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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 7, 2008 14:31:23 GMT
very good CC are you putting posts on the 2008 board for your toms?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2008 15:24:02 GMT
Forgot about that thread LNG  - but have just posted ;D Forgot to say earlier, chervil is incredibly easy to grow and tastes lovely with all sorts of things - last year I kept a pot in the kitchen and tossed it into salads, marinades ... whatever you're having yourself ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 7, 2008 16:25:20 GMT
I totally forgot to sow my Aquilegia seeds (Chocolate Soldier, Green Apples and M.I.Huish) but the seeds I did in autumn are all coming along well.
Knautia Macedonia
Malva Magic Hollyhock
Antwerp Mixed Hollyhocks
Digitalis Camelot Cream
and a couple of weeks ago I sowed
Verbena bonariensis - not through yet.
Evening Primrose - Sunset Buolevard
Geranium wallichianum - Buxton's Blue
Abuliton - seeds are not through yet
My next sowing action will be next week when I have found somewhere to put them.
RF
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 7, 2008 17:46:34 GMT
I've got 2 heated propagators on the go in the conservatory....I'm getting some potting on compost tomorrow in Wilkinson's because my pepino, cosmos, gerberas and lobelia all need pricking out...I have decided not to sow any more seed until next month....praps.... ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 8, 2008 12:23:59 GMT
;D where all at it aren't we ;D some lovely seeds being sown. Last chance for the Choc Soldier CC no seeds left now. Love the sound of your Choc Foxglove Bagpuss  LNG why don't you put a HP on your wish list, wish I had two like CPB really, it's a bit like when you have/get a GH it's never big enough  I've started to sow smaller quantities now so I can accomodate more varieties and I sow them in cells rather than pots too. You live and learn don't you, only got my HP last year and handn't really done much sowing prior to having it. yesterday I sowed Catananche Purple Daisy Type x 8 I've had to label them A,B,C etc and have only called them Daisy type because they are all Cone Flower-Echinacea or similar that have sort of fell into my pocket  Delphiniums Purple & Purple White (Blue Fountain ? ?) Hollyhock ? Thalictrum ? pink/lilac colour Toad Lily - seeds from the plant I bought a while back, not a clue were I've put the mummy plant, I think I split it into 2 pots. Verbena ? Well what Verbena I haven't a clue, another pocket job and I can't remember where from Poppy Himalayan Blue Meconopsis I actually bought these |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2008 12:40:16 GMT
RF, Malva Magic Hollyhock is absolutely gorgeous and soooo easy - you'll be delighted with the results ;D Chuckles, really hope you have success with Meconopsis - I tried them this time last year and it was a resounding failure But I think that was down to the seed-sower ... cheers ... |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 11, 2008 11:43:19 GMT
Well I have had another go this morning and the kitchen windowsill has been taken over completely now.
Lobelia Cascade Mixed
Lobelia String of Pearly
Phlox of Sheep
Phlox Crystal Mixed
Rehmannia Angulata Popstar
Cephalaphora
Nemophila Insignis
Cerinthe major purpurascens
Veronica gentianoides
Anagallis
Gazania Sunshine Mixed
and last but not least
Clematis Intergrifolia.
RF
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2008 17:22:48 GMT
Definitely need more windowsill space - cannas, echinacea and geraniums all reasonably happy ;D ... cheers ... Oh, and Chuckles, one of the Chocolate Soldiers in the ground is showing minute signs of life ... not that I'm holding my breath ... cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 13, 2008 10:44:32 GMT
I'd be happy if one of us has success with the Choc Soldier CC, so I've got everything crossed for you RF you have gone mad haven't you, good though ain't it I had a few seeds germinate from my Feb sowings so am well pleased so far Cerinthe C.Major Purpurescens Cosmos Sanata Mxd Cosmos Daydream Evening Primrose Wedding Bells Gaura Geranium F1 Mixed Liatris Scariosa Gracious and I've sown a few more seeds too ;D Marguerite Whity Mixed White HAA - 19 varieties in one pkt Cosmos Sanata Mxd - 2nd sowing and for the 2008 Trials gardenworld.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=2008trialsSunflower Italian White Geranium F1 Mixed - 2nd sowing |
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Post by bagpuss on Feb 13, 2008 13:22:35 GMT
I've now also sown:
Digitalis - Milk Chocolate
Marigold - La Bamba
Salvia - Kaleidescope mixed
Aquelegia - Miss M I Huish
Aqueligia - name unknown, but it has a blue flower
Echinacea Purpurea "Double Decker"
I think that's about it so far. Still lots to do though!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2008 16:13:54 GMT
I'd be happy if one of us has success with the Choc Soldier CC, so I've got everything crossed for you Mmmmm ... Chuckles, it is one very tiny leaf just poking from the ground at the moment. I have spoken encouragingly to it, and will continue to lavish love and care on it .... but .... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 15:53:43 GMT
Ooooh, I love sowing seeds ... just wish I had a bigger garden. Went into the library yesterday and somehow found myself in a garden shop ;D ;D Bought T&M's mixed (proper)geranium seeds (including 'splish splash'), perennial purple cornflower (too lazy to look up proper name) and Agastache 'Lavender Haze' (free with first two), and have just sown them in my new little propagator ;D ;D ;D Next up is marigolds (to be planted in between lettuce and tomatoes) and .... well, sure I'll think of something ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 15, 2008 16:06:31 GMT
I've roped my OH in to help me with the seeds - he writes all the labels etc and ticks my scrap of paper and the seed packet that they have been done....
Some of my seeds from the 11th are already coming through....
not bad for the kitchen windowsill.
RF
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 16, 2008 19:04:57 GMT
Oooooh I Iove Splish Splash CC bought a couple of plants a few years ago and have split it up now to get more, never thought of growing it from seed  Just sown a few more seeds today ;D had a bit of a white thing going Candytuft Snowflake CosmosCosmonaut Hollyhock Charters Dbl Icicle Lobelia White Cascade |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 15:09:15 GMT
Ummmm ... any tips on growing Lobelia from seed, Chuckles? I have a packet lying around, and wanted to do some for a flower pouch - but have never succeeded in the past ... cheers ... |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 17, 2008 15:49:44 GMT
Ummmm ... any tips on growing Lobelia from seed, Chuckles? I have a packet lying around, and wanted to do some for a flower pouch - but have never succeeded in the past ... cheers ... My first attempt at them CC, I've just used a 6 section tray like the ones you buy the plants in, almost filled it with MP compo then sprinkled the top with a 50/50 mix of course sand and compo, sown just a miniscule amount on the surface in each corner of each section. With 1750 teeny weeny seeds in the pack it really was just a very very gently tap of the packet in each corner, hopefully I'll have 24 little clumps come up. Then I've just covered the tray with a small prop lid and left them in the GH. They should be in 20-25c heat but I have no room in the HP so they will get put in there when I have room. Going on a bit of a wing and a pray really. I've always been put off growing them because of the fiddlyness you have with such small seeds and seedlings when it comes to potting them on. Thats my reason for doing 4 sowings in each section, hopefully not much fiddlying when it come to transplanting them, it says on the pack transplant them in bunches, well I hope I will have 4 bunches per section so no fiddling about, I can live in hope Jeez I;ve rattle on a bit hope that all makes sense ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2008 12:14:31 GMT
Thanks, Chuckles - I'll give them a go. Will also have to put them in the mini-GH - no more windowsill space ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by bagpuss on Feb 18, 2008 12:56:22 GMT
Have now sown:
Sweet Marjoram
Dill
Parsley - Envy
Cerinthe
Marigold - La Bamba
Garlic Chives
I have sown some others, but can't remember what!
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Post by snowowl on Feb 18, 2008 21:28:48 GMT
Had a bit of a sowing frenzie yesterday ;D have been really good and limited the amount of seeds sown to 6 of each. I can always sow more if I get failures Liatris Scariosa Gracious Primula Vialli Gaura Cosmos Sanata Mxd Echinacea Pallida For the GWD 2008 Trials I've sown : Dahlia Stargazer Geranium Chuckles were did you get your Primula Vialli seeds from? |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 18, 2008 22:10:06 GMT
Chuckles were did you get your Primula Vialli seeds from? They were from T & M SO my neighbour got them and gave me a few to try. I'm not 100% but reckon I have seen them in Wilkos too. |
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Post by Jonah on Feb 18, 2008 23:41:49 GMT
I tried Primulas last year, but I wasn't very successful. There tiny, aren't they? I tried Viallii [mine were fothergills] , Japonica Millers Crimson, and Capitata Noverna deep blue, but didn't end up with a single plant. I think I killed the seedlings with neglect.  Good luck Chuckles. I'm sure you will nurture yours far better than me. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2008 7:20:24 GMT
Has anyone grown Cerinthe major purpurascens inside before?
How on earth do you stop them from shooting up. I have grown two lots - one upstairs where it isn't warm and one downstairs in the kitchen and they go barmy.
RF
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2008 12:24:16 GMT
Hi RF ... they go barmy even outside in the mini-GH, so I can only imagine what they're like indoors! Since you probably want to slow down growth a little, what about moving the kitchen ones upstairs, and then - once the temp has warmed up a bit - putting them all in your mini-GH, with lots of fleece etc.? I haven't sown mine yet - still have to have a major mini-GH clear-out to make room ;D ... cheers ....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2008 14:06:06 GMT
Hi Chuckles .... the second 'Chocolate Soldier' is poking a leaf above ground .... so it's probably worth while to persevere. Nothing like as vigorous as my other ones though, which have put on lots of growth ... cheers ...
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 19, 2008 15:15:20 GMT
Hi Chuckles .... the second 'Chocolate Soldier' is poking a leaf above ground .... so it's probably worth while to persevere. Nothing like as vigorous as my other ones though, which have put on lots of growth ... cheers ... I'm really pleased you are having success CC, I'm not going to look at mine for a while but will mutter to them that their cousins in Ireland are being good little chocolate soldiers so they better get their fingers out and sprout ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 19, 2008 15:25:55 GMT
Has anyone grown Cerinthe major purpurascens inside before? How on earth do you stop them from shooting up. I have grown two lots - one upstairs where it isn't warm and one downstairs in the kitchen and they go barmy. RF These are mine RF, sown 2/2 in HP, first one geminated after 5 days, potted them all up on 12/2 and put them inside a cold prop in the unheated GH, photo taken today. Not sure how they compare to yours  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 19, 2008 15:38:47 GMT
I have cerinthes popping up in the flower bed where they've self seeded...dunno if they'll survive the cold snap we've had tho. My autumn sown ones are in the CF and are very big.
Seedlings pricked out so far:-
in 3" pots
7 pepino (now at 2nd leaf stage)
5 geranium F1 hybrid moulin rouge (2nd leaf stage)
7 dahlias 'Bishop's Children' (2nd leaf stage)
14 gerbera californian giants
8 Cosmos sonata
lots of chrysanthemum snowland...pricked out into a seed tray.
Also germinated but not yet pricked out:-
Lobelia string of pearls
Campanula puncata 'beetroot'
Helenium
thyme
basil mix
Trifolium rubens
Coleus kong scarlet
Cineraria silver dust
Verbena compacta
I don't plan to prick anything else out for now...unless they get too big. I want to wait until mid March if I can. ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2008 16:10:02 GMT
Here are my Cerinthe - sown on the 11/2 and not happy. The ones upstairs have given up the ghost already. However I have taken the kitchen lot upstairs as well - only other way is in the GH but they will not stand those temps I don't think.  Sorry pic is a little blurred. RF |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 19, 2008 19:53:45 GMT
Light's the problem isn't it? Mine are in a CF and seem happy enough despite the cold, but they're quite big. Have you got any seed left?. Maybe start again towards the end of March?
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2008 20:37:39 GMT
Yes I am afraid that it is probably the light - I can't do much about it really.
I haven't got any more seeds but will try again next year if these don't make it.
RF
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- but have just posted ;D Forgot to say earlier, chervil is incredibly easy to grow and tastes lovely with all sorts of things - last year I kept a pot in the kitchen and tossed it into salads, marinades ... whatever you're having yourself ;D ... cheers ...
