Thank you nutcutlet, I pricked mine out today so maybe I'll leave them in the potting shed tomorrow. It's my first time of sowing my own seeds and I'm feeling more anxious with this than I did having my first child!
CraigB can you let me know if yours survive the night please, then I may reconsider putting mine outside as I don't want to start again if I can help it.
Eric's mum - too late I re potted them I did think about topping up but I went in bull at a gate as I'm too impatient.
Lantana after reading your post about bringing them in over night, I've chickened out of leaving them outside in the plastic greenhouse over night. I've brought them in but will take them outside in the morning and leave them out all day. Again I haven't given them any time to harden off but we will see soon enough what happens. If I left them in the house any longer they would just get leggy and be weak anyway. I will let you know how mine get on now they are planted up to their leaves.
We had snow and hail, and gales yesterday and today, I looked at mine in the cold greenhouse and they are fine. Plenty of time to sow some more then you'll get flowers through to first frosts again.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to sow some more but maybe keep them outside this time in a sunny spot and let them germinate naturally as they would if you sowed them in situ. But maybe keep them in a plastic greenhouse or something? That way they can get as much light as they need. It has made me realise that my house is facing the wrong direction to get enough sun every day and especially with this cloudy weather we are having.
Well luckily I only rent at the minute and I'm saving to up to buy a house in a few years time. So the direction the garden is facing is going to definitely play a part in my decision making
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Thank you nutcutlet, I pricked mine out today so maybe I'll leave them in the potting shed tomorrow. It's my first time of sowing my own seeds and I'm feeling more anxious with this than I did having my first child!
CraigB can you let me know if yours survive the night please, then I may reconsider putting mine outside as I don't want to start again if I can help it.
They won't fall over CraigB.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I will let you know Nanniemo
I was going to suggest topping up the soil in the existing pots - looks like you've got a spare inch there (!!)
I don't pot mine until the have the first pair of real leaves, then I curl then round until the seed leaves are slightly above the soil.
Lantana after reading your post about bringing them in over night, I've chickened out of leaving them outside in the plastic greenhouse over night. I've brought them in but will take them outside in the morning and leave them out all day. Again I haven't given them any time to harden off but we will see soon enough what happens. If I left them in the house any longer they would just get leggy and be weak anyway. I will let you know how mine get on now they are planted up to their leaves.
We had snow and hail, and gales yesterday and today, I looked at mine in the cold greenhouse and they are fine. Plenty of time to sow some more then you'll get flowers through to first frosts again.