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Seeds - seedlings - what next?
I am a relative idiot when it comes to gardening, but I want results.
I planted a load of seeds about a month ago, and all of them seem to be making good progress.
Yesterday, I even took some of the seedlings, and transferred them to individual plug pots because they had reached a decent size - marigolds, leaf salad and basil.
Now, I did do this around forty years ago, in my youth, when a mate's dad owned a nursery, and I could earn a bit of pocket money by doing the "pricking out" (a term which would send young lads into fits of giggles;)).
However I never saw the next stage, and I wondered what to expect from the progress of the seedlings
Does each seedling turn into a whole plant, or in the case of basil and leaf salad, do you have to plant in twos and threes to get a good result?
Can I therefore expect around eighty marigold plants and a similar number of basil in another month's time?
I must say the OH was viewing them as a money making opportunity, considering what you pay for plants in garden centres, and fresh herbs in supermarkets.
Today my growhouse - tomorrow Chelsea flower show:D
I planted a load of seeds about a month ago, and all of them seem to be making good progress.
Yesterday, I even took some of the seedlings, and transferred them to individual plug pots because they had reached a decent size - marigolds, leaf salad and basil.
Now, I did do this around forty years ago, in my youth, when a mate's dad owned a nursery, and I could earn a bit of pocket money by doing the "pricking out" (a term which would send young lads into fits of giggles;)).
However I never saw the next stage, and I wondered what to expect from the progress of the seedlings
Does each seedling turn into a whole plant, or in the case of basil and leaf salad, do you have to plant in twos and threes to get a good result?
Can I therefore expect around eighty marigold plants and a similar number of basil in another month's time?
I must say the OH was viewing them as a money making opportunity, considering what you pay for plants in garden centres, and fresh herbs in supermarkets.
Today my growhouse - tomorrow Chelsea flower show:D
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Every seedling turns into a plant, so 80 marigolds are yes
As an amateur I would just use one seedling of basil / leaf salad, but Asda & co know better for commercial opportunity & seems to sow / plant about 3 or 4 in pot so it gives quick bulk
Money making, maybe, but I would not pin your retirement on it. I found people, years ago [I suspect I am in your age bracket] are willing to pay a few quid in the supermarket / garden centre, but object to paying 50p for a better plant from an amateurEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens0 -
Every seedling turns into a plant, so 80 marigolds are yes
As an amateur I would just use one seedling of basil / leaf salad, but Asda & co know better for commercial opportunity & seems to sow / plant about 3 or 4 in pot so it gives quick bulk
Money making, maybe, but I would not pin your retirement on it. I found people, years ago [I suspect I am in your age bracket] are willing to pay a few quid in the supermarket / garden centre, but object to paying 50p for a better plant from an amateur
I am the realist, this is for us, not commercial.
Thanks to you, I may look forward to some good plants - 80 marigolds would look good in the new raised beds.0 -
I am the realist, this is for us, not commercial.
Thanks to you, I may look forward to some good plants - 80 marigolds would look good in the new raised beds.
They would make a grand, eye smacking, displayEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens0
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