The seed starting itch 😳

[Zigs]

@Logan That jelly bean poppy, is that going to flower in jelly bean colors !! I wanna see that !! I can't get poppies to do well here, too hot for them.

I saw one in my desert book called Arizona Poppy

 

[Anniekay]

I saw one in my desert book called Arizona Poppy

They grow happy, those species, where it's dry and California grows lots of poppies too. Here, they just wither. Probably the humidity along with the heat.

 

[Logan]

@Anniekay yes it should be colours of the jelly beans.

Nice one Logan

I've got a succulent callled Jelly Beans

Thanks Zigs it would be nice to see your succulent called jelly beans.

 

[Tetters]

My seed starting itch needs a good scratch! My celery seeds arrived today, and they sent me the wrong ones They should have been giant red, and they sent one called greensleeves !
Oh well - I'll have a go at a few of those on a window sill and have a look elsewhere for the giant red.

 

[Zigs]

@Anniekay yes it should be colours of the jelly beans.

Thanks Zigs it would be nice to see your succulent called jelly beans.

I'll try to take a pic of one tomorrow if we've still got one in the shop Logan

 

[Zigs]

Found a pic while I was looking through for something else @Logan

Sedum pachyphyllum "Jelly Beans"

 

[olly-buckle]

Planted some saved moneymaker seed on Boxing day, there were issues saving them and I figured if they are not good I need to know to get some more, but from what I saw today I should have some very early tomatoes.

 

[Logan]

Thanks Zigs it looks good.

 

[olly-buckle]

Checked this morning, all the little fungi now have caps on them, not tomatoes after all.

 

[Sheal]

I will have to wait and see if anything appears in the new garden this year. A few shrubs need digging out and ousting and a couple of others need to be moved. I've got some two year old seeds that I'll sow and see if there is any response from those, but I won't be buying any this year as I'm changing the layout of part of the garden.

 

[olly-buckle]

Still more fungi coming up, there are a lot of them, but in between there are a couple of plants just showing. I am doubting everything now, did I spill onion seed? Are they weeds? Will they turn into tomatoes? Maybe I will get some more seed anyway, that should guarantee germination of the saved ones, not that I am superstitious or anything

 

[Zigs]

Still more fungi coming up, there are a lot of them, but in between there are a couple of plants just showing. I am doubting everything now, did I spill onion seed? Are they weeds? Will they turn into tomatoes? Maybe I will get some more seed anyway, that should guarantee germination of the saved ones, not that I am superstitious or anything

I mixed Brimstone with my Onion seed compost before sowing, so far only onions coming up. The Leeks started to push through today too

 

[Anniekay]

I mixed Brimstone with my Onion seed compost before sowing, so far only onions coming up. The Leeks started to push through today too

I see no onions nor leeks...

 

[Anniekay]

Time to get out my paint brush !!

 

[Tetters]

How fantastic, to get those kinds of results in January would be unheard of here. Zigs just said that he actually saw his seedlings had leaned a bit towards the light when the sun managed to peep through temporarily today. Ours have had little light and little heat, that's why I don't usually bother with anything much until about the end of February. Seeing your results there must make winter feel like a friendly time of year

 

[Anniekay]

How fantastic, to get those kinds of results in January would be unheard of here. Zigs just said that he actually saw his seedlings had leaned a bit towards the light when the sun managed to peep through temporarily today. Ours have had little light and little heat, that's why I don't usually bother with anything much until about the end of February. Seeing your results there must make winter feel like a friendly time of year

Yes, it makes gardening more fun because I don't pine away for spring weather to come; I can enjoy seeing my little seedling grow through our short winters and get an early crop in the ground for possibly a May harvest !!

 

[olly-buckle]

I planted two trays, one of my saved seed, one of "Mr Fothergill" commercial seed for comparison. Twelve of mine came up, two days later there were four of the others. I have them on my East facing window sill with a lamp on them, the commercial ones look generally weaker and not as good, hooray, saving is a success.

 

[Zigs]

Took a pic of my Leeks and Girt Onions today, not much to look at but they're up at least

 

[Logan]

Put the propergators in the conservatory ready for next week. The one on the left is a proper one, the one in the middle is a heated tray with a separate lid and the one on the right is the one i use to warm the compost up in a bag.
The aluminium at the back is on cardboard as a light wall. I got the idea when I watched Geoff Hamilton on gardeners world making a light box.

River is inspecting them to see if they're right.

 

[Anniekay]

Everything is growing like crazy. One of the Longkeeper tomato plants had three little flower stalks with four buds on each so... I ripped their heads off !!. Gently cut them off.