The Geranium Appleblossom Rosebuds were jumbo plugs, the clematises were mini plugs. The chili was from a supermarket.
Other new and potted on seedlings are tomatoes minibel, lavender (which I've not been having much luck with), marigold, geranium, passiflora and pelargoniums.
I planted some rosemary, cape gooseberry, cucumelon and peppers yesterday... Not sure where it's all going to go, but hey, a problem for another day!
Potted on the tomatoes (left and top left) with spare bottom left. Despite limiting myself to 10 varieties, there are still 48 of 'em! Chillies and sweet peppers (right) will be about ready for potting on next weekend:
Also one of five over-wintered sweet peppers which are now shooting - should give quite a head start:
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Hi all, everyone's seedlings are coming along well it seems.
Bob you must really love tomatoes to have to limit yourself to 10 varieties. Do you eat them all yourself? I found myself with a glut last summer and I only had 6 plants (3 each of 2 varieties).
I've done chilli plugs this year to give me a head start as I've not had much luck with germination from seed.
My veggies are now showing growth 2 weeks in, gardeners delight and tigrella tomatoes, cucumbers and "atena" courgettes. Nothing up yet in the cells with sweet pepper, chilli's or cucamelon yet though (probably too cold).
The flowers are bigger now but it's a bit hit and miss. The salvias and cleome are a no show as yet. As expected the cosmos is romping away and needs repotting deeper already.
Hollie that phacelia looks lovely, I'm a sucker for purple and blues
Yes, I love them Kitty! I grow ones for stuffing, others for salads, some for making sauces and giant ones just for fun! Lot's of them get eaten straight off the vines when I'm passing. Every variety tastes very different to me (I tend to grow only unusual or heirloom varieties.) If (when) I get a glut, they all go into a big pan with some onions, garlic, peppers, chillies and herbs and are reduced into thick sauces which are frozen for use in cooking over the rest of the year. I give lots of spare plants away of course.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
The Apple blossom Geranium won't live outside, it hates rain on the petals, they will go a brown soggy mess. I always grow them as indoor plants. Had them for 25 years or more, same plant, just cutting every year.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
It's coming up to 4 weeks since I sowed my first seeds so here's a quick update.
Firstly this is what my tower of terror looks like now (have added a makeshift extra shelf from an offcut of polycarbonate I found at the side of the shed)
Next up it's the edibles, this is still a bit of a learning curve for me. Trying courgettes for the first time, this is only my second year of trying to grow something tasty.
Now for the pretties. All the tiny stuff not pricked out yet.
Cosmos and sweet peas.
Too much stuff to photograph everything, lots of successful seedlings though.
Sadly a few failures as well. salvia, larkspur and delphinium failed to germinate and the one little scabious that popped up disappeared a few days later.
Over 3 weeks since my last photos so here's an update. The first plants are bigger and more seeds have been sown. GH is full. I'm not the tidiest person so please excuse the GH untidiness.
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The Geranium Appleblossom Rosebuds were jumbo plugs, the clematises were mini plugs. The chili was from a supermarket.
Other new and potted on seedlings are tomatoes minibel, lavender (which I've not been having much luck with), marigold, geranium, passiflora and pelargoniums.
I planted some rosemary, cape gooseberry, cucumelon and peppers yesterday... Not sure where it's all going to go, but hey, a problem for another day!
Potted on the tomatoes (left and top left) with spare bottom left. Despite limiting myself to 10 varieties, there are still 48 of 'em! Chillies and sweet peppers (right) will be about ready for potting on next weekend:
Also one of five over-wintered sweet peppers which are now shooting - should give quite a head start:
Hi all, everyone's seedlings are coming along well it seems.
Bob you must really love tomatoes to have to limit yourself to 10 varieties. Do you eat them all yourself? I found myself with a glut last summer and I only had 6 plants (3 each of 2 varieties).
I've done chilli plugs this year to give me a head start as I've not had much luck with germination from seed.
My veggies are now showing growth 2 weeks in, gardeners delight and tigrella tomatoes, cucumbers and "atena" courgettes. Nothing up yet in the cells with sweet pepper, chilli's or cucamelon yet though (probably too cold).
The flowers are bigger now but it's a bit hit and miss. The salvias and cleome are a no show as yet. As expected the cosmos is romping away and needs repotting deeper already.
Hollie that phacelia looks lovely, I'm a sucker for purple and blues
Yes, I love them Kitty! I grow ones for stuffing, others for salads, some for making sauces and giant ones just for fun! Lot's of them get eaten straight off the vines when I'm passing. Every variety tastes very different to me (I tend to grow only unusual or heirloom varieties.) If (when) I get a glut, they all go into a big pan with some onions, garlic, peppers, chillies and herbs and are reduced into thick sauces which are frozen for use in cooking over the rest of the year. I give lots of spare plants away of course.
Done loads of pricking out today
Got backache now from bending over for so long
It's getting a little overcrowded now, can't wait for it to warm up so I can start to move the trays into my growhouse in the garden.
The scabious is only just peeping through, sowed some more zinnias.
It's coming up to 4 weeks since I sowed my first seeds so here's a quick update.
Firstly this is what my tower of terror looks like now (have added a makeshift extra shelf from an offcut of polycarbonate I found at the side of the shed)
Next up it's the edibles, this is still a bit of a learning curve for me. Trying courgettes for the first time, this is only my second year of trying to grow something tasty.
Now for the pretties. All the tiny stuff not pricked out yet.
Cosmos and sweet peas.
Too much stuff to photograph everything, lots of successful seedlings though.
Sadly a few failures as well. salvia, larkspur and delphinium failed to germinate and the one little scabious that popped up disappeared a few days later.
Happy growing everyone
Kitty
Looking good Kitty.
Over 3 weeks since my last photos so here's an update. The first plants are bigger and more seeds have been sown. GH is full. I'm not the tidiest person so please excuse the GH untidiness.