lillybettybabs Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Sewn chillies,carrots (2nd lot), cat mint(for foggy), pumpkins, parsley, coriander and some cosmos. I'm thankful for my conservatory, i nearly planted my peas out but pleased i didn't now bit cold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 sown 2 type of parsnips 4 type of carrot white, yellow, purple and orange need a red! plus 3 types of beetroot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Finally got sowing!! peas in guttering, beans in large old wooden boxes (this starts them in controlles env, and I can move them if I need to, Frost etc.) onion sets in. Carrot bed prepped. Need to get some beetroot seed, and parsnip. This is a new garden, as we moved here last Sept, and no one has tilled here since the 70's.... We dont know what'll grow , and what is waiting to eat/infect it if it does!! Tomato plants at M in Laws house, Have various pumpkin types starting on the kitchen windowsill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 My Sweetpeas have finally germinated I am at that stage now when I am held up by the weather. My Citrus trees can't leave the porch yet to go on the patio,as it is still going into the minus at night,which means there is nowhere for my Tomatoes to go yet,& they will have to stay on my windowsill. I usually start the Toms off in the house,then move them to the porch,which is cooler,then eventually the greenhouse,but it looks as if I will have to be a bit more patient this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 it won't hurt tomatoes to be pot bound as it's supposed to get the fruiting earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I know,they just look awful leggy & untidy on the windowsills I really want to move everything on to the next stage....that also means my windows will be free for the next lot of seeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 My tomatoes have been in the greenhouse since they germinated, I have been lighting a couple of large candles in there when it has been cold at night and a couple of smaller ones too the last couple of nights and they have been fine. I did look at buying a paraffin heater, but decided that for the size of greenhouse I have 6x4 it was too expensive and i have a stock of odd candles that I am happy to use up, it seems to keep the temp 2-3 degrees warmer than outside at night. The temperatures only drop for a short time at this time of year and the greenhouse warms right up as soon as the sun comes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah,I may move them out next week,but we are forecast for -5 here this week & had a very sharp frost this morning. I can live with them in the house for a week or so more,just to be safe Got to get my Q's sown next - that is this weeks job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I'm only using a couple of heated propergaters in the greenhouse this year but they are turned off again the last batch of tomatoes are germinating quicker without heat than the first batch with heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I have had terrible trouble getting French Beans to germinate over the last few years, often buying several packets before I get enough for 2 rows. I always start them off in the polytunnel as the ground stays wet and cold here for a long time but I still find the seed rotting in the compost before it germinates. Does anyone have any good tips? - I never used to have this trouble, I'm wondering whether using a bit of bottom heat would solve the problem? Any advice welcome . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I only start mine of in pots now for the same reason but I start them in a cold greenhouse under the bench and only use tap water until the first leaves are well on the way to reduce damping off I'll start mine in about 2 weeks then plant them out early June dawf french are a lot more trouble than climbing french beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I've got about 9 cucumber plants growing about nearly 4 inches tall already. Hoping for success with these, as I can't normally grow cucumbers - I never have been able to. Any tips? The cherry tomato plants are doing well too - they want potting on from their yogurt pots into bigger pots now. Sweet peas are still taking over the bathroom. Nasturtiums should germinate in a couple of days. Poached egg plants - I have about 36 of them! Every seed I sowed grew! I must remember to shove a few pumpkin seeds in the muck / compost heap. Pumpkins love muck! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Re the Cucumbers - 2 things I know about those. Firstly they do not like being potted on,so do it on a warm day & try to disturb them as little as possible. I generally lose a couple at potting on stage,but grow enough to have some in reserve. Secondly,they like it warm,humid & damp....whereas tomatoes like it dryer. I hang a clear plastic sheet in front of them in the Greenhouse,so they get their own little steam room & they did very well last year,with no trouble to the tomatoes which were in the same Greenhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I'm still hanging onto my peas but they need some support, Anyone planted theirs out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I have planted TONS of seeds this year; both veg and flowers. Today I planted out my broad beans. Only one seed didn't germinate but I still have 13 plants Last week I sowed a load of cottagy type plant seeds in the front garden and covered with pepper (to stop cat digging them up) and then a good layer of bark. The seeds were from £land so I don't know if anything will come up, but its a mix of Delps, lupins, gypsophila, margurites, some liquorice plant, foxgloves and hollyhocks. The idea is they come up year after year Veggies - toms have germinated nicely, well one lot have. The cherry one haven't done a thing. Cues didn't germinate at all, so will sow another load and try your idea Sarah re the plastic sheet. Sweetcorn has come up too Lots of rocket and Little gem seedlings Chard is started to sprout up in the garden (planted it in a border a la the Edible Gardener as the stems are the multi coloured ones) as are the beetroot and radishes and carrots. Next month it is pea and bean sowing. I am planning of growing loads this year as usually when I plant out a restrained amount of plants, we get hardly anything. I'd quite like to be complaining by the end of the summer that I have too much blahblah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 It's rained so hard here, and gone so cold, I fear most of my efforts are floating away.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yep me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I have some courgettes, pumpkins and sweetcorns in the cold frame just coming in - I think its Christian who like me uses the whole packet and then wonders when they all come up - why. I do give some away though. An elderly patient gave me a cucumber plant - hopefully I wont kill it like I managed to last year. I fear too my efforts will be washed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 We planted our tomatoes into their final greenouse positions on saturday and pricked out a load of seedling and sowed some more seeds. I need to get on with my squashes and sweetcorn now, why am I here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I discovered one of my veg patches had mini-lakes in it yesterday where enthusiastic chooks had stood on the same spot jumping up and down for the gone-over kale and compacted it. We've never had so much rain in the 8 years we've been here Most of my seedlings are still inside, I'm too scared to plant them out, especially as I broadcast some meadow flower seeds about 3 weeks ago which have come up in the ground - I could see them beneath a sheet of water I haven't even started with courgette yet - will do in a week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I took a deep breathe & planted out a wigwam of Peas earlier. *fingers crossed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I planted mine two days ago, They took a bashing but still alive! I've been sorting my shade garden out and planted some more ferns, hebe and spread the Lilly of the Valley out a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Further to my post last month about French Bean germination I sowed my bean seeds in trays and placed them in various warm spots to try and aid germination, however, same old problem, only about 25% of them came up. I resowed them last week and put the trays in the heated propagator and have now achieved a 90% germination rate, I think this is now the way to go with French Beans as before I was wasting vast amounts of seed trying to get enough plants for 2 rows. Just hope that nothing else happens to them before they get big enough to plant out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 We had a lovely day yesterday and we extended our BH weekend to spend the day potting on and sewing seeds. I planted my Tumbler tomatoes in their hanging baskets, but left them in the greenhouse until the forecast heavy rain passes. Potted on all of my chillies and aubergines and OH sowed masses of seeds in pots, so I hope he will be as keen when it comes to porting on time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 My tomato seedlings all got blown away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
