Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

aliasojo

lemonjelly wrote: »

I've decided to bite the bullet. Either this evening, or tomorrow, I'm putting everything into the greenhouse.

Don't you dare!

I don't want to be left moaning and being impatient by myself.

Seriously though, the stuff that's been in my cold porch for ages looked limp the other morning after a particularly cold night and they're used to the low temps.

I took them all in and put them on the dining table and made the family eat off trays on their laps. They weren't happy, but the plants cheered up. :rotfl:

I'm as desperate as you to get things out but I wouldn't right now. (annie told me not to. )

Anyway, if you did, you'd only be tempted to go out there every 5 minutes to see if they're all still alive.

pink_poppy

I've had a lovely afternoon in the potting garage sowing more seeds

My DH reminded me about the (loosely described as) mini greenhouse he bought me a while back (from Woolworths so more like a few years ago ). It's actually like a little metal propagator & it came with pots & herb seeds (sow by Dec 2009 :whistle:) so I've sowed the parsley & chives & will see what happens.

I've also sowed some rosemary (it was a grow in a bag effort from Poundland & I've put a few of the seeds in a couple of pots in the 'mini greenhouse' to compare growth).

What else?? A couple more marigolds & I think that was it??

annie, I think if the cat incident had happened to me I'm not sure if I'd have laughed or cried!! Probably cried but laughed later... a long time later!! I'm glad you mentioned it though as it's something I'll have to keep an eye on as we have a cat.

diddly74

Just a quick interjection. I have one of those little plastic greenhouses, minus a door cos it ripped over the winter. I planted my seeding in there a few weeks ago, and while stuff like cucumbers haven't done anything yet I have toms, nasturtums, marigold, lettuice, beetroot (outside) up and thriving. No protection really. I am in Staffordshire in the Midlands.

pink_poppy

Forgot to ask, how big do the holes in the bottom of the flower buckets have to be??

I've made some holes using a bradawl & a hammer ~ one in the centre of each bucket, 4 around the first ring & 4 around the outer ring so 9 in total per bucket. The holes are about 2mm in diameter ~ is that going to be big enough?? If not, at least I've got good sized pilot holes

aliasojo

pink_poppy wrote: »

Forgot to ask, how big do the holes in the bottom of the flower buckets have to be??

I've made some holes using a bradawl & a hammer ~ one in the centre of each bucket, 4 around the first ring & 4 around the outer ring so 9 in total per bucket. The holes are about 2mm in diameter ~ is that going to be big enough?? If not, at least I've got good sized pilot holes

2mm seems a bit small to me, 4mm or 5mm would have been better I think?

If they are too small they may clog with bits of earth, even if you put stones in the bottom to help with the drainage.

mrbadexample

I think I use a 10mm drill bit.

aliasojo

mrbadexample wrote: »

I think I use a 10mm drill bit.

I use bags of grit from the builder's merchants to line the bottom of the pots with (the cheapest rubbishy stuff, lol), I'd lose half of it if I used a 10mm bit.

lemonjelly

annie123 wrote: »

Lemonjelly...........Dont forget to harden off any grown plants into the greenhouse first, especially any peppers, cuc's, squashes, toms, and anything else warm loving that I can't think of off the top of my head. You'll be really miffed if you walk in there and they're all dead due to shock of temperature :eek:

The plan is to put everything into the pvc greenhouse I have.

mrbadexample wrote: »

I wouldn't just yet, unless you wrap everything up in a nice bit of fleece. I've got a frost forecast for Sunday morning.

Where's that been forecast? (bearing in mind the forecasters have been wrong consistently for the past 2 weeks!:mad:)

lemonjelly

pink_poppy wrote: »

Forgot to ask, how big do the holes in the bottom of the flower buckets have to be??

I've made some holes using a bradawl & a hammer ~ one in the centre of each bucket, 4 around the first ring & 4 around the outer ring so 9 in total per bucket. The holes are about 2mm in diameter ~ is that going to be big enough?? If not, at least I've got good sized pilot holes

aliasojo wrote: »

2mm seems a bit small to me, 4mm or 5mm would have been better I think?

If they are too small they may clog with bits of earth, even if you put stones in the bottom to help with the drainage.

mrbadexample wrote: »

I think I use a 10mm drill bit.

We can overcomplicate this gardening stuff a bit y'know.
Remember in basic terms we put a seed in some mud & it grows. That's pretty much it. This happens everywhere around us without our care in the exact amount of feed/water, times for watering and so on...

As long as the tub has holes in for water to drain, its likely to be ok...

<dons tin hat...>

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

We can overcomplicate this gardening stuff a bit y'know.
Remember in basic terms we put a seed in some mud & it grows. That's pretty much it. This happens everywhere around us without our care in the exact amount of feed/water, times for watering and so on...

As long as the tub has holes in for water to drain, its likely to be ok...

<dons tin hat...>

No tin hats required on my thread, thank you. A woolly one will be quite sufficient.

I don't bother putting anything in the bottom of mine for drainage. Doesn't seem to make any significant difference.