veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

katholicos

Been to B and M and bought a £9.99 4 tier greenhouse thingy....flipping broke two of the plastic joining thingies when erecting it...it's probably my fault so i have wound some bendy wire around the 2 broken joints and hopefully i will get a year or two out of it.

Feel a bit yuck today but managed to get in the garden and make a little area to put some free standing pots away from the patio...i made a little border around the new pot area using £1.49 for 9 push in metal wire edging. I also bought some of those strawberry planter things...99p each and they stack on top of each other.

My brain is addled, its all 'thingys' and 'stuff' today.

Now i have the B & M upright greenhouse thing, can i put anything out doors in it? I have lettuce, courgettes, onions and toms itching to go out. TIA.

Megansmum

MORPH3US wrote: »

2 questions for anyone...

1. Is it ok to use seeds taken from the fruits purchased in the supermarket... i.e. buy some tomatoes I like in Tesco, take some seeds out and plant them? yes give it a go.

2. I understand that I shouldn't really use compost that I grew my tomatoes in again this year because of blight (?) so what should I do with it...?? if you are gonna grow cauli, cabbage any veg that like naff growing conditions - then bung it there or on a flower bed. Google crop rotation and that tells you what is in the same family as toms and what not to use it on. Don't use it on potatoes or aubergines cos their in the same family as toms. hth's.

shelvis - i have completely filled my beds with the b&q 3 for £10 bags! I didn't know you should add topsoil! I planted some strawberry plants out today, the only thing i noticed was how fluffy it was, so i pressed them in really firmly to get rid of air pockets near the roots, then gave them a good water. (10 mins later it decided to rain!):rotfl:

oldskoolretro

Thanks to megansmum and lynzpower for your replies very helpful, havent been around for a couple of days but have found these helpful on my return. I think i might start to plant things outside in pots really soon now hehe, I planted some radishes at the weekend on windowsill and they are already sprouting/showing. wooooo

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WHY WONT IT STOP RAINING.

Am in a sulk. Want to get outside and do some planting and things and everytime I get a spare half hour it throws it down. Not happy.

zarazara

But the rain is needed to make it all grow when it warms up.

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I need to be able to plant it first!! heh heh

Megansmum

totally off topic really, but just seen your signature shelvis - my 2 yr old shares a birthday with your Arthur, but Megan was born 09/08/07 !

lynzpower

oldskoolretro wrote: »

Thanks to megansmum and lynzpower for your replies very helpful, havent been around for a couple of days but have found these helpful on my return. I think i might start to plant things outside in pots really soon now hehe, I planted some radishes at the weekend on windowsill and they are already sprouting/showing. wooooo

Hey I took some other photos yesterday morning, youve just reminded me I have to upload them - give me 10 mins they'll be up

katholicos

Here are a couple of photiws of my seedling so far...i took them on my phone so don't know what the quality will be like.



and

lynzpower

What are they KAth?