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Post by Tig on Apr 1, 2009 19:52:22 GMT
Excellent results Mowhay - no sign of my cobea yet  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 1, 2009 20:01:49 GMT
Mohay that's quite a collection of seedlings you have going there, well done.  |
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Post by Mowhay on Apr 2, 2009 7:54:02 GMT
Thank you for your kind comments Dutchy, Tig and LG. The other trays you see with the covers still on are catching up to the marigolds, they are Aster, Cosmos, Chrysanthemum (Bright Eyes,German Flag, Summer Festival), Rudbeckia and Scabiosa. I have two daughters whose borders I look after and my mums too so I need a few plants. The veg are grown in the greenhouse or containers outside which are regularly "raided" by them. Good fun and healthy for them though.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 2, 2009 10:49:00 GMT
Your Daughters are very lucky to have a Mum with such green fingers as you MH. It's great to have someone to share the fruits of your labour with.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 2, 2009 19:11:25 GMT
I've been nursing this purloined little seed since I sowed in september 08. It got potted on today. I think it's a geum, red/orange colour but if anyone thinks different can you please let me know. I found the seeds one day while walking in the park. ;D  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 2, 2009 19:33:43 GMT
These Astrantia got potted on today, I managed to pot on 3 in total. They have thin but quite long roots.  |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 4, 2009 9:25:13 GMT
;D
It is a bit shaky though.
My pics end up the same at the mo there is something wrong with the close up funtion of my cam ( or I have been drinking too much ;D )
Not a clue on that little park one but maybe some one else recognises it.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 4, 2009 10:06:05 GMT
They are so very tiny Dutchy it is much more blurry than I thought.  I do actually need a new camera. |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 4, 2009 17:41:52 GMT
They are tiny and blurry they still make clear what they are so it is quite fine. And any excuse for a new cam eh? I just wish those things are not so expensive, that is the ones I would like. Saw a second hand EOS 300D for 299 but it was without lenses and the like. The 350 also without lenses but with extra handle was 499. Anyhow I had a go with my cam after doing some fiddling and now things are sharp but the light wasn't any good.  Zinnia low growing variety.  Cosmos Seashell mix going leggy.  On left supermarket Olive toms right Green Zebra toms.  left haphazard Kohlrabi white and right leggy Kohlrabi purple  left Dahlia cactus type; middle top Lilaluzuli Chilli; middle bottom Mild Chilli; right Aubergine |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 4, 2009 17:52:15 GMT
Dutchy it's great to see them all coming on is'nt it. Hopefully now that spring is under way they will get more light. I see you have a colour coded love heart thingy going on there. ;D My camera will have to wait a while I'm afraid. I need a holiday more. |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 6, 2009 8:06:45 GMT
;D I still use the cocktail thingies. Like labels you can write on them but they take less space. And hey I love my seedlings  Spring yes please more light although you can see I have reflecting foil behind them which does help. I merely worry about our late April guests having to deal with loads of seedlings and foil and having to get the blinds close behind them |
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Post by Tig on Apr 8, 2009 10:34:04 GMT
No wonder you haven't got room for anything else to grow Dutchy - plenty on the grow there My purple kohl rabi are in one of the veg plots and I was pleased to get 100% germination. The love-lies-bleeding (red amaranthus) seeds sown on 18/3/09 in the cold frame have germinated, well 7 out of 11 sown are showing at the moment ..  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2009 14:04:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2009 20:30:11 GMT
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Post by Mowhay on Apr 9, 2009 7:37:38 GMT
Just a slip of the keyboard, nothing to worry about LG. Update below The plastic cups are Toms, Peppers, Cucs and the rest are flowers with strawbs on the floor and a cup of coffee on the shelf ;D  The larger ones are celery or what's left after the slug got at them but the man with the scissors got the slug?  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 9, 2009 8:43:39 GMT
Lot of effort gone in there Mowhay - do your daughters and Mum get veggies as well as flowers from you?
Do you have a lottie or like me, veg plots in the garden?
x Tig
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Post by Mowhay on Apr 9, 2009 9:07:06 GMT
Tig, the greenhouse is normally quite full. I grow the other veg in containers around the greenhouse at the bottom of the garden don't have a lottie, the flowers are also in containers so that the display around the patio is always full of colour from the daffs through to the lillies, fuchsias and the annuals. The hanging baskets are normally surfinas but this year I'm trying some Sugar and Spice sweet peas on recommendation of a good gardener on another board. The rest of the garden is lawn for my granddaughters to play on as both my daughters gardens are tiny ( new build houses) so sunny Sundays are normally busy at my house. And they always seem to leave with "goodie bags" ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2009 12:41:57 GMT
Oops sorry MH, not thinking at all there was I. Everything is doing great for you, what a full greenhouse you have, all looking very healthy. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 13, 2009 20:06:19 GMT
I have a few more to share although some of the photos are a bit ... The very dark purple seedling here is Oriental Mustard Ruby Streaks  These are purple kohl rabi  Black eyed Susan  Atriplex hortensis rubra  And last but by no means least .... Ta Da - my one and only crepe ginger to germinate (so far  ) ;D  Oh she of little faith, the pack did say 1 - 3 months x Tig |
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 14, 2009 12:40:26 GMT
Here are some of my Pansy Swiss Giant Mixed (thank you again Cheery).  I also have some tomato "Roma" and Pepper "Sweet mini Red" and Broccoli "Romanesco" but haven't taken pictures yet. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2009 14:30:36 GMT
Great job Bagpuss - you will be making RF envious with those, she wasn't having much success getting her pansies going  I've got Romanesco Natolino growing and Sweet Mini Red peppers - snap! ;D |
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 14, 2009 15:36:09 GMT
Thanks Tig
How quickly did your Romanesco start germinating. I can't believe it, I sowed a tray on Thursday afternoon, and I checked yesterday and I have 8 coming through already!
My mini red pepper have done fairly well so far, I have 4 out of 6 germinated and growing.
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 14, 2009 16:34:04 GMT
Here are some of my Pansy Swiss Giant Mixed (thank you again Cheery). I also have some tomato "Roma" and Pepper "Sweet mini Red" and Broccoli "Romanesco" but haven't taken pictures yet. Well done Bagpuss - I have lost all of my pansies for some reason - yours are looking really healthy. RF |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2009 18:43:51 GMT
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Post by jean on Apr 14, 2009 20:13:46 GMT
Tig, I had a go with Cobea after seeing Dutchy's wonderful display last year. I sowed both the purple and white variety and most of the purple have germinated and are making lovely plants, the white have been a bit more erratic. I sowed them on their sides, a bit like squash and they were kept at around 15 - 18 degrees. I've been brave and planted a couple out  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2009 22:41:50 GMT
Jean will you stop tempting me to try again! In the past few years I must have sown 30 of the blasted seeds, and yes I put them all on their sides - and I have had two germinate! First year I tried I had one, never did anything (wrong place!), last year my one and only completely took over the green arch, I reckon I had about six flowers on it I still have some seeds, but looking at yours (and Mowhays were well on there way as well) I doubt it would be worth it Thanks for the encouragement anyway x Tig |
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 15, 2009 11:45:35 GMT
Tig That certainly isn't bad for the time of year (I hope I haven't done mine too late). I have also sown a row at the allotment and covered over with a poly tunnel. I did those on 10 April, so I shall have to see if they come through as well as the ones in my seed tray, which seem to be coming up like there is no tomorrow. Yesterday evening I counted 18 popping up.  |
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 17, 2009 12:00:14 GMT
Here are my Summer Squash seedlings, and also the Roma Tomato Roma seedlings  Here are the Broccoli Romanesco seedlings, which started germinating about four days after sowing  These are the mini sweet red peppers  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 26, 2009 9:41:15 GMT
A few more from me as of today ... Dierama (spikey ones)  Gaura the Bride (front), Thunbergia alata (black eyed susan) behind them ..  And some morning glory with a German connection ;D  x Tig |
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Post by beanie on Apr 26, 2009 9:51:38 GMT
I've just planted some morning glory out in the border, they weren't doing very much in the greenhhouse
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I do actually need a new camera.
) ;D
