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Post by Jasmine on Feb 10, 2011 8:02:28 GMT
They do look very spindly LG - bit like antirrhinum seedlings in fact!
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 10, 2011 8:04:27 GMT
;D That is tiny Jasmine. The 3 that I have and are a couple of months old are short and fat, rather like weeds actually.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 10, 2011 8:08:13 GMT
;D
It's just as well gardeners have a sense of humour!
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Post by Barbara on Feb 10, 2011 8:33:49 GMT
It will be very interesting to see what you two end up with . ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 10, 2011 8:37:53 GMT
;D Time will tell Barbara.
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2011 11:11:13 GMT
I'm sitting in the tea room at work wondering if I dare get another heated propagator on the way home....think OH might notice 3....
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 10, 2011 11:29:18 GMT
;D Do you have room for it CPB?
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 10, 2011 12:37:06 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 10, 2011 12:37:57 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Feb 10, 2011 13:06:24 GMT
He never will Cheery, he'll think you've had it for ages . ;D I've just sown Violas, thanks Carol. Nemesia , thanks Jenny. and tithonia , thanks Jilly . now where to put them all. ;D under the bed maybe, now I'm certain even my Hubby would notice those. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2011 16:57:51 GMT
I didn't get another one..... ;D
My sister's letting me have the big heated propagator back at the weekend...still much too early for most of my seeds tho. I can't subject any seedlings to the low light levels we get until March-April.
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Post by Geranium on Feb 10, 2011 18:05:09 GMT
That's a shame - they're sooo useful!  I'm glad you're getting the other one back soon.  I got my Calendula 'Neon' sown 3 per 3" pot, and Silene 'Firecracker' in a seed tray in the prop. I had to squeeze everything up to get it in! I was disgusted to see how few seeds there were in the packet, though.  I'll have to hope for a high rate of germination. I was pleased to see that four pots of dahlias now have shoots!  |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 10, 2011 18:40:28 GMT
I've been doing some experiments this morning ;D Having found the molinia transparent seeds (thanks Jas) I had read somewhere that they germinate best in the 'wild' following fires .... hmmm, didn't want to have a bonfire so I decided to try burning some toast, then putting the seeds on top under a metal bowl. After fifteen minutes cosying up with the charcoal I sowed them and scraped some of the burnt toast onto the compost surface (the rest went out for the birds, toast not the seeds!). Done another pot after popping them in a bag and filling it with smoke, and a control pot which were untouched. Just watch none of them ruddy germinate  x Tig Hi Tig - just by chance, I was reading my RHS magazine today and came across an article on this very subject. You can get a 'smoke disc' which you put in a dish of water, then soak the seeds in it for 24 hours! Then you plant them at once in a mix of JI 1 plus some sand. In this country, the smoke discs are available from www.jungleseeds.co.uk I hope that helps if your experiment doesn't work! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif |
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Post by Tig on Feb 10, 2011 23:17:59 GMT
Thanks Geranium, but how very dare you suggest my experiments won't work ;D I am reknowned for my alternative & innovative approaches to seed sowing .... well maybe reknowned is the wrong word, as my efforts are often followed by others posting this smiley I do try though ;D x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 11, 2011 18:21:52 GMT
Smoke discs don't sound half as much fun as a bit of arson in your kitchen! ;D
My verbascum are up!
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Post by Geranium on Feb 11, 2011 18:45:55 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 11, 2011 19:01:10 GMT
aw...don't cry dearie....  I thought it was useful...not having pyromaniac tendencies I would deffo go for the smoke discs...as 'Prodigy' sez.... Tig's a Firestarter Twisted Firestarter....  |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 11, 2011 19:15:41 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2011 8:17:21 GMT
I seem to have lost the knack of seed sowing. I think I've had the compost either too wet and they drown or it dries out too quickly.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 12, 2011 9:17:35 GMT
 Bet you haven't LG. You'll have a garden full of plants you've sown by summer.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2011 10:16:31 GMT
Thanks Jasmine. I do hope so. That's actually why I bought the Dahalia bulbs, just in case my seeds don't come up for me. Perhaps it's just too early.
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Post by andy on Feb 12, 2011 11:14:55 GMT
Postie's just been with a nice white T&M package ;D
Earlier on i sowed..
Campanula pyramidalis mixed (tall herbaceous one)
Poppy Dwarf Allegro
petunia prism mxd
stocks giant mxd
Postie has just bought me
4 packs saponaria ocymoides
Dianthus pink brilliancy
dianthus deltoides micro chips
Commelina dianthifolia
Alyssum saxatile golden queen
Lupin morello cherry.
Best i get off my fat bum and get on with it ;D
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Post by Tig on Feb 12, 2011 11:27:24 GMT
I'm orf out to do a bit of sowing, need to find things that like 'cooler' conditions, as I'm fast running out of indoor space and must keep some for my toms and peppers. Don't worry yet LG, just keep your sowings as warm as you can. I find watering from the bottom rather than the top seems to help not to over-wet the compost  Nice selection there Andy, have you shifted your @rse yet? x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 12, 2011 11:51:39 GMT
yes thanks Tig....lupins soaking in a bag which is floating in the fish tank, sapponaria, dianthus micro chip and commelina now sown but run outta room |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2011 11:56:54 GMT
Thanks Tig. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I sowed my leeks this morning in a black meat tray from M&S it's a good size and nice and strong.  Andy, nice selection, they should do well for you on your new propagator. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 12, 2011 15:31:14 GMT
I am VERY smug today. Last autumn I sowed a few astrantia and hellebore seeds in little pots and popped them into the CF...not expecting to see anything from either and today I've discovered that BOTH have germinated! Sooooo chuffed  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2011 19:31:16 GMT
And so you should be, very well done CPB. ;D I don't know about Hellebore but Astrantia are difficult to germinate.
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Post by mowgley on Feb 13, 2011 14:33:19 GMT
Just finished sowing sweet peas and nasturtiums.
Finished my heated propagator, just need new glass for the greenhouse to make it water tight?
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 13, 2011 15:24:05 GMT
I've sown Cosmos Rubenza, Purity and Cosmonaut, Nasturtium Jewel Cherry Rose and Apricot Delight (thanks for those LG) and Echinacea Magnus. I've re-sown my antirrhinum too. I made the mistake of trying to thin them out - disaster |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 13, 2011 17:33:19 GMT
And so you should be, very well done CPB. ;D I don't know about Hellebore but Astrantia are difficult to germinate. It was collected seed from our garden too...sowed fresh, that might be why they worked. |
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I thought it was useful...not having pyromaniac tendencies I would deffo go for the smoke discs...as 'Prodigy' sez....
