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Post by Jasmine on Jul 25, 2011 7:35:25 GMT
I was just having a chuckle to myself LG and thinking maybe it should have been a gentle breeze not a force 7 hurricane I was creating! ;D
I'll go and check...
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 25, 2011 7:41:04 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 25, 2011 7:49:42 GMT
I think you might be right LG - nothing to do with breezes - they have all flopped this morning and are in full sunshine - I shall move them.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 25, 2011 7:51:23 GMT
Perhaps they like it a bit cooler and shadier until they grow up a bit.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 25, 2011 8:03:49 GMT
I'll try that - they are very tall and spindly though aren't they - almost like it would be hard to support themselves?
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 25, 2011 10:11:30 GMT
Yes Jasmine mine are the same, there's no way they could be transplanted yet, they're only just starting to make proper leaves too.
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 21, 2011 13:58:40 GMT
Is anyone still doing this?? I am in the sense that I have to shift all the trays of seedlings out of the bedroom at night and put them back in the morning and they tend to get "quite a breeze" !!
However my seedlings are so good this year due to the Perlite that I don't know if the "breeze" is helping or it is just the Perlite...
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 21, 2011 14:06:20 GMT
I was thinking about this yesterday RF...along with where did I put the stockings after Christmas last year and other important stuff!
I was going to have a go as soon as spring and seed sowing had sprung!
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Post by Auricula on Dec 21, 2011 19:38:28 GMT
I waft when I remember  ;D |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 24, 2011 17:48:28 GMT
Only just noticed this. Monty Don also was on about this last year and I then decided to shake my toms or stroke them depending on my mood ;D Anyhow they were stronger than any I grew before. So this is part of my growing from seeds action from now on. I suppose that when you have a lot just pulling the leg of the bench they are all on, without letting it collaps, might do the trick. Have fun and RF erm.... real wind or artificial....... depends on what you had for dinner   |
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Post by Missredhead on Dec 27, 2011 20:55:10 GMT
your last comment made me laugh Dutchy..... ;D I have never heard of this before and must have missed this thrad in the summer I am hopeless with cosmos, I have only ever managed to grow them once every other attempt has failed..... e |
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 28, 2011 6:33:33 GMT
I'm not brilliant at them Missy and last year next door's rabbit broke in and ate them all. I thought they were safe from the wild rabbits on the patio!  ;D |
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Post by Barbara on Dec 28, 2011 12:52:34 GMT
We have more than a stiff breeze here, they would be blown out of the pots, and no it isn't because we had the sprouts. ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Dec 28, 2011 15:23:48 GMT
;D ;D ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2012 13:13:00 GMT
I was going to give this a try as soon as I can move some stuff out of the lobby.
Then I was going to sow some cosmos in a tray in the lobby and a tray outside and see which one did best.
Anyone else going to try or want some cosmos seeds to try with?
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 13, 2012 16:27:55 GMT
I've started my Cosmos off Jasmine and have been thinking of the breeze theory. I'm game to do some more 'tho and thought there was something about Cosmos a few weeks ago when I sowed them but did'nt remember the name of the thread.
So, I'm game, I still have some left, not sure which variety they are but they are Cosmos and although they're old I have had germination already. ;D Hopefully some others will join in too.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2012 16:47:30 GMT
Oh good! I've got a bit of a mixture too - purity, rubenza and antiquity ( I think  ;D ) |
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Post by bobbiek on Apr 13, 2012 17:15:41 GMT
I wish I had known shaking was good when I was working with the tomatoes. They did get a bit stronger once I put them in the patio in the breeze, but they were more spindly than I liked! Next year I will do a lot of shaking ...  . I do have a massage chair in my office, so I could set them in it for a massage vibration every day! Or perhaps on the dryer during the spin! |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2012 17:20:41 GMT
A massage chair - that could be the answer! ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2012 17:24:33 GMT
As I have been away I put my tom plants on the lounge windowsill - normally forbidden by OH - and the heating is the same as a gentle breeze - I just keep turning the trays around....
Wonder if it counts as well - just think - Bobbie is right - pop your plants on a massage chair and Hey Presto....
How's about a ceiling fan - would that work perhaps??
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2012 17:31:14 GMT
I wonder if it would be enough 'breeze' RF - or if you had to put your plants near enough would they be getting enough light |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2012 17:33:31 GMT
Mmmmh - yes good question...
Rf
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Post by bobbiek on Apr 13, 2012 19:24:59 GMT
I have a ceiling fan with lights, but have a floor fan as well. I can see it now, heat is on and I'm running my fan for the baby plants. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2012 19:36:16 GMT
Bobbie - you have solved the problem - well done...in theory it must work actually !!
Rf
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Post by bobbiek on Apr 13, 2012 23:02:35 GMT
Actually, I can do it in the sunroom without making my husband run for a sweater. . Since the ground fans oscillate, they might work, swinging back and forth. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 14, 2012 5:21:29 GMT
I started thinking about this in the middle of the night when I woke and I have come to the conclusion that we gardeners are a separate race...we are seriously talking about wafting plants to see if they grow sturdier and better...
We are mad...mind you, I am happy to stay that way - let the wafting begin!!
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 14, 2012 5:53:47 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 14, 2012 6:05:37 GMT
I'm happy to be mad too! ;D
Now a floor fan sounds ideal!
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 14, 2012 6:11:10 GMT
Yes it does and I have 3 up in the attic doing nothing - just got to persuade OH not to call the men in white when I suggest using one for the plants!!
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 14, 2012 6:13:14 GMT
Ahh, he's ok your OH RF. Anyone who sets up upside down lights so their OH's dahlias can get going quicker won't mind the idea of a fan to make things sturdier!
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