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Just up in the greenhouse ... one without heat ... bearing in mind that I am in Watford

Up in 10 days Cuor di Bue; Greyhound cabbages; Evesham Special spouts

... still waiting for leeks to apprear ... what's next ?

peas?

speaking of which

Flo, these are those you got me from Seeds of Italy - Progress No.9 which I'm doing again this year as there were loads in the packet

Sowed em in these tiny little modules I found lying about. You only need about a teaspn of compost and just look at em. Good aint they?

Potted em on just now into peat pots

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ooo like those!! Well done, will have to go find peas now ... have just looked seem to have rather a lot!

Mange tout wide and yellow podded, petit pois, 6ft jobs and even semi-leafed efforts ... choices choices

Did basil, savory, parcel, dill, parsley, greyhound, kalibos, sprouts, PSB, WSB, and mxd lettuce in the g/h! Also some Mexican Marigolds !!

dill!

Knew there was sommat I'd forgotten

had a 'no show' on the first lot of delphinium seeds
sowed them on 28th of Feb so reckon they'd be up now if they were gonna.
They were just on the kitchen window sill though so I might try the rest in the heated prop.

Lettuces, chicory and raddichio now showing but have labelling issues so don't yet know which is which

best laid labellling plans always go awry Don't know why cos I set off with the best of intentions

Ohhhhh I've not sown any chicory !

Sown some Valmaine lettuces and they were up before I'd barely got the compo ovver t'top They're like a cos apparently. Can't wait to try em

I've now got basil, leeks (THANKS WARDY!) chillies (sadly the hot lemons didn't grow) and cabbages. Red ones are being sulky but have 29/30 minicoles now up.

Feels like things are finally under way again. Now to try and find the time to actually plant stuff out when it's big enough!!!

moonbells

I have been worrying about my plants in the greenhouse, why ? Some seed from an old cherry to I dropped when clearing out has started to grow in the gravel on the floor. Only keep it frost free but they were growing where it is coldest.

Discovered an old packet of paarsnips ... so have half of them on damp kitchen paper in a poly bag on the fishtank.

So far 5 days no show ... pity!

Up this morning Basil - Purple Ruffles - in 3 days!

my basil had died

Do you need more ???

I'm not doing very well at all with toms, chillis and aubs either, second sowings too bought some new seed compo today cos beginning to wonder if it was that but fear it's lack of light combined with fluctuating temps

With that mad bitch of a dog we have, I now only have the use of about two windowsills. Grow house is currently in my passage with my potatoes chitting in it - still too cold to put tender crops in it anyway. So seriously short of space and putting off sowing toms until the last possible minute - so they can go in and out during April.

I'm not having any luck with chillies this year either Wards The first lot germinated but then keeled over and died when we had a couple of really cold nights, I sowed some more but only 1 germinated and that's looking a bit sorry for itself I've got the last 2 seeds to sow this weekend - although maybe I'll wait another week if there's snow forecast

Chilli germination's been incredibly patchy. It seems to suffer badly from old seed syndrome, as the seed I extracted from a dried chilli and planted have all grown. (Happily it's a good one, I kept a plant going through all of last year from the year before!) Pretty much everything else has been either a no-show or just 1/3 germination.

Still, have about 10 plants so not going to be short of the things! They are about to be chucked out the big heated prop this weekend into the relative cold of the conservatory (and I thought I'd be growing on all my seeds in the shed! Too cold still!) so I can sow the tomatoes.

Was going to plant the spuds but I'm having second thoughts as I don't think planting them in snow's a good idea!

moonbells

I bought a supermarket basil yesterday and left it in the kitchen window last night. Got up this morning and it's gone black and the leaves off dropped off. Just shows how cold the kitchen gets when the heating goes off

Seeds then ???

my seeds have snuffed it

Ah ha! Just remembered I have another pot full in the bedroom (coming along slow but sure )

I got a HUGE pack of basil seeds from Seeds of Italy and reckon I won't need to buy any more for about 10 years!!

So if you're desperate...

moonbells

TWO hot lemon chillies appreared today ... 12 days ... still no trial Aji's though

You are kind MB I like the generosity of their packets too. Good news for us seed swoppers

So Wardy, was that a yes? And I know I asked, but I forgot your answer!!! - did I remember to send you the pond thing? (Brain of a hamster...)

Reminds me, since I'm now back at work I have been able to reclaim some of the recycled jiffy bags I took in. So spuds will be on their way in the next few days to those who asked. I hope!

moonbells

No to both, I got plenty of basil but you didn't send me the pond thing