My baby seedlings

Jay-Jay_4

You mean you want me to rip his head off ? :eek:


I'll give him a few more days then I'll do it. So he'll get bushier once his head's off will he?

moggins

Yep, once you stop them growing upwards they start growing outwards instead

Bit like a man really!

pandas66

Ive been busy tending my flock today. Some our planted into their final homes others just needed a bit of room. But its dropped in temp here so I've been a brought a few smaller ones in tonight. I wish I'd heard the cup final tip earlier, I like that one. Peppers coming along well, going to start 2nd crop next B/Hols. So proud here.

nicki_2

My kitchen is awash with seedlings that I've thinned out. I've actually reached the point of no plant pots and a lack of compost now. I'll have to leave planting anything else for the minute until I am able to plant some things in the garden other than just my garlic, which I only did because I needed the pot for my onion seedlings!

So far my total is (please note these are in pots and still need to be planted out so no doubt I'll loose some)
Lettuce : 116:eek:
Tomato : 110:eek:
Onion : 68:eek:
3 pots of basil

Fortunately its stuff that I use on a very regular basis so they won't actually last that long once they are mature enough to use.

Edited to add : I meant to add that this doesn't include any seedlings that haven't come up yet that are still in the pots. I deliberately switched pot contents around if I had to reuse a pot as I potted things up so if a seedling comes through in the lettuce pot that doesn't look like a lettuce seedling I know it's either an onion or a tomato which I can then put in a pot with its own kind

Trying2Save_3

I use yoghurt pots after putting a couple of holes in the bottom, someone on anther thread said they use the cardboard middles from toilet rolls and kitchen roll - you can then plant the whole lot. You can also recycle the plastic cups out of coffee machines. Another buddy at the allotment actually buys the thin plastic cups and puts a hole in the bottom, says its cheaper than flower pots. :wave:

Jay-Jay_4

Well I was rearranging my spindly runner bean today and unwittingly snapped his head off :rolleyes:

Is 'pinching out' the same as 'snapping the top 3 inches off'?

moggins

Not quite but it will have the same effect :rotfl:

Jay-Jay_4

moggins wrote:

Not quite but it will have the same effect :rotfl:

Watch this space........:rolleyes: I may get reported to child-line yet!

MrsMW

Did it hurt?
I have spent 3 years training a fuchsia into a standard and the stem was lovely and long and had outgrown its stick so I got the scissors and carefully cut through the string and through the stem. I'll swear I felt it, couldn't believe what I'd done. Anyway I'm pleased to say that the remaining stump is sprouting new leaves.

Jay-Jay_4

MrsMW wrote:

Did it hurt?
I have spent 3 years training a fuchsia into a standard and the stem was lovely and long and had outgrown its stick so I got the scissors and carefully cut through the string and through the stem. I'll swear I felt it, couldn't believe what I'd done. Anyway I'm pleased to say that the remaining stump is sprouting new leaves.

Oh NOOOOO! :eek: I bet there was some interesting language . Oh well at least it's still alive and hasn't withered to death!

My runner is still upright at the moment :rolleyes: