want to lose it before i get it if you know what i mean ;D
Ill take it no matter how bad it is thats how much i want one.

[sweetleaf]

Just dont let anyone rotovate it Karen, its not a good idea if theres couch grass or a long list of other weeds which propagate by root cuttings, youll make a rod for your own back if you do

[4pygmies]

I hope you get a really good one Karenwl. Fingers crossed.
I cannot grow cabbages SL. I've tried over and over but they are always a dismal failure....shame really as they are my goaties staple diet. I can do Broccoli though
Guess what I found in the seeds in the bathroom? ASH! OH has flicked ash onto my Helenium seedlings. Triple HUMPH with knobs on. Grr.........MEN!

[4pygmies]

My Morning Glory have all come up now bar 2. They grow amazingly quickly so I hope the predicted cold spell doesn't do for them in the conservatory....lots of French Parsley and Curly Parsley up now too. The second batch of Meteor Peas look good. I am determined to do them right this year - quick and early to beat the heat. I love peas straight from the pod, never bother to cook them...I haven't sown anything this weekend as I am waiting to see how cold it gets and for how long it looks likely to stay that way......

[sweetleaf]

courgette Tromboncino
Sweet dumpling squash Germinating well
Butternut squash Germinating well
Pumpkin Cinderella germinating well
Gigantes beans (from mulchmad ) Germinating well ;D
Sweetcorn Incredible nothing yet
Aubergine Black Beauty just showing
Tomatoes Moneymaker 4 showing
Tomatoes Tigerella just showing


Today I sowed Peas and runner beans and a few more sweet peas that germinated in a damp brown envelope, ;D I figure they want to grow, and I had better find room for them then
The marigolds are doing well ;D
French marigolds still to be sown think Ill wait now to see what the weather comes up with there are many more packs of seed but I had better be patient I figure....difficult as it sounds

[karenwl]

When i re charge the batteries from my camera ill be able to post some pics of my seeds, but im going to get planting if ive got time tomorrow.
To add to my veg collection.
Ill run out of space before long, im going to try and not go mad ;D