Germination progress
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igenlodeThe sweet peas are germinating en masse in their jar. The Swan River daisies have come up in embarrassing profusion and will need thinning out; I have been 'thinning' the lettuce seedlings by eating them, but ought to plant up a second batch. Ditto the rocket.
The Oriental poppies popped up suddenly this morning, having been completely invisible yesterday. Two and possibly three of the six calendula seeds I planted have germinated, and half a dozen flax seeds (assuming it actually was flax!)
There are several seedlings among the limanthes, and germination this morning in the second tray of marigolds; I think a few of the frosted ones are managing to put out true leaves between the stubs of their dead seed-leaves, although that tray is mainly occupied by self-sown corn-marigolds -- and what looks like coriander that I definitely didn't plant in there, although the coriander that I did plant hasn't come up yet!
No sign of activity as yet among the rudbeckias or nasturtiums, but in addition to the one sturdy chilli seedling in the'original pot', we now have several other smaller ones showing, which cannot possibly all be from the commercial seed ;-) (In fact, since there has been zero visible development as yet in the 'new' pot that was sown at the same time as those additional seeds were added, it seems more likely that this is the seed sown back at the start of March which is finally reaching the surface...)
The tomatoes need pricking out. (I did eventually reduce the four Roma seedlings to three, but ironically there may have been another late seedling germinating in that pot -- I'm not sure if it is actually a tomato yet...) No sign of life among the second square of towel-tomatoes, but then as it has only been five days that is not really surprising!
The one surviving honesty seedling has been trying to flower despite being only a few inches high, so I have transplanted it into a deeper pot. Ironically I think I have another self-sown honesty plant popping up in the wildflower trough!
The Oriental poppies popped up suddenly this morning, having been completely invisible yesterday. Two and possibly three of the six calendula seeds I planted have germinated, and half a dozen flax seeds (assuming it actually was flax!)
There are several seedlings among the limanthes, and germination this morning in the second tray of marigolds; I think a few of the frosted ones are managing to put out true leaves between the stubs of their dead seed-leaves, although that tray is mainly occupied by self-sown corn-marigolds -- and what looks like coriander that I definitely didn't plant in there, although the coriander that I did plant hasn't come up yet!
No sign of activity as yet among the rudbeckias or nasturtiums, but in addition to the one sturdy chilli seedling in the'original pot', we now have several other smaller ones showing, which cannot possibly all be from the commercial seed ;-) (In fact, since there has been zero visible development as yet in the 'new' pot that was sown at the same time as those additional seeds were added, it seems more likely that this is the seed sown back at the start of March which is finally reaching the surface...)
The tomatoes need pricking out. (I did eventually reduce the four Roma seedlings to three, but ironically there may have been another late seedling germinating in that pot -- I'm not sure if it is actually a tomato yet...) No sign of life among the second square of towel-tomatoes, but then as it has only been five days that is not really surprising!
The one surviving honesty seedling has been trying to flower despite being only a few inches high, so I have transplanted it into a deeper pot. Ironically I think I have another self-sown honesty plant popping up in the wildflower trough!