Chillicat Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I've got loads of seeds coming up and they are all yellow flowers ready for my BBQ in August...........having a yellow theme this year! I've got Calendular, marigolds, nasturtiums, sunflowers, sweetpeas and tagetes...........got any other for yellow flowers I can grow from seeds? And what are you all growing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I'm growing sunflowers, love them. I've put two different types, the normal big yellow one, and one that's browney, red-y, orangey colours. I hope they all come up anyway. My mum's got a greenhouse full of things, so will probably get some green beans off her, and possibly some tomato plants. I'm having to plant everything in my front garden this year though, so they're safe from the chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinlan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Lots of different types of beans, squash, pumpkin, spinach, lambs lettece, cherry tomatoes, herbs, leeks, sunflowers (that my son planted at nursery!) marigolds, nasturtiums, mangetout, carrots.......think thats all from seed, sweet peas... Think thats all from seed!! Loving watching them all pop up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I don't grow many flowers but grandchildren did sow sunflower seeds this afternoon..... Veggies sown from seed are Sweetcorn, runner beans, french beans, broad beans, lettuce, herbs, carrots, tomatoes, chillies, peppers, aubergines,melons, cucumbers, courgettes, butternut squash, radish, parsnip,salad leaves, spring onions, beetroot....I think that's it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassett Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I've done a bit of seed planting recently, with the help(?) of my children. Sunflowers, Sweetpeas, cherry toms, big toms, cucumbers, lettuce, runner beans, carrots, turnips, melons, sweetcorn, beetroots and radishes. Also onions and pots - not quite seeds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenimac Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Have been busy lately planting plenty of veg seeds in preparation for my new raised beds that are going to be built hopefully in two weeks time. Pototoes are doing very well and aim to plant more this weekend. Its ironic that I'm restarting this just as my kids leave home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 My hubby's grandson and I are planting a pumpkin seed on Saturday from which he will have a lantern for Halloween. ( I've bought a pumpkin plant as a backstop, though he won't know that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 My hubby's grandson and I are planting a pumpkin seed on Saturday from which he will have a lantern for Halloween. ( I've bought a pumpkin plant as a backstop, though he won't know that) I had to replace my daughter's sunflower last year that she had grown at school with a spare that I had grown when the slugs ate it. We grow most of our stuff from seed, I am a bit behind with flowers this year but we have loads of veg done. The only things that we buy as plants are tomatoes so that we get a range of varieties without buying loads of seed, cucmbers, couregettes and pumpkins because again we only want a few plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I am growing lots from seed this year too - Carrots (3 types), Radish,Parsnips,Swede,Turnip, Salad leafs (heaps of different ones),Courgettes,Peppers, Chillis, Tomatoes,Squash,Cucumbers,Gherkins,Sunflowers,Poached Egg Plants,Wild Strawberries, Sweetcorn,Spring Onions,Pak Choi,Peas,French Beans,Sweet Peas,Beetroot,Aubergines,Potatoes (sort of seeds I suppose), Onions from sets (red & white)............... Plus I bought cabbage plugs & some iceberg lettuce too, as they were very cheap in Aldi, & have done very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We're not growing any flowers other than marigolds and sunflowers at the allotment but we are also growing loads of veggies: carrots tomatoes (3 varieties) sweet peppers peas (2 varieties) runner beans (2 varieties) borlotti beans dwarf french beans curly kale squash (2 varieties) courgettes (2 varieties including a new climbing one for patios ) cabbage (2 varieties) parsnips onions plus 4 varieties of seed potatoes 3 different onion sets and garlic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchens Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We've done: Corgettes - green and yellow Butternut squash Pumkins Sunflowers dwarf beans garlic onions sweetcorn tomatoes pots salad leaves carrots well chuffed with myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 My first year veg growing this year, so far I've sown: Potatoes Carrots Parsnips Lettuce Spinach Salad Leaves Broccoli Courgette Peas Sugar snap peas Sweet peas Runner Beans Spring onions Cauliflower Peppers Garlic Sweet corn Baby sweet corn Tomatoes Melons Herbs Sunflowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Sunflowers Nigella - love in a mist Nasturtiums Purple podded peas Green podded peas Runner beans Borlotti beans - for drying Courgettes (3 types) Lettuce Radish Tomatoes (ok, I cheated and bought small plants as I forgot to sow the seeds) Pumpkins (2 types) Squash (sweet dumpling and a winter one for storing) Sweetcorn Dill Potatoes (3 types) Parsnips Spinach Chard Broad beans (2 types) Also have rhubarb, red and black currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries and fig in permanent beds this year. Should keep me out of mischief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Once you have love in a mist you have it for good, I have loads of self sown seedlings every year in my front garden, ufortunately they all seem to be the same colour, pale blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 After creating a large "chicken proof" (well, only one got in once so far...) veggie plot, we have sown: 4 types tomatoes Spinach 2 types of Cabbage 2 types of lettuce 2 types of runnerbeans Sweetcorn Squash Marrow Sweet peppers Chilli peppers Carrots are going in this weekend. The Gooseberry bush is looking full of fruit, and the early blueberry bush also looks as though it will have a reasonable crop. And this year I have netted over the fruit from wild birds already, to avoid losing a load of the fruit like I did last year... Fingers crossed for a productive season!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 A yellow plant I've grown successfully from seed in the past is Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan). It climbs (or trails) and flowered prolifically as I recall! So far I've got: parsnip and beetroot in the ground (nothing showing yet ) In the greenhouse: tomatoes, courgettes, butternut squash, sweetcorn and cucumbers Hollyhocks and lavender On my bedroom windowsill (really should be pricked out and in the greenhouse/veg bed by now) more hollyhocks, leeks and aubergines In the kitchen on the windowsill: parsley, basil,catnip and gaillardia. The catnip, hollyhocks, and gaillardia are for my new summer-flowering border, and I'm going to sow nigella and gypsophila straight into the ground... if can ever get round to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
