Tracy's Seed Sowing Diary

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    I think you have mastered germinating :blue thumb:,i too have sown some tomatoes,various salad leaf,radish,onion and leek plus taken some salvia cuttings,its been mild so im taking my chances :)
     
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      20160221_090626.jpg The spring onions germinated

      since have so many seeds and little space, today will try 4 cucumbers 10 bush beans , and 6 runner beans
       
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        Move some peas to the garden, do an experimental to see if they can survive 20160221_090946.jpg
         
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          I've lobbed some Manx Marvel tomatoes in, but i'm in zone 9a :spinning:
           
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            I also repot my tomatoes seedlings, now one in one pot 20160221_160947.jpg
             
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              The tomatoes are looking good Tracy. Your Peas should be OK outside provided you hardened them off.
               
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                Thanks, because my room is cold, so the tomatoes seems not very leggy

                But as you said, it's too much, i used all my pots...

                I think i will kill some weak ones, before i plant out

                This week is cold, hope the peas will be ok
                 
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                  Today sowed some cucamelon seeds, first try
                   
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                    Sowed cucamelon today, first try
                     
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                    Sowed Golden Berry Little Lanterns Cucumber Delizia F1
                    Pepper sweet Black Knight F1
                    Sweet Pepper Mini Bell Mixed
                     
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                      And sowed lemon grass seeds
                      Hope can have some for cooking soon:yahoo:
                       
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                        Good Morning @Tracy_x, your seedlings look excellent :star:, I can see you are a natural :dbgrtmb:.

                        I've normally sown some tomatoes by now, i generally start some off on 14 Feb but this year I've been too busy with other things, I shall probably wait another week or so then I shall make a start.
                        I'm going to try a different approach with my courgettes this year, I always get a 'glut' so my plan is to sow 2/3 seeds every couple of weeks from the end of March, the biggest problem I have with courgettes is once they get going they really get going! I'm going to put mine in slightly bigger pots this year :dbgrtmb:
                        It's a bit early for beans (I'm guessing you will grow French & or runner beans?) again in previous years I've sown them all together & ended up with a glut, this year I'm going to sow some wait a couple of weeks & sow some more, hopefully that will extend my growing season, there's nothing worse than a runner bean which has gone over & is all Woody :thud:. French beans give a really good crop I like to eat those straight off the plant! Don't forget you will need some 6 ft canes to grow your beans up......ah a trip to the garden centre! I know it's a pain!!!! :lunapic 130165696578242 5: Happy seed sowing :hapfeet:
                         
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                          Put vanilla grass seeds in the freezer and will be starting them up in soil blocks at the end of the month.

                          Started some more tomato seeds as I lost a couple of seedlings when the heater in the greenhouse decided to be temperamental.

                          Have packages of moonflowers and other climbing flowers to start too - but that will have to wait until tomorrow or monday.
                           
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                            Found the Squirting Cucumber seeds that I think @noisette47 sent me a few years back. Mouse ate the first lot I sowed.

                            Put the lot in a pot as I don't know if they'll still be viable :fingers crossed:
                             
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                              Thanks very much for your good suggestions. Because have enough seeds, so can't control to start ...

                              Now the tamatoes are ok. Because the temperature isn't high, so not too big.

                              The Courgette are a little too big and leggy. I plan to sow second batches at first week in April

                              I will grow runner beans, and two French beans, one drawft one hope will give early beans, like fry it with Noddles

                              Below is there photos 20160305_165722.jpg 20160305_165733.jpg 20160305_165820.jpg 20160305_165836.jpg
                               
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