veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

misskool

heynonnynonny wrote: »

Good evening everyone. Hope you get some good gardening weather at some point in your 2 weeks off!!!

Quick question-

my carrots in 25 cm pots - some of the seedlings have sprouted and are close together, I couldn't really see what I was doing and where I was sowing them wih them being so tiny - they are mostly about 1-2cm high now - do I need to thin them out and can I replant the thinned out ones in another pot?? I should have sowed them in rows would have been easier than a random pattern Not to worry I'll sow some more and have another go!

You can thin them now and try to replant them but carrots don't like being transplanted. If you have space and time then go for it. Otherwise just start another pot after you've thinned this one.

Which reminds me that I have to sow some carrots in a pot

paybacktime2008

nonpol wrote: »

Do you guys and gals like pesticides on your food, or do you all try and go organic?

I try to be organic,. I have various evil ways of getting rid of slugs and snails.

elantan

when it finally stopped snowing today hubby got back in the mini digger to apparently level the garden ...and found more stone ...i swear that must be atleast 15 tonne of the stuff by now ... a house ...i mean who in their right mind buries a house in their back garden ? i would like to say that there is no more house left to move ...but i aint holding my breath ... however on the good side i did see the first sign that my potatoes are starting to grow i had a wee green shoot

plans for the rest of the week (weather permitting) clearing out the wee bit at the side of the garden and planting my bulbs, finishing off the edging and figuring out the final position of the polytunnel

hope your all busy and achieving great things

littleme96

Well exciting news - my rosemary seeds have (finally) germinated and I know this isn't veg, but my oriental lily bulbs are starting to come through! Great on both counts as I was a little worried about both of them!

Am also super excited as it's now April which means that I can start hardening off my salad leaves and I can finally plant my seed potatoes! Exciting times! :j

Still waiting for my Dig In seeds, but hopeful as I see that some of you have received yours recently.

heynonnynonny

misskool wrote: »

You can thin them now and try to replant them but carrots don't like being transplanted. If you have space and time then go for it. Otherwise just start another pot after you've thinned this one.

Which reminds me that I have to sow some carrots in a pot

I have done so ta, they look so fragile I'm not surprised they don't take to be repotted. Got 3 on the go now, the last one I just did, sowed them properly this time instead of scattering. Practice and all I guess!!

elantan

wee bit of advice about your rosemary (you probably know this already ) rosemary doesnt like wet feet ... so where possible a dry place for it ... if the leaves start to go brown you might have root rot ... if you do take some cuttings cut off the brown bits and where possible re-pot the rosemary ... can you tell i had to do this last week lol ...

good luck and well done with it

littleme96

elantan wrote: »

wee bit of advice about your rosemary (you probably know this already ) rosemary doesnt like wet feet ... so where possible a dry place for it ... if the leaves start to go brown you might have root rot ... if you do take some cuttings cut off the brown bits and where possible re-pot the rosemary ... can you tell i had to do this last week lol ...

good luck and well done with it

Oh thank you, no I didn't know - I am a complete newbie (but an enthusiastic one!). Will bear that in mind for when it gets a bit bigger as it's just teeny tiny at the moment!

elantan

your doing better than me though ... i am a total newbie too and couldnt even manage it from seed (kept killing things) so i bought a wee bush of one ...then had the problem so had to google it up ... ohhh and rosemary smells amazing

paybacktime2008

heynonnynonny wrote: »

I have done so ta, they look so fragile I'm not surprised they don't take to be repotted. Got 3 on the go now, the last one I just did, sowed them properly this time instead of scattering. Practice and all I guess!!

A tip for sowing small seeds is to mix them with sand then you can see more easily where you have sown them. Might help next time.

kimmee

nonpol wrote: »

Do you guys and gals like pesticides on your food, or do you all try and go organic?

The stuff I grew last year was all organic, don't have a problem with slugs or snails either. I won't use any pesticides again this year.