Started tomatoes, sweet peppers and chillies last weekend on my heated bench and most toms were up after 3-4 days as expected. I was a bit surprised to find about half of the peppers and chillies had also germinated when I inspected yesterday!
Limiting myself to just ten varieties of toms (twenty last year) though so I have room to grow some aubergines (which are also now appearing.)
Love germination time!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Snapdragon Twinny Rose, Didiscus, Heliotrope and Achillea 'The Pearl' are all just about getting the second pair of leaves so will be tranplanted soon.
Taken the brave step of relocating my perennial seeds mainly yet to sprout, out in plastic greenhouse thing. I did add copper tape to the perimeter of the tray first tho as some small slugs and snails have been finding their way in and I have to do a torchlit sweep and clear every night! fingers crossed
I've got sweet chili's, tomatoes, flat leaf and curled leaf parsley, coriander, basil, tall scabious, delphinium, Echinacea and fritillary all up (a mix of indoors and sheltered outdoors under the veranda. Soooo happy and enjoy watching them grow so much (plus a cheap way to slowly fill a garden if you have the patience!) From someone who hadn't really gardened much until a few years ago I'm now hooked
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I poached the nonea idea off you last year I think, Nut
but only sowed the seeds last week
Which monarda are you growing Hollie?
I'm growing two annual types, bergamo and lemon bee balm. I've grown one of them before but couldn't remember which so have sowed both
Started tomatoes, sweet peppers and chillies last weekend on my heated bench and most toms were up after 3-4 days as expected. I was a bit surprised to find about half of the peppers and chillies had also germinated when I inspected yesterday!
Limiting myself to just ten varieties of toms (twenty last year) though so I have room to grow some aubergines (which are also now appearing.)
Love germination time!
Snapdragon Twinny Rose, Didiscus, Heliotrope and Achillea 'The Pearl' are all just about getting the second pair of leaves so will be tranplanted soon.
Taken the brave step of relocating my perennial seeds mainly yet to sprout, out in plastic greenhouse thing. I did add copper tape to the perimeter of the tray first tho as some small slugs and snails have been finding their way in and I have to do a torchlit sweep and clear every night!
fingers crossed
Planted Delphinium seeds last year
And after a lengthy wait
I realised my patience was in vain
As they didn't germinate.
Thought I'd try again this March
Seemed no luck - boo hoo
Have just looked into the greenhouse.......
They're starting to showw woo-hoo !!
I've got a packet of Delphinium seeds . I'll get them done soon.
I've got sweet chili's, tomatoes, flat leaf and curled leaf parsley, coriander, basil, tall scabious, delphinium, Echinacea and fritillary all up (a mix of indoors and sheltered outdoors under the veranda. Soooo happy and enjoy watching them grow so much (plus a cheap way to slowly fill a garden if you have the patience!) From someone who hadn't really gardened much until a few years ago I'm now hooked
Let the nonea self seed Victoria. Left to itself it germinates in autumn and is flowering now. Early bees very pleased
In the sticks near Peterborough
Don't think I'll ever tire of the enjoyment of seeing seeds germinate. It's fab!