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igenlodeI have one more sweet pea seedling popping up from the second batch I sowed a couple of weeks ago; fertility seems to be about one in three. I tried pre-soaking another dozen or so and putting them in a jar as I did with the dwarf peas to such successful effect. Of course if anything like all those seeds germinate I shall have far too many...
The peas are doing quite nicely, although ironically the ones that I sowed incredibly thickly are actually looking more advanced than the ones that were 'properly' spaced out. I was going to say that nothing had germinated yet out of all the seeds I sowed last week, but actually I think a Swan River daisy and a poached-egg plant have come up. Of course lots of 'weeds' are appearing, e.g. poppies, speedwell, chickweed and corn-marigolds :-)
And I think we have one chilli seedling in the original pot, although of course I can't now tell if that was from the 2024 seed I sowed at the beginning of the month or from the left-over commercial seed I added to the pot last week....
I planted up another square of towel-tomatoes yesterday, as I don't think any further germination in the first pot is likely, and my normal quota is six plants across the front of the balcony in order to get a plentiful crop. I have been continuing to put the tomato seedlings outside during the day, but less in order to give them additional warmth than to give them extra light. They are starting to show their first hint of true leaves. One of the Roma seedlings is definitely weaker than the others, but since I have four and only want one (and possibly a spare) that isn't an issue; I should probably pull it out but dislike killing off plants that take so much effort to bring to life ;-)
The peas are doing quite nicely, although ironically the ones that I sowed incredibly thickly are actually looking more advanced than the ones that were 'properly' spaced out. I was going to say that nothing had germinated yet out of all the seeds I sowed last week, but actually I think a Swan River daisy and a poached-egg plant have come up. Of course lots of 'weeds' are appearing, e.g. poppies, speedwell, chickweed and corn-marigolds :-)
And I think we have one chilli seedling in the original pot, although of course I can't now tell if that was from the 2024 seed I sowed at the beginning of the month or from the left-over commercial seed I added to the pot last week....
I planted up another square of towel-tomatoes yesterday, as I don't think any further germination in the first pot is likely, and my normal quota is six plants across the front of the balcony in order to get a plentiful crop. I have been continuing to put the tomato seedlings outside during the day, but less in order to give them additional warmth than to give them extra light. They are starting to show their first hint of true leaves. One of the Roma seedlings is definitely weaker than the others, but since I have four and only want one (and possibly a spare) that isn't an issue; I should probably pull it out but dislike killing off plants that take so much effort to bring to life ;-)