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rosemummy
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I asked a few days ago where my cosmos seeds may have vanished to.. sowed direct.. well now half my night scented stock seeds have vanished! some in apot, some in a hanging basket and some in a bed, all germinated and i thinned out a little.. few days later, 1 or 2 left at beat! aaarrghhh! what is eating them?!
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Al sorts of things eat seeds, including us! Could be some of your beloved garden birds. Sow thickly:
One for the rook, one for the crow / One to fail and one to grow.
Or, alternatively:
One for the slug, one for the snail / One to grow and one to fail.
I sowed cornflowers in plug trays, watched them germinate, and lost half a tray in the night to a 1 cm long slug I found sheltering underneath.
Thanks , love the rhyme Steve, I'll try again!
Always a good move to check underneath seed trays and pots for the little b*stards. Try not to tip the compost out.
Good idea Steve but don' t really get time to do things properly/ thoroughly,rush an out trying to do too much while someone holds baby before he starts screaming for me!
oooh I like that rhyme too Steve, will have to make some sort of note of that