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Lloyd



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Someone told me you can start parsley really early?

Blacksmith



Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 05 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

STILL waiting for my pepper and chilli seeds to do something, 2nd attempt on bathroom window sill above radiator, 2 weeks and still no show?
Planted leeks and parsnips at weekend, in seed trays.
Think id better get digging on the allotment to get some soil ready for them !
Dave

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 05 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Planted my peppers and chillis first of Feb also, they are now about 2 inches high, in the greenhouse.

Pilsbury



Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Planted Beetroot and dwarf french beans in seed trays on 11 march and put them in the cupboard under the stairs which is full of hot water pipes and by the 13th i had 22 beetroot ( out of 30) and 9 dwarf beans (out of 12) the others might still come through but they are on a window sill above a radiator now. I couldn't beleive how quick they shot up.

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Blacksmith wrote:
STILL waiting for my pepper and chilli seeds to do something, 2nd attempt on bathroom window sill above radiator, 2 weeks and still no show?


Give it another week, they really shouldn't take any longer than that

Guest






PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
I find waiting the the Parsely to sprout is the really frustrating one.


Parsley will only readily germinate in a household where the woman wears the trousers (so to speak), so maybe that is the problem. If not, water the drill with boiling water, put in the seed and cover immediately. Parsley can be sown just about any time of the year, especially if you use hot water and a heated propagator.

JonO



Joined: 05 Mar 2005
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Location: South Birmingham
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I planted moneymaker tomato seeds on the window sill, the packet was 3 months out of date and after 3 weeks had nothing tried them again and still got nothing are they slow or dead do you think ?

tahir



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sound dead to me, anybody else?

Gertie



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Location: Yorkshire
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi folks -

Remember, I am the novice.

Just to let you know that a couple of weeks ago Lundy and I sowed some leek seeds and cucumber seeds. All look very good (have only lost 1 cucumber which looked a bit 'stilted') rest are all doing well on the kitchen window, got the leeks in a mini propagator, have some onion seeds which have made an apperance 3 days after been sown.

Think I have boo-booed - I put some carrot seeds into a couple of seed trays which have all done really well, concerned now about transplanting, cos at the minute it looks like I was sowing lawn seed. Anything I can do?

Have just sown some pepper seeds, have some runner beans, courgettes have lots more to sow but when I look at the details on the pack or check the books they are suggesting late March/early April.

Will have to start putting stuff on other windowsills at this rate.

Great fun, though!

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Peppers'll be fine to sow now, but courgettes and beans will get afr too big before they're OK to plant out

Bugs



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

JonO wrote:
moneymaker tomato seeds


Sound dead to me, but on the bright side, now you can grow something more interesting than moneymaker - I read the other day on TKG forum that they are very slow compared to other varieties to ripen/harvest. Grew some last year having free seed and was unimpressed.

Have you got any others to sow, JonO?

Bugs



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

'ullo Gertie,

runner beans and courgettes can definitely wait until April (some squashes/melons until May ...but with your probably shorter season, I don't know whether that would work?).

Maybe you'll have some windowsills spare by then

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi, Bugs. Whats the TKG forum, please?...Is it The Kitchen Garden?....Or summat like that?

JonO



Joined: 05 Mar 2005
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Location: South Birmingham
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 05 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have plenty more things to grow, I was just working my way through slighlty older packets first trying to get the most out of them ! I'll move onto squash and get it started instead !

Cheers


Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 05 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
Hi, Bugs. Whats the TKG forum, please?...Is it The Kitchen Garden?....Or summat like that?


Yup... https://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/forum/default.asp ... absolutely horrific way to run a forum, but some very interesting contributors and I pop in occasionally to see if there's anything interesting. It's a lot quieter than here (so don't forsake us!) and obviously more specific, but definitely worth keeping an eye on.

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