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Post by Moonlight on Jan 10, 2013 14:19:17 GMT
to plant sweetpea seeds instead of a flower pot?
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Post by Rosie on Jan 10, 2013 15:54:55 GMT
It is indeed moonlight  , i use them to do mine. The tube can get a little manky and yuk looking but i found it does the seedlings no harm, and you can just plant the whole thing out so no root disturbance ;D ;D |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 10, 2013 17:07:36 GMT
Yes, the ones I sowed in October are all in toilet rolls or kitchen paper rolls.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 10, 2013 19:00:57 GMT
Make sure when you plant out that ALL of the cardboard tube is below the surface to enable it to rot down.
Also only use for SPRING sowings. if you use in October the tube will have disintegrated long befor planting out time.
If you stand the tubes close together in a tray there is a tendency for roots to travel into the neighbouring tube.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 10, 2013 22:22:26 GMT
ok, so what is best to use, a toilet roll, kitchen roll or a kitchen roll with about a third trimmed off?
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 10, 2013 22:36:23 GMT
ok, so what is best to use, a toilet roll, kitchen roll or a kitchen roll with about a third trimmed off? Plastic pipe cut into lengths is also good as you can just slide the plants out when ready. However form personal experience I still prefer 5" clay or plastic pots. there used to be a long narrow clay pot called a 'Long tom' which was useful for individual plants but I doubt you can get them now and anyway, much too fiddly for me. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 14, 2013 12:46:41 GMT
ok, so what is best to use, a toilet roll, kitchen roll or a kitchen roll with about a third trimmed off? Plastic pipe cut into lengths is also good as you can just slide the plants out when ready. However form personal experience I still prefer 5" clay or plastic pots.there used to be a long narrow clay pot called a 'Long tom' which was useful for individual plants but I doubt you can get them now and anyway, much too fiddly for me.
So is it the regular pots that you use then, not pots with extra depth Sweetpea? |
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 14, 2013 12:51:24 GMT
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Post by Cherry on Jan 14, 2013 12:57:30 GMT
Pots are much easier to handle and the roots are tougher than we are led to believe by the makers of special root trainers. I can't remember how many seeds are sown in each 5 in pot. I think I sowed five. It is best if they are the same variety in each pot, then they are absolutely together. Put a rubber band around the blunt end of a pencil at 3/4 in and dib the hole for each.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 14, 2013 13:29:31 GMT
I am also worried about the soak overnight part. Did that with my Anemones and at least one went mouldy.
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 14, 2013 13:42:15 GMT
No need to soak your seed..... ;D....
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 14, 2013 17:58:49 GMT
No need to soak your seed..... ;D.... Not onlyis there no need but it is actually harmful as it stresses the seed. People still do it and get results but always a gamble |
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 14, 2013 18:04:54 GMT
Plastic pipe cut into lengths is also good as you can just slide the plants out when ready. However form personal experience I still prefer 5" clay or plastic pots.there used to be a long narrow clay pot called a 'Long tom' which was useful for individual plants but I doubt you can get them now and anyway, much too fiddly for me.
So is it the regular pots that you use then, not pots with extra depth Sweetpea?I always used clay pots but over the years have reverted to plastic as the clay ones broke and were more expensive. 5" pots with 6 seeds sown in each. The main problem I find is the tendency for the roots to root into the soil below the pot so a cut out circular bit of plastic or similar placed in the bottom of each pot helps to prevent this also checking regularly that the roots don't come through the drain holes. Clay pots are definately the best however. |
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Post by Cherry on Jan 14, 2013 20:06:01 GMT
This is making me want to start again. Have you sown yours Sweetpea?
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Post by sweetpea on Jan 14, 2013 20:16:36 GMT
This is making me want to start again. Have you sown yours Sweetpea? In a word...............No To be honest I have done very little of late, reckon I'm starting to feel my age  Actually the weather as you can guess has been absolutely abysmal this last year and I haven't been able to do any ground preparation but as I am not entering any shows I will be sowing some just for cutting so plenty of time yet. In fact I was looking at where to grow them earlier this afternoon and I think I can manage a few dozen plants. My garden is more shaded than I would wish for sweetpeas but I'm not chasing perfection like I used to. Not too sure which varieties yet but white frills and honeymoon will probably feature. |
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, i use them to do mine. The tube can get a little manky and yuk looking but i found it does the seedlings no harm, and you can just plant the whole thing out so no root disturbance ;D ;D
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