anyone else developing a germination obsession?

katholicos

sb44 wrote: »

I bet you don't, I bet you will be growing tons more varieties of fruit and veg that you wouldn't even dream of doing now.

I think you might be right about that

Furny

On Sunday my OH wanted crumpets for his breakfast when i replied we didn't have any in his response was..........
" If you wasn't spending all your time peering in to them pots,moving them, watering & talking to them you might have realised we had no crumpets!":eek:

Hmmm last time i book his footie tickets for him!!!!!!!!!!

Kevstir

yeah got the bug

last thursday i sowed 6 sweet peas , 12 cosmos sensation, 6 pepper minimix and 12 tomato minibel

on the saturday 2 of the cosmos were already poking out the soil, checked today and all cosmos are up, 1 is already 2" tall , 2 sweet peas are poking through and 1 tomato.

bought a clematis about a week and a half ago, was 12" when i bought it , repotted it and its now more than double that size

tootallulah

Oh yes I am obsessed. Berlotti beans doing well, sweet peas popping up, Cosmos a few, snap dragons a few, peas doing well, just one tomato though! My dining room and back kitchen are just wannabee greenhouses. I work away from home and only see the seedlings once a week so there is always something new. My problem is where to put them all when I have to pot them on, looks like the bedrooms will have to come into play. I am buying nothing for my garden this year having had a very expensive year last year. I grow the Hestia runner beans that grow as a pot plant, they are great with full size beans on a none climbing plant.

Gopppers

Count me in too... i know its wrong, but sometimes i have the urge to give the soil a little prod to see if anything is happening as well... :S

ALIBOBSY

Me too, its still amazing when those little shoots start poking through.
I am itching to get some more seeds in lol.

ali x

RebekahR

frivolous_fay wrote: »

If seedlings don't appear quick enough, I go digging to find out why not

Oh I so do this too! Hahahaha. A week later im there turning the top little layer over with the name stick incase they got buried too deep! :rotfl:

emilyka

I am also an addict! I have got all sorts in pots germinating- purple sprouting broccoli, chili peppers (2 varieties), sweet peppers, parsnips (pre chitted on kitchen roll and planted into plug plants for minimal root damage). tomatoes (two varieties), basil, chives, parsley etc etc.

Only sign of life from the parsnips and 1 tomato as yet but only planted a week ago.. sooooo excited, the allotment should be brimming this year :jBring on decreasing food bills!!:D

loulou41

Glad am not the only one, I do give the soil a little prod now & then and if it is taking too long to germinate.

meg72

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Another addict here. So far i've got 46 chili seedlings (Cayenne hot, Hot Tepin and Jalapeno) 45 tomato (Gardener's delight, Ailsa Craig, Harbinger and Sungold F1), ten Russian Giant Sunflowers, spring onions, Carrots, herbs etc etc etc.......

I check on them at least twice a day, castigate the wife if she forgets to open the curtains for light etc!!

OMG how many chillies and tomatoes do you want, umless you are planning to sell them on a carboot or own a nursery lol.

Anyway well done, OH and by the way if I were your wife I would tell you to open the curtains yourself. You planted them they are your seeds.

Best of luck with all your plants hope it is a great harvest for you.