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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 3, 2011 19:03:53 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2011 23:23:26 GMT
Oh, I need to look further down the page when I open a board. I missed seeing this update. What stout little plants you've made, Cheery!
Yeah - give the sweet potato chits loose, sandy soil and heat and you might be pleasantly surprised.
I came in here for some advice, please. I just cut back a very prolific petunia and saved all the dried seed heads. What should I do with the seeds? They're very fine. Can I just sprinkle them on some potting soil? It's very hot here right now. The grown-up petunias like that. Would seeds sprout in this heat?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2011 18:46:04 GMT
I finally cut and used some of my first dill grown on the kitchen windowsill this spring.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 12, 2011 17:29:10 GMT
YAY! Farmer Kerouac.... ;D I've had an interesting afternoon trying to work out where to plant some of the plants I've grown from seed.....as usual I have far too many Sooooo...I've planted... 3 cleome Cherry Queen 3 Cosmos Sonata 5 verbena bonariensis 3 nicotiana perfume-mix 5 stocks (night scented) 3 big blousy stocks 1 Nepeta 6 brachycomb 5 tagetes 5 french marigolds (mixed) 5 nasturtium 'apricot double' 3 nasturtium 'mahogany gleam' 3 nasturtium 'cobra' Planted dahlias 'tahoma star' and 'Bishop of Oxford' in large pots Then did some general pot shuffling in the greenhouse and cold frame.....and put some more stuff out to harden off. I shall take more to Dad's on Sunday and share them with the family...and taking a ricinus or two to work tomorrow for a mate....very satisfying. Now we'll get a frost
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2011 22:08:43 GMT
And my little question -- it just got shuffled off to one side?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 13, 2011 16:39:19 GMT
Ooooh nooo Bixa. Some of the things that I've planted flower quite early on in the season and will be over quite quickly, so I have stuff ready to go into the gaps they leave in the border.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 13, 2011 16:51:34 GMT
've had an interesting afternoon trying to work out where to plant some of the plants I've grown from seed..... The constant dilemma. It's even worse for a skilled gardener such as you, since you can't fool yourself about how much space those babies will eventually take up. I came in here for some advice, please. I just cut back a very prolific petunia and saved all the dried seed heads. What should I do with the seeds? They're very fine. Can I just sprinkle them on some potting soil? It's very hot here right now. The grown-up petunias like that. Would seeds sprout in this heat? ^^^AHEM^^^AHEM^^^AHEM
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 14, 2011 8:37:57 GMT
Oh, I need to look further down the page when I open a board. I missed seeing this update. What stout little plants you've made, Cheery! Yeah - give the sweet potato chits loose, sandy soil and heat and you might be pleasantly surprised. I came in here for some advice, please. I just cut back a very prolific petunia and saved all the dried seed heads. What should I do with the seeds? They're very fine. Can I just sprinkle them on some potting soil? It's very hot here right now. The grown-up petunias like that. Would seeds sprout in this heat? Sorry Sweetness....forgot to reply to your question! tbh I've never grown petunias from collected seed. If the plants are fertile (ie not F1 hybrids) then I can't see why they wouldn't grow. In your climate they're not going to be chilled are they? As the seed is so fine it wouldn't need covering....petunias wouldn't be ready to flower for at least 12 weeks as they are teeny seedlings. I've never managed to grow them from seed as I've always struggled with really small (dust like) seeds. I would say that you'd have to watch that they didn't dry out....don't soak them but keep the compost slightly moist... Go for it ;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 14, 2011 8:39:28 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 14, 2011 15:21:01 GMT
Thanks so much, Cheery! I know it seems lazy to ask in here rather than look it up, but so often internet advice seems too breezy & not from personal experience.
Hmmm. I think I'll sieve some leafy compost I have & try to use that. The link you gave me is really complete & practical. Thanks again.
The seeds are from a very small-flowered petunia, striped purple & white. It flowered & set seed so readily that I'd like to see if I could get vigorous offspring from it. It will be interesting to see if they'd be the same color as the parent.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2011 19:04:31 GMT
My little pot where I sprinkled a few of the "mixed wildflowers" seeds continues to grow slowly but surely. I am getting impatient already, but I think I am going to have to wait at least a month.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2011 20:02:08 GMT
Maybe longer. That coreopsis that jack-in-the-beanstalked on me sat around sedately for ages before it suddenly turned into mega-plant.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 3, 2011 20:44:24 GMT
Cut and come again lettuce leaves....so easy and absolutely scrumptious....
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Post by rikita on Jun 5, 2011 17:52:34 GMT
my radishes refuse to grow these days, and the mangold is staying tiny too...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2011 17:58:29 GMT
I added a few dill seeds to my dill pots, as the existing plants are approaching their climax.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 2, 2012 16:10:44 GMT
I just ordered some seeds for this year ;D
Nasturtium 'Tom Thumb Mixed' Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Starlight Rose' Nasturtium 'Whirlybird Cherry' Trifolium rubens Francoa sonchifolia 'Pink Giant' Geranium 'Horizon Pink Meteor' Mimosa nuttallii 'Pink Sparkles' Centranthus 'Star Ruber Mixed'
it's a start....
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Post by rikita on Jan 5, 2012 13:50:44 GMT
maybe i should start putting out seeds - looks like winter is not coming this year anyway...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 5, 2012 20:37:23 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 9, 2012 20:52:53 GMT
Isn't it purty ? ;D
I'm having to sit on my hands a bit...it's far too early to sow anything yet. Here in the East Midlands it's best to wait until March.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 9, 2012 20:54:49 GMT
I also have
Cucumber 'La Diva'
Schizanthus 'Dr Badger' - Butterfly plant
Didiscus 'Blue Lace' - (syn. Trachymene 'Blue Lace')
Zinnia elegans 'Cactus Orange'
Tithonia rotundiflora 'Torch' - Mexican Sunflower
Salvia patens
Verbena rigida
;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 9, 2012 20:56:37 GMT
Of course I ordered the Mexican Sunflower because it reminded me of Bixa ;D and it's a gorgeous plant with a lovely latin name... tithonia rotundifolia .
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2012 22:28:37 GMT
And wouldn't that Latin name make a fine, fine internet handle?!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 13, 2012 6:00:12 GMT
Check this out ~~ origami seed pots from newspaper: Click the picture for instructions.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 13, 2012 7:28:30 GMT
Bixa, that is a BRILLIANT idea Thank you so much for sharing this - I would take my seedlings when sprouted and healthy and plant them directly into a flower bed or veg patch, newspaper and all! I don't think the newspaper ink will do any harm - I'm sure they don't print with anything toxic these days. Thank you again, I can't wait to try it out this spring (August)/Sept).
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 13, 2012 18:54:56 GMT
Well I shall give it a go I always run out of pots when I'm pricking out....
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 16, 2012 15:45:17 GMT
I think tearing the bottom out of those pots would be a good idea when planting out -- some of the sides, too, if possible. In the past I've found that some of those "plant pot & all" pots don't decompose the way they should.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2012 17:55:35 GMT
I just planted my dill seeds yesterday. And this weekend, I will throw some of my "miscellaneous wildflower" seeds in another pot. Spring has sprung.
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Post by rikita on Mar 19, 2012 15:58:49 GMT
planted dill seeds today.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 17:08:53 GMT
My dill is making pitiful sprouts. The "miscellaneous wildflowers" are sprouting enthusiastically, however, and are already way ahead of the dill.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 17:57:19 GMT
I planted some of these last week. I had never seen them offered before and am now wishing I had bought more.Hopefully I will be able to harvest my own seeds to plant!! Padron Peppers, (great for tapas!!)
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