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Post by Auricula on Oct 29, 2011 9:14:51 GMT
And very spooky you look too ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 29, 2011 10:31:54 GMT
My honesty are all up - they look far too frail to get through winter though  |
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Post by Tig on Oct 29, 2011 15:41:37 GMT
Tough as old boots in my garden Jas, they might surprise you  x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 29, 2011 15:56:27 GMT
That makes me feel better - they're only doing what nature is making them do after all.
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 29, 2011 17:16:14 GMT
I'm hoping for flowers on mine next year, remember you sent the seeds earlier in the summer (thanks again) and I've planted them out. They really took off when they were planted and are a right good size now. Hope yours do as well for you.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 29, 2011 17:22:19 GMT
Oh yes, I think they were a mixture of purple and white honesty - I waited til they flowered and only kept the white. Hope you get some good flowering plants next summer Ladywitch - the seed pods are smashing as is the scent of the flowers.
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Post by Auricula on Oct 29, 2011 17:43:47 GMT
The honesty seedlings get to a good size quickly, don't they?
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 29, 2011 17:45:08 GMT
Don't they - should help anyone who is a little tiny bit impatient!  ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 29, 2011 17:51:02 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 29, 2011 20:26:40 GMT
;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Nov 5, 2011 11:26:15 GMT
Very good Jasmine, does'nt it have smashing leaves. Today I've sown more Nigella Candytuft (thanks Tig) and seeds from a flower at the allotment whose name I do not know. This is the 3rd time sowing them but none have germinated.  I'm delighted that the unknown seeds from the allotment, which I'd sown for the 3rd time are starting to germinate now. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif I've only sown a few each time. |
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Post by Tig on Nov 27, 2011 18:53:25 GMT
Just for a challenge I've sown some seeds I collected this morning from the pennesetum setaceum rubrum - very doubtful that anything will grow as a little bit of research unearthed a scientific paper which said the germination rate for them is 0.05% But I'm still giving it a go x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Nov 27, 2011 19:02:09 GMT
Ever the optimist...well done you |
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Post by Tig on Jan 11, 2012 15:40:18 GMT
Just sown a few leonotis leanorus and a sprinkle (which will no doubt turn into a forest :  of coleus scuteilarioides Palisandra So 2012 and we're off again  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 11, 2012 17:41:57 GMT
Good to get started again Tig. |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 11, 2012 18:43:08 GMT
So much for not rushing in, eh Tig??  ;D |
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Post by Tig on Jan 11, 2012 19:31:25 GMT
I had to 'rush' Auricula, 'cos when I researched some of my seeds it said to sow now or they won't be big enough to flower this year, and the LL has to be treated as an annual in my neck of the woods .... wonder if they will reach 7' I also sowed 5 Black Madras oryza sativa ... probably too early, but I've got plenty to try again later if they fail x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 11, 2012 19:36:56 GMT
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 14, 2012 11:26:09 GMT
Yes impressive leaves. Isn't it some kind of rice?
You could grow it as a crop ;D
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Post by Tig on Jan 14, 2012 16:05:24 GMT
It is rice Dutchy, just pretty looking rice - I'm going to grow it in a bucket with limited drainage holes so I can keep it wet (first I need to get it to germinate and grow - and if it produces seed that'll be a bonus ) x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Jan 16, 2012 11:43:49 GMT
2 out of the 8 leonotis are up today, and 3 out of 5 Palisandra - no sign of the Black Madras yet
x Tig
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Post by Amber on Jan 17, 2012 21:19:46 GMT
No flower seeds sown yet....but today...onion seeds, parsley and broad beans ;D
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Post by Tig on Jan 18, 2012 12:30:16 GMT
Now got 4 leonotis, 4 palisandra and one Black Madras  It really doesn't take much to make my day I might sow some onions now you've mentioned them Amber .... x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 18, 2012 14:56:17 GMT
Well done Tig . |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 18, 2012 18:32:37 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Jan 27, 2012 18:03:53 GMT
Apart from the Black Madras everything else is up & out of the propagator, Oh heck I thought they were things that would take a while to germinate. Now where am I going to put them all?  Jillyx |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 27, 2012 18:16:07 GMT
You'll find somewhere Jilly. ;D
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Post by Tig on Jan 27, 2012 20:18:41 GMT
My Black Madras was a bit slower than the other things I'd sown Jilly, but should appear soon (keep the compost nicely moist but not sopping and make sure they get plenty of light  ) x Tig |
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Post by Amber on Jan 27, 2012 21:26:33 GMT
going to fish out those seeds that need a "long season" to grow to fruitition....next week |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 28, 2012 13:13:39 GMT
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;D
of coleus scuteilarioides Palisandra
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