Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

aliasojo

mrbadexample wrote: »

Only three of the 20 marigolds I've sown have germinated.

*feels better*

Sorry.

cheerfulness4

mrbadexample wrote: »

Only three of the 20 marigolds I've sown have germinated.

Mine still haven't got sown yet. :whistle:

Tomatoes all doing well tho.

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

*feels better*

Sorry.

Oh well, if it helps... :rotfl:

Angelfeathers

furball wrote: »

Can i ask if anyone has the Creative Vegetable Gardening by Joy Larkcom. Is it any better than grow your own by Carol klein, or should i save my pennies, although the apple trees were reduced;)

I haven't caught up with the thread so don't know if anyone else has answered this yet, plus I don't have the Carol Klein one so can't really compare, but the Joy Larkcom one is a very interesting read and has a lot of useful ideas for layout and companion planting, what works well with what and also what varieties are good for what.

The only downside for me is that a lot of the veggies she talks about are rather weird, uncommon ones, but the principles are the same, I guess!

Amarillo

Can I stick my nose in a moment ? Haven't seen the Carol Klein one but have two Joy Larkcom. Her plain 'Grow your own vegetable' is really really good and well worth buying . Wasn't so taken with the other in comparison.

Fay

mrbadexample wrote: »

Only three of the 20 marigolds I've sown have germinated.

I've put mine in a normal little cheap seed tray thing from lidl-the ones with the tray, the seed modules and a clear lid-kind of like a propogator...and left them in the cold (very) greenhouse. Lots have germinated and seem to be growing well. Last year I sowed them directly outside and in pots by the veg plot, they flowered well into November, I was really suprised. I took them out a few weeks ago when I was tidying the garden but even then the plants still looked ok, just no flowers on them.

Aria`s_Tail

mrbadexample wrote: »

When did you sow those?

They are a couple of weeks behind the Rocket. They are sprouting, just tiny shoots. I've a couple of days off next week so will bung them in then.

Aria`s_Tail

:oWell I got a few more bits done yesterday. Got toms and chili seedlings that needed it potted on, another pot of corriander sewn (always have 3 staggered pots on the kitchen windowsill through summer as we use loads!).
I also dug/turned over a bit more of the overgrown grassiness into a border bed down the side of the path and edged it with stolen bricks from next door! Unfortunately snapped my second garden fork doing this. The ground is really full of carp - large rocks/bricks/slabs, plastic bags, bits of industrial chains etc.
Rocket potatos planted in various empty dog food bags and recycling tubs!
Also bought a new camera so will try and get some piccies up over the weekend.

Aria`s_Tail

aliasojo wrote: »

What have I done? My poor marigolds are dying.

Seed sown in heated props then transferred to pots and put in front of the window in a bedroom.

The toms, cucs, peas, basil, parsley etc all seem to be doing fine, it's just the marigolds.

Any ideas? Too wet maybe? Draught/cold spot from window?

I always wait till seedlings have at least 1 good set of proper or 'true' leaves (don't count the little pair that sprout first!) before trying to move them. By then they generally have a better root system. You are right to let them dry out a little, give them a couple of days, they will probabaly recover.

furball

Angelfeathers wrote: »

I haven't caught up with the thread so don't know if anyone else has answered this yet, plus I don't have the Carol Klein one so can't really compare, but the Joy Larkcom one is a very interesting read and has a lot of useful ideas for layout and companion planting, what works well with what and also what varieties are good for what.

The only downside for me is that a lot of the veggies she talks about are rather weird, uncommon ones, but the principles are the same, I guess!

Amarillo wrote: »

Can I stick my nose in a moment ? Haven't seen the Carol Klein one but have two Joy Larkcom. Her plain 'Grow your own vegetable' is really really good and well worth buying . Wasn't so taken with the other in comparison.

Thankyou, i will have a read on the book forum and compare the reviews.