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Post by AJ on Mar 4, 2013 22:32:45 GMT
Decided this year not to use the heated propogator but instead sow seeds that can be sown direct, as they say. However I have, in the past sown these in compost in the cold frame with varying results, mostly good, but sometimes not so good and I'm just wondering if your normal compost is the best medium as surely garden soil has a different make up (I think  ) Any sure fire tips. Just to explain that the plan is to raise them where the rabbits wont devour them before they come into flower and then plant them up in tubs which I have a cunning plan to keep the rabbits away. well that's the theory anyway  |
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Post by ladybird on Mar 5, 2013 10:10:15 GMT
That sounds a good idea AJ, sowing them in a cold frame . We have clay here and sowing direct , even in warm weather produced little, so I will sow lettuces, canendullas , clarkia, and night scented stock in modules or paper pops filled with compost for planting out when they grow to a fair size.
You could actually mix the compost with some soil that way it won`t dry out so easy and the transition to the tubs , if they have soil in , won`t be suck a shock.
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Post by Cherry on Mar 5, 2013 19:55:46 GMT
That is a good idea LB. I have to sow everything into cell trays because of the wild life of every kind here. If I didn't, I would just give up.
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Post by AJ on Mar 5, 2013 21:23:20 GMT
Hold on now ladies, I can't accept credit where credit is not due. It was on this very forum based on the veggie growers like Derek and others that I saw they were starting their veg this way to get a head start. Thought to myself that's a good idea, but my reason was not to get a head start but to stop the seedlings being dug up or devoured by my little bunny friends. Bellis did very well last year, didn't become spindly or sickly looking whilst in the cold frame. They started to flower around november last year, I planted them up in buckets and they are still flowering away with really little or no care.
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Post by libralady on Apr 19, 2015 7:05:16 GMT
Can I have advice please on how to handle delicate Lobelia seedlings. They are growing well but are so delicate I don't know how to grow them on. Should I them pot-on en-bloc or try to pot each fragile seedling singly?
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Post by Cherry on Apr 19, 2015 8:41:30 GMT
Yes, libralady. You can tear the cell into two if they are planted in cells, or lift a few seedlings at a time with your seedling lifter and plant as one. This saves hours of patient work, and you won't need all the germinated seedlings anyway. I have forgotten what this little lifter is called, if I ever knew its name. |
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Post by libralady on Apr 19, 2015 9:15:16 GMT
Many thanks Cherry - that will save some time. Still a lot to learn!
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Post by daitheplant on Apr 19, 2015 19:20:01 GMT
Spot on Cherry.
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