My baby seedlings

pandas66 · 26 April 2005 at 10:26AM

Am a very happy bunny today. Have patiently watched, watered and waited..........and the seedlings are popping through happily now. The plants are well away but the veg have taken a little longer but sprouting now. The broccolli is going great guns.
So I have broccolli, carrots, peppers and leeks. Cabbage and lettuce will be done this weekend and I'm going to do another couple of broccolli to see me through later on in the year. Thanks to all that inspired me.

moggins · 26 April 2005 at 12:14PM

Well done, after weeks of waiting my courgettes have finally decided to join everything else and show their little green heads.

Galtizz · 26 April 2005 at 12:39PM

Yey, well done. I finally got round to planting mine last week and I noticed this morning that one tomato plant is just trying to poke it's head through

I'm a bit too excited, I'm checking it too often to see how much it's grown. Can't wait for more to grow now

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I planted some herbs and garlic a few weeks ago and they all popped up within a few days. I was a bit worried I'd done something wrong so thanks Moggins, good to know they can take a few weeks to come through. (can't you tell I'm not a gardener or good at being patient )

rchddap1 · 26 April 2005 at 1:00PM

Some of the potatoes in my garden have poked their heads above ground level. Which is fantastic. Mind you, I'll have to get an allotment soon, because the potatoes have been planted within our postage stamp garden. Want more fruit and veg.

nicki_2 · 26 April 2005 at 1:20PM

I planted the free red sunflower seeds that Warburtons were giving away last year. So far there are two tiny shoots. Daughter has already grown two cracking sunflowers, they must be about 2-3 feet high already, which are currently in a big pot I got from the florists until I can the "flower" beds sorted out.

I've also planted five garlic cloves (I put garlic in nearly everything and we LOVE garlic bread which can take a whole bulb to make) but so far not even a shoot

I'm waiting until next week then I'm going to order some seeds for lettuce, carrots etc. It's going to take me at least another week to get the garden in order but then my already full window sill will be full of marg tubs with seedlings in :T

Downsizing__for_sanity · 26 April 2005 at 2:02PM

Does anyone know if there is any way one can swap seeds over? I have butterhead, cut n'come again lettuce, rocket, and carrot seeds left over. As there are hundreds of seeds in each packet and my garden is only small, I wonder if anyone knows where I could swap say 1/2 a packet of rocket seeds for some broccolli or other type of seeds.

I know they're only about £1.99 a packet but I'm trying not to spend!!!

DFS

Curry_Queen · 26 April 2005 at 2:16PM

nicki wrote:

I've also planted five garlic cloves (I put garlic in nearly everything and we LOVE garlic bread which can take a whole bulb to make) but so far not even a shoot

Did you put them the right way up? :rotfl:

Galtizz · 26 April 2005 at 2:42PM

nicki wrote:

I've also planted five garlic cloves (I put garlic in nearly everything and we LOVE garlic bread which can take a whole bulb to make) but so far not even a shoot

You have planted the cloves not the bulbs? Did you peel them or cut them or anything? How long have they been in? How deep did you plant them?

I took a clove from a bulb and planted it in a pot with some compost about 1" deep the flat bit at the bottom and the pointy bit at the top. I have read that the fresher the garlic the quicker it will grow so maybe the garlic is quite old? I'm sure it will grow soon and when it does you won't be able to stop it!

If it still isn't growing after a couple of weeks and you've done everything right could you risk digging up a bulb to see what is happening underneath the soil?

I planted mine 5 weeks ago and it is huge now, anyone know when it has finished growing and I can dig it up? I seem to remember it was when the green bit died off?

Noozan · 26 April 2005 at 3:33PM

Downsizing__for_sanity wrote:

Does anyone know if there is any way one can swap seeds over? I have butterhead, cut n'come again lettuce, rocket, and carrot seeds left over. As there are hundreds of seeds in each packet and my garden is only small, I wonder if anyone knows where I could swap say 1/2 a packet of rocket seeds for some broccolli or other type of seeds.

I know they're only about £1.99 a packet but I'm trying not to spend!!!

DFS

There is a seed swap section on the River Cottage forum; http://forum.rivercottage.net/index.php

I would be interested in swapping some seeds, I have purple sprouting broccoli and lots of other veg and flower seeds. If you're interested, send me a pm with what you're after and I'll have a look in my seed box (old shoe box lol)

squeaky · 26 April 2005 at 3:38PM

rchddap1 wrote:

Some of the potatoes in my garden have poked their heads above ground level. Which is fantastic. Mind you, I'll have to get an allotment soon, because the potatoes have been planted within our postage stamp garden. Want more fruit and veg.

I'd be inclined to plant the taters and other cheaper crops in the allotment and keep the salad and good stuff in your garden. As much as you can anyway.

Far too many people regard somebody else's allotment as a free grocery store.

pandas66 · 26 April 2005 at 3:44PM

So happy others are nurturing their baby gardens. I too have seeds over, I did just think of keeping them till next year but if there any use now I'll examin what I have when I get home and post a full list. (a sneaky peek from work here);)

My baby seedlings

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