Help MBE grow his dinner 2013.

mrbadexample

Tonight I've sown:

Corno Rosso pepper
Nardello pepper
Unknown variety of chilli from Sandwell Valley Victorian Garden - I posted a pic of it last year.
Rokita pepper
Cayenne pepper
Big Jim pepper
8 assorted chillies from a mixed pack, so I won't know the variety until they're grown. Not one of my best ideas that, as I'll have to keep them all.
Pot Black aubergine
Telepathy cucumber
Esmarald cucumber
All Year Round cauliflower
Olivia kohl rabi
Kumato, just to see if I can get one off to an early start. Don't hold out an awful lot of hope really but worth a punt.

That scratches an itch.

annie123

mrbadexample wrote: »

If I leave them in, will they eventually grow up?

No. They don't grow much after october/november here.
Mine look the same this year, don't think they liked to local cats digging them several times in the summer.
I've pulled them all and made leek and potato soup with them.

Well done on the sowings, you've done more than me.
I was at mums at the weekend and I've convinced her she'd like some tomatoes growing outside this year. Did try for BNS but she doesn't like them so that's a no. So now I have my small garden, part of my sons and a little bit of mums for growing food

Little_Vics

MBE - is that all in your greenhouse?

annie123

Little_Vics wrote: »

MBE - is that all in your greenhouse?

Hope not, his chillis won't germinate as it's too cold!

mrbadexample

In the heated propagator on the windowsill...although the brassicas don't need the heat - I should probably have left them out.

Little_Vics

maybe that's where I'm going wrong - I don't have all these gadgets and propa-whatsits. Just a windowsill and small garden. Sigh.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

maybe that's where I'm going wrong - I don't have all these gadgets and propa-whatsits. Just a windowsill and small garden. Sigh.

In true MSE style it's a non-heated-cheap-as-chips-propagator from B&Q with a heat mat underneath. Nothing fancy but it does the job.

moments_of_sanity

mrbadexample wrote: »

In true MSE style it's a non-heated-cheap-as-chips-propagator from B&Q with a heat mat underneath. Nothing fancy but it does the job.

That is a fantastic idea, wilkinson a have some propagators cheap so will certainly look at this option

NinjaB

Little_Vics wrote: »

maybe that's where I'm going wrong - I don't have all these gadgets and propa-whatsits. Just a windowsill and small garden. Sigh.

I am trying, not saying that it will work, to germinate peppers, cucumbers etc in kitchen roll in ziplock bags. I have hung the bags with a clothes peg to a string of fairy lights and taped the bags to the wall so the lights arent directly touching. As I said, I don't know if this will work but I have enough seed here to try it so if it doesn't work shall just wait a bit longer to sow in the cold frame instead as I have tiny window and rubbish light and no heat mats etc. I read that some people put them on top of their fridges but I have zero heat on top of mine. I shall post if it works or doesn't

Little_Vics

that sounds complicated. I think I'll just sulk and wait.