Daughter keeps eating my seedlings! Can I move them to the greehouse?

PeteW

Hiya,

Seeing as I caught my daughter (15 months old) climbing on the back of the sofa so she could eating my seedlings from their seed trays on the window-sill, it would be great if I could move them to the safety of the greenhouse!

At least she's eating her greens though...

But is it too cold at night for them still? I'm in the south east of England.

Cheers

Pete

laurel7172

I'm in Cambridgeshire, and the temperature in my lean-to greenhouse (which stays warmer because the wall acts as a storage radiator) dropped to 3.4C last night.

I'm really not sure I'd risk any tender plants outdoors yet...

charliee_3

i've evicted mine as i wanted my windowsills back, they seem ok so far.. they'll prob all freeze now!

FunkyFairy

Ive moved all mine to the coldframe, so far they are all ok!

veggieblob

Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but could your daughter grow some alfalfa or other edible sprouting seeds that are hers that she can nibble on whenever she likes? She might respect that you can do what you like with yours then and leave them alone?

misskool

Some hardy seedlings are ok to go outside in unheated greenhouse, I have broccoli, leeks, parsnips in there.

It's FAR too cold for tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, aubergines, peppers, chillies, any tender plants. They need the min temp to be 5 or 10C at night.

If you've been growing them inside, you need to stand them outside for 7-10 days to harden them off otherwise the cold will shock them and stunt their growth.

PeteW

veggieblob wrote: »

Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, but could your daughter grow some alfalfa or other edible sprouting seeds that are hers that she can nibble on whenever she likes? She might respect that you can do what you like with yours then and leave them alone?

She's got her own cress seeds growing but she's far too young to understand really - she just likes playing with mud and stuff!

chelms38

PeteW wrote: »

Hiya,

Seeing as I caught my daughter (15 months old) climbing on the back of the sofa so she could eating my seedlings from their seed trays on the window-sill, it would be great if I could move them to the safety of the greenhouse!

At least she's eating her greens though...

But is it too cold at night for them still? I'm in the south east of England.

Cheers

Pete

You could always let her lie on the window sill making sure you water her and see what happens? :rotfl::rotfl:

savemoney

I have seeds in a propagator (not heated) and in cold frame and small plastic greenhouse along with cuttings and seedlings

misskool

I'm ignoring my own wisdom and have some tomatoes in the unheated greenhouse. They got too leggy so repotted as high as I could go with the next size up and if they don't survive, I'm going to sow some more tomorrow.

tbw

I have tomato, cucumber, courgette, runner beans and various flower seedlings in an unheated greenhouse. They have been in there for 2/3 weeks - but I do cover them with 2 or 3 layers of agricultural fleece overnight. That gives a fair bit of protection from possible frost and they have not been set back at all.

Mind you , I am in mid Cornwall and this is a milder part of the country although we are still occasionally getting overnight frost.