Author Topic: can i just say? (Read 2871 times)

kitty · « **on:** March 23, 2005, 17:01:46 »

i know most of you are horny handed sons of the .er.....turf with lots of experiance.
-but i'm a bit new to growing after a city (and lack of space)enforced break.....and i just wanted to say i've started sowing and my ipomea has sprouted!

this is how i feel ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

by the weekend our big raised bed will be finished and i wll be bunging in me spuds!
and me hunions...and me shallots......and salady bits under a cloche!
kitty
xx

derbex · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2005, 17:17:33 »

Tall & tanned and lean & lovely the girl from ipomea....

sun's out & I'm stuck in the office.

Jeremy

kitty · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2005, 17:25:43 »

hahahhaa! ;D
aaaaaw!
soon be out of the office-the sunshine will last-it better.. ;D

Moggle · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2005, 19:59:23 »

Quote from: kitty on March 23, 2005, 17:01:46

this is how i feel ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I felt like that this afternoon when I found my direct-sown peas and broad beans sprouting out of the ground ;D ;D

GREENWIZARD · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2005, 20:07:16 »

my morning glory was doing fine the other day.checked it this am-dead :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Debs · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2005, 20:08:15 »

dragged 6 yr old son out to greenhouse tonight just so I could proudly show him my germinating seeds ;D

autumn calabrese, big boy tomatoes, chelsea mini f1 toms, parsnips,
rosemary, cucumber (tasty king)...

...must sow more seeds..NO!!!... must get started on assignments :(

Debs

kitty · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2005, 20:12:10 »

debs-do both! ;D
greenwiz-ahhh...still time to sow more tho ay? ;)
i remembered from away back that the little divils are right brittle to handle so i've lashed out on some coir pots so i dont have to heave them out of their pots-

i'm starting to wonder whether me raised bed is going to be big enough...its a kingsize(bed-geddit?)but maybe i ought to add an ensuite......

wardy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2005, 20:28:00 »

Note a sense of hysteria on the old forum tonight due undoubtedly to the warm spring having sprung and everything sprouting right left and centre. I think it's not just March hares that are mad ....... ;D

I have a little ps broccoli seedling that has been about 1/2" long for about a week and has refused to grow any further despite my best efforts. The seed leaves are there but unopened. I have tonight isolated it into some new, warm compost, given it a little talking to and put it under the lights of my cooker hood. If it fails to unfurl or grow a bit by tomorrow it's curtains ;D

kitty · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2005, 20:49:33 »

hmmmmm..curtains ay?

and maybe a smart little duvet and a vase of flowers.. ;D

hares are a favourite of mine!
i paint lots of hares i do and i am lucky enough to see them cavort on the fields -i luv 'em i do!
wardy-on a slightly more serious note-when you say you put them under the cooker light-is that for warmth or actual light? ???
i always thought using a light meant a special sort of bulb-on dull days i paint under a daylight bulb..well2 actually-are they the sort plantsmen use for extending daylight then?
kitty
x

redimp · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2005, 22:36:32 »

Sorry to be a downer but I took the top off some seed trays containing cabbage seedlings and the cat slept on them. Methinks the cat may become fertilizer ;)

Marianne · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2005, 22:40:35 »

hahahahaha Redclanger !

The cat was only trying to help with body heat !

;D

wardy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2005, 22:51:37 »

It seems that pets are inexplicably drawn to seed trays. I think it's jealousy! We lavish so much attention on our seedlings and neglect our doggies and moggies so they flatten em out of spite ;D

Yes I realise I should put my tender charges under a special kind of grow bulb but don't have one so the light of my cooker hood will have to suffice. I checked it a few minutes ago and I think it's unfurled a bit :)

Derek · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2005, 07:06:21 »

Could it be seed tray/litter tray ;)

To a cat is there a difference? Except the obvious.. its softer

Cheers
Derek

aquilegia · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2005, 10:21:58 »

Re: leaves not unfurling. Is the seed case still attached to them? Some of my peppers and tomatoes have had this problem. If you're careful and have a steady hand, you can just pinch them off.

wardy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2005, 13:41:00 »

I've had it under close scrutiny this morning (the seedling that is)! It does not have the seed case still attached but it is still sulking. I fed it with dilute feed, I talked nicely to it and put in my kitchen window. All this attention for one seedling. I think I must be quite loopy :)

kenkew · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2005, 14:08:13 »

That's maybe your problem, Wardy...uncertainty...Now, are you loopy or not, come-on make your mind up.
Cats on seedtrays and my dog on top of newly planted outdoor herb garden. I think I was upset but not too sure.

kitty · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2005, 17:34:13 »

Quote

Sorry to be a downer but I took the top off some seed trays containing cabbage seedlings and the cat slept on them. Methinks the cat may become fertilizer

you're lucky the cat was just having a kip clanger!!
purrrrrr!

ahhh-thanks for the illumination ej-we thought you were a millyunair! ;) ;D

i remember growing roma a few years ago..i couldn't find any seeds...our local w.i. is a good source of cheap veg plants tho..... ;D

Marianne · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2005, 17:35:29 »

Wardy,

I thought of you all day today and of that poor little broccoli seed heading for the chop. I am so glad it has finally shown signs of life !
Well done !
:D ;D

BAGGY · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2005, 17:48:30 »

cat sleeping on seed tray eh ? I thought some seeds needed 'bottom heat'. Obviously not the heat of / from a cat's bottom though .

kitty · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2005, 17:53:56 »

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