Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

aliasojo

I didn't think so, they were in a sheltered corner. The most they'd have had would have been a wee breeze.

I'm off to Tesco today to buy several caulis and broccs. I'm going to sit them on my planters and tell the kids they grew overnight. :rotfl:

annie123

Alias when I first harden off, unless it's shot up to 18c-20c, I only put them out for an hour or two first day, increasing it by an hour each day.
It could be that they were too cold for too long and having freshly wet soil could have made their tootsies feel cold too.
Keep them warm and they may perk up by this afternoon if they haven't lost all their leaves, and maybe next time, pop a cover over them whist outside at first?
If you have lost them you have plenty of time to sow more.

Noticed my 4 year old blueberry hadn't opened it's leaf buds (the other 2 younger ones are fine) yesterday and looking at the soil it was soaking. It's been in the same pot for 2 years with no problems but it's never had to put up with twice the amount of rain it would expect non stop for 3 weeks and the drainage holes just weren't enough.
So have repotted it with extra gravel at the bottom and will keep my fingers crossed it survives.
My raspberries however have gone mad with runners this year, they are coming up everywhere and have loads of little flower buds on:D

aliasojo

annie123 wrote: »

Alias when I first harden off, unless it's shot up to 18c-20c, I only put them out for an hour or two first day, increasing it by an hour each day.
It could be that they were too cold for too long and having freshly wet soil could have made their tootsies feel cold too.

Ah, they were out for a good 5 hours I think. Probably far too much too soon then.

*goes off to find the seed packets and start again*

Sambucus_Nigra

aliasojo wrote: »

It was a lovely sunny day here yesterday so I watered all my trays of plants and took them from the porch and sat them outside for a wee while.

They were brought in again around 5pm and sat back in the porch.

This morning, all my cauliflower and broccoli have wilted. They're limp and the leaves are withered.

There's no way they will come back to life, they look far too gone for that.

Any ideas why this would have happened? No beastie damages as far as I can see, so it must have been the watering or the sun?

Cauli and broc were probably too warm in the first place. They don't need heat and all mine have germinated in my unheated greenhouse. Brassicas do not like heat and will wither if they go from warm to cold.

aliasojo

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Cauli and broc were probably too warm in the first place. They don't need heat and all mine have germinated in my unheated greenhouse. Brassicas do not like heat and will wither if they go from warm to cold.

They were in my cold porch before they were put out so if anything it would have been the other way round I think?

(Night temps are around 11 degrees, day temps around 15/16 degrees on average)

I think the sunny patch they were sat in outside would have been warmer than that.

Too cold to too warm?

mrbadexample

Morning all. Day off today, so if the rain holds off that would be handy.

The patch of grass in front of my shed has become a squelchy mess, devoid of growth and slippery. So I thought I'd look for some of those plastic grids you can get, just to help out for the time being. So I find these on eBay, but the postage is a bit steep.

So, where are they based, and can I collect? 2.7 miles away and yes. :j

I'm a jammy sod at times.

pink_poppy

Weather is grey, cloudy, cold, drizzly...

But... I have a rosemary coming :j And a cayenne chilli :j Amazed by the chilli because it said on the box it could take 30 days & it's only been about half that time. It must approve of central heating heat, because we've certainly had no sun to help it germinate

I think I need to repot my solitary nasturtium as I can see roots at the bottom of the yoghurt pot so will do that today. Might sow some more actually as I don't think one plant is going to do much

pink_poppy

mrbadexample wrote: »

I'm a jammy sod at times.

Yes, you are!!

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aliasojo

pink_poppy wrote: »

I think I need to repot my solitary nasturtium as I can see roots at the bottom of the yoghurt pot so will do that today. Might sow some more actually as I don't think one plant is going to do much

Bless. Sow it some friends for goodness sake. :rotfl:

I've got some that have sprouted really quickly but Heaven knows where they are going.

I didn't know they were good companion plants....

http://igrowveg.com/2010/07/5-reasons-why-you-should-grow-nasturtiums-near-vegetables/

Between my marigolds and my nasturtiums, my veg should hopefully stand a chance this year.

aliasojo

pink_poppy wrote: »

Yes, you are!!

21 flower buckets for 99p
Free york stone

I'm sure there's plenty more!!

Don't forget the MSE freebie book!. Grrrr!

:rotfl: