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Post by isabella on Apr 16, 2011 4:48:09 GMT
I pricked out 90 pots of white cosmos - 3 seedlings per 4" pot - here are some of them   |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 16, 2011 4:59:43 GMT
Which reminds me - I forgot to prick out my antirrhinums again - poor things. :-(
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Post by andy on Apr 16, 2011 7:53:07 GMT
All growing well at Andy towers. Here's the west wing   Hardened off stuff for work  Greenhouse   Tomato...balconi red and yellow  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 18, 2011 12:33:02 GMT
Sumptupusly glorious medear...when do you open Andy's GC ?
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 18, 2011 16:59:50 GMT
Andy and Isabella I'd be slashing my wrists if I had that lot to prick out and pot on  to you both. I hate chucking out seedlings, can't normally do it even with the sickly looking ones  I always try and sow only a few seeds rather than on mass. This year however I'm being really really hard and I'm not messing about with anything sickly looking ;D Well chuffed with my Tig seedlings, got 2 now. Still only one Mimosa, I'd forgotten they were sensitive to the touch, always fascinated me as a child ;D |
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Post by andy on Apr 18, 2011 17:22:30 GMT
To tell you the truth chuckles, i do a bit each night and it only takes a few mins...i find it very theraputic !!!.
Watering everything is more of a problem as i need to either take stuff outside to water or move loads of things around into the gravel trays, let them drain then move it about again....it can be a bit tedious every night. It's not too bad in the greenhouse as i can throw water about all over the place but that's a big no-no in the conservatory.
Just got 11 more varieties of flower seedlings to prick out then onto the veg !!!
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Post by Tig on Apr 23, 2011 20:10:47 GMT
Has anyone got a piccie of echinacea seedlings? I think I might have some self-sown in the middle border and I don't want to 'weed' them out if they are  I also seem to have quite a few mirabilis that have germinated! How'd they survive the winter then?? Sods law again. x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 24, 2011 6:19:52 GMT
Tig I have 1 seedling of Echinacea magic box which is really only a couple of leaves at the moment. I'll try to upload pics later today but there is'nt much to distinguish it from anything else at them moment.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 6:45:30 GMT
Sorry it's not very good Tig (and LG is right - they could be almost anything at the moment ;D) but this is an echinacea magnus and the second set of leaves have the tiniest serrations round the edge.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 6:46:56 GMT
Nope it's not very good at all!  ;D |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 6:55:00 GMT
Just tried to get a better shot but it didn't work!
The second set of leaves also have very fine hairs on them.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 24, 2011 7:00:44 GMT
I've been out and taken this, it's really difficult to get a pic of something so small.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 7:22:36 GMT
That's much better than mine LG! ;D
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Post by Tig on Apr 24, 2011 9:14:22 GMT
Thank you sooooooooo much ladies I think I'm on a winner with these then (been out and taken a shot of me babes, think the big leaves front of shot are the mirabilis  )  Wonder if they are magnus or white swan? Wish I'd sown some of my packet ones now! Fancy them surviving all through the winter, should be tough little echinaceas eh ;D x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 9:32:34 GMT
Looks like they could well be Tig and the front leaves look my baby mirabilis!...but I won't take any more blurred pics! ;D
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Post by Tig on Apr 24, 2011 9:38:13 GMT
Blinking marvellous innit! If I had sowed them outside over winter do you think they would have survived and germinated? Probably not! Even a blurry photo is helpful Jas  x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 24, 2011 9:41:08 GMT
Well thanks!
I think you're right - not a scoobies if you'd left them out deliberately! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Apr 24, 2011 18:04:07 GMT
My tithonia seedlings haven't grown at all!!!  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 24, 2011 19:21:41 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 24, 2011 19:24:31 GMT
I've had no luck this year either. Of all I've sown I think I've got one baby seedling. I really wanted them to make a statement in the borders this year. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 24, 2011 22:31:08 GMT
My 4 tithonias are all doing OK atm. Perhaps you sowed them a bit early  They seem to grow in fits and spurts, and are prone to the occassional sulk - they never seem to like too much heat when they are young, nor do they seem to like sitting in wet compost, fussy beggars these Mexican Sunflowers I think one of my gloriosa superba seeds is germinating x Tig |
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Post by andy on Apr 25, 2011 5:08:50 GMT
That looked quite interesting. Let us know how you get on. Mind you, i wasn't keen on the bloke handling the seedlings by the stems in that video |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 25, 2011 8:54:12 GMT
I'll give my tithonias a good talking to...and remind them that they are drinking in the Last Chance Saloon!! ;D ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 25, 2011 9:35:54 GMT
I did that with my Iceberg rose yesterday! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Apr 25, 2011 10:38:35 GMT
Bet they take no notice ;D ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 25, 2011 10:49:49 GMT
Hmm, the Iceberg definitely isn't ;D
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Post by isabella on Apr 25, 2011 14:08:56 GMT
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Post by Tig on Apr 25, 2011 17:50:29 GMT
Hmphh .... I can see I shall have to give mine a stern talking to Pam, either that or pot them on ;D
x Tig
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Post by Tig on Apr 26, 2011 10:36:45 GMT
Just an update on my evergrowing 'nursery' These are the coriopsis, marigold tall scotch prize and sweet sultan seeds (left to right) hardening off in the coldframe  Still in the big growhouse, the emilia which have dark blotches on the leaves  behind them in the next tray the catanache alba and malope, behind them the sandersonia and the sea of nicotiana fragrant cloud In the pot and already reaching the tops of the canes the dolichos lab lab ruby moon, behind them on the compost are the morning glory and the pots of hordeum jubatum  Must take a photo of the butterfly peas, mina lobata and various other 'toddlers' which are in the front bedroom, and the 'teenage' ricinus in the dining room (not much room for people in our house ) x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 26, 2011 15:44:58 GMT
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I always try and sow only a few seeds rather than on mass. This year however I'm being really really hard and I'm not messing about with anything sickly looking ;D 
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