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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 29, 2011 16:17:09 GMT
I've never been very good with Nigella either Geranium.....I love the seed heads so I wish that I could grow them.
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Post by andy on Mar 31, 2011 16:46:06 GMT
Going to sow all my hardy annuals this weekend....Clarkia, Larkspur, Californian poppies, night scented stocks, night scented phlox, cornflowers and godetia.
all be sown indoors but not on the heat mats.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 2, 2011 6:23:57 GMT
I'm seriously worried that I won't have room for all the seeds I need to get sowing now.  |
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Post by Barbara on Apr 2, 2011 15:36:46 GMT
today I've sown a tray each of.
anagalis.
lobelia
busylizzy.
sunflowers.
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Post by Tig on Apr 2, 2011 16:06:47 GMT
Belamcanda chinesis sown on the 12th March are peeping through today  I've sown 4 x 40 plug trays of cosmos sea shells, coreopsis tinctoria, marigold tall scotch prize & amberboa moschata and put them in the walk-in growhouse. They all said they could be sown outside April-May so I reckon they should be able to cope a bit better in there x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 2, 2011 19:54:43 GMT
I bet you are glad you have the walk in growhouse Tig as you are sowing all them seeds! I want one!  I saw them in Wilkos a few days ago. They had two different sized ones. Did you get yours there? |
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Post by Tig on Apr 3, 2011 9:39:32 GMT
I was really jammy PJ and got mine when Homebase had 20% off and it was reduced from £49.99 to £32.99 and I paid £26.49!! Barbara got her daughter one from Wilkies though, and she said it was the same as mine  I just hope it doesn't get too cold overnight for any seeds that germinate x Tig |
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Post by Barbara on Apr 3, 2011 10:30:12 GMT
If we stood a candle on the floor, would that be enough to keep the seedlings warmish. ?
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Post by Auricula on Apr 3, 2011 12:06:09 GMT
Might melt the polythene ;D
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Post by Geranium on Apr 3, 2011 12:07:01 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 3, 2011 15:53:45 GMT
Now that most of my babies are in the GH I've sown a few more seeds...
Common Thyme
Summer Savoury
Lupins (for next year)
Hyssop
Knautia Macedonica
Lavender
The courgette, cucumber and sweetcorn seeds sown a few days ago are all up.... ;D
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Post by Tig on Apr 3, 2011 23:30:32 GMT
I've sown some cerynth today, I really must get started on the cucs, courgettes, pumpkins and sunflowers!!!
x Tig
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Post by Barbara on Apr 4, 2011 7:03:12 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Apr 4, 2011 8:18:09 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Apr 4, 2011 8:47:35 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Apr 4, 2011 8:51:09 GMT
I've never been very good with Nigella either Geranium.....I love the seed heads so I wish that I could grow them. The blue 'Miss Jekyll' seed themselves, - it's the others that don't want to get going. I've tried two packets of of 'Moody Blues', and also the white ones, with not a lot of success. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/sad.gif I'll see what happens this time. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 4, 2011 13:08:05 GMT
I better go and look for more seed.......there's lots of room in the conservatory now I've moved so many plants into the GH....  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 4, 2011 17:38:30 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 5, 2011 15:52:20 GMT
I have just ordered some more seed from Plants of Distinction.... ;D (will she ever learn? NO!)
Adenium Thailand Beauty
Geranium Maderense (sowing this year for flowers next year)
Geranium Sixth Scent (scented leaved mixed)
Lysimachia atropurpurea Beaujolais (sowing this year for flowers next year)
Pilotus Amaranthacae
Stoksia
;D
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Post by maggy on Apr 5, 2011 21:26:56 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Apr 6, 2011 7:08:46 GMT
I now know what we're doing wrong with some seeds what you are supposed to do is this. don't put them in a heated propagater, just sow them in a seed tray, balanced on the back of a chair and the edge of a radiator, slam the door and the tray falls of scattering soil, and seeds all over the kitchen floor sweep it all up, bung it back in the tray and, put it on the windowsill then the next time you look, you have seedlings. ;D |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 6, 2011 7:18:39 GMT
;D
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Post by Tig on Apr 7, 2011 12:17:16 GMT
;D Brilliant Barbara! I do think we fuss about too much with some seeds, the tithonia wouldn't germinate for me at all whilst being careful with them, but when I bunged em in willynilly they all came up! I didn't expect my trays of seeds in the walk-in growhouse to germinate as the temp drops quite cool overnight, but this morning the coreopsis are just showing! I've sown silene Jack Flash, fingers crossed for them. Emilia coccinea Scarlet Magic, gloriosa superba and have some yellow cerinthe major seeds soaking. Going to sow some more lobelia tupa as the first lot failed to appear x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 7, 2011 17:48:23 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Apr 7, 2011 21:40:00 GMT
My silene came to nothing  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 9, 2011 15:46:05 GMT
Bit of a sowing frenzy today, otherwise I'd be too late Phacelia Tropical Surf Melianthus Major Sweet William Indian Carpet Nicotiana Fragrant Cloud Malope Glacier Fuits Catananche Alba Poppy Angel's Choir Miribilis Longiflora Sandersonia aurantica Orlaya Grandiflora Cobaea Alba & Purple (again!) Hordeum Jubatum and some veggies  x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 9, 2011 17:46:13 GMT
I think I ended up with 3 Hordeum Jubatum Tig - they were obviously really good little seeds. Easier than Molinia |
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Post by Tig on Apr 9, 2011 18:58:32 GMT
That's good to know Jas (that molinia is so transparent it's obviously invisible ;D)
x Tig
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 9, 2011 19:01:56 GMT
;D
I think I might have one tiny Molinia...could be a weed though!
I got so fed up with them I shoved them in the fridge for weeks and now they're on top of the recycling bin and there is one tiny speck of green.
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Post by Tig on Apr 9, 2011 19:11:18 GMT
I thought I could see a little white root in one pot, then it disappeared! Probably a cat hair |
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I just hope it doesn't get too cold overnight for any seeds that germinate
