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Post by grindle on Mar 6, 2015 5:02:48 GMT
great set up you have there roofy  |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 6, 2015 9:32:56 GMT
Thanks Grindle..and Dianthus. I'm with Daitheplant on this one.... I need a second Polytunnel already !!  It's like.... one Polytunnel for potting in, and storing tools, and "work in progress".... And a second one JUST for putting the germinating (or potted) plants into ! |
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Post by peony on Mar 6, 2015 11:05:49 GMT
Polytunnel looks great roofy  |
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Post by dianthus on Mar 6, 2015 12:39:01 GMT
Thanks Grindle..and Dianthus. I'm with Daitheplant on this one.... I need a second Polytunnel already !! It's like.... one Polytunnel for potting in, and storing tools, and "work in progress".... And a second one JUST for putting the germinating (or potted) plants into ! Isn't that what the spare, south-facing bedroom, is for?
All my trays of peas get started off on the windowsill in there. They can't go in the ground until rooted enough to be rodent proof. Soaking them, overnight, in water with a little white spirit, wasn't deterrent enough for Welsh rodents, whereas it worked well in the Garden of England. 
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Post by daitheplant on Mar 6, 2015 20:51:31 GMT
Roofy, what is your "table" made of and why is it covered?
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 6, 2015 22:40:56 GMT
Roofy, what is your "table" made of and why is it covered? It's made up of plastic bakers trays, Daitheplant. The UnderShop gets his loaves delivered in them, and they stack up for a couple of months before he sends them back, and allows me to keep a couple of dozen. Individually, they look like this...  But I stack them up into piles.Four piles, side by side. (but the third pile is only half-height, to make space for my Soil Box, and hence to make potting easier). But a table made up of bakers trays looks silly and amateurish (compared to the sort of 'proper' wooden tables that many of this forum members build). so I cover them with a tarpaulin to make them look a bit more presentable, and so that the forum members don't laugh at me. I use a similar technique on myself when I go out on dates. And for similar reasons. (but with a slightly smaller tarpaulin ) It doesn't work then, either  |
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Post by dianthus on Mar 6, 2015 23:57:40 GMT
* chuckles at roofgardener's humour.
btw the poor bakery supplying those trays, should get them back.... they are probably wondering why they never have enough trays in the warehouse, to fulfil all their orders. |
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Post by daitheplant on Mar 7, 2015 20:17:04 GMT
Roofy, what is your "table" made of and why is it covered? It's made up of plastic bakers trays, Daitheplant. The UnderShop gets his loaves delivered in them, and they stack up for a couple of months before he sends them back, and allows me to keep a couple of dozen. Individually, they look like this... But I stack them up into piles.Four piles, side by side. (but the third pile is only half-height, to make space for my Soil Box, and hence to make potting easier). But a table made up of bakers trays looks silly and amateurish (compared to the sort of 'proper' wooden tables that many of this forum members build). so I cover them with a tarpaulin to make them look a bit more presentable, and so that the forum members don't laugh at me. I use a similar technique on myself when I go out on dates. And for similar reasons. (but with a slightly smaller tarpaulin ) It doesn't work then, either Now, if you stacked the lower trays the right way up they could be used for storage. You just need the top tray upside down.  |
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Post by SueA on Mar 7, 2015 20:34:51 GMT
roofgardener I'm sure you look perfectly presentable without your tarpaulin, don't hide your light under a bushel (or a tarpaulin!) I've got some of my strawberries planted up in a similar but smaller black plastic crate which I got from a local farm shop - they leave boxes & crates out for you to carry your plants & veg. etc. home in- last year I got a nice wooden crate & planted strawberries in that too. Not sure if you have any farm shops near you but it's worth a look if you do.
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Post by dianthus on Mar 7, 2015 21:42:41 GMT
roofgardener I'm sure you look perfectly presentable without your tarpaulin, don't hide your light under a bushel (or a tarpaulin!) I've got some of my strawberries planted up in a similar but smaller black plastic crate which I got from a local farm shop - they leave boxes & crates out for you to carry your plants & veg. etc. home in- last year I got a nice wooden crate & planted strawberries in that too. Not sure if you have any farm shops near you but it's worth a look if you do. My seed potatoes get chitted in cardboard eggboxes or in newspaper-lined Holland trays, which were used to import tomatoes thirty yrs ago, and are made of wood. |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 8, 2015 7:51:12 GMT
Well, I was up at the crack of dawn thismorning (see timestamp). Big plans afoot !
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Post by dianthus on Mar 8, 2015 9:34:23 GMT
Well, I was up at the crack of dawn thismorning (see timestamp). Big plans afoot ! Sounds like a secret mission. You'd need a mackintosh and a sou'wester if you were trying to garden here, this morning, roofie! |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 10, 2015 14:45:39 GMT
Nope; it was bright and ...well... bright, anyway.
It has been a watershed weekend for the Roofgarden.
Firstly, I planted a bunch more seedlings for my Sisters garden. The total under Propagation now includes the Begonias, Cinereria Silver Dust, Petunia's and Marigolds. Coming next: Pansies and some sort of generic bedding plant seeds.
And THEN I will be able to start thinking about MY seeds (vegetables and 'Erbs).
Two major milestones where passed. Firstly... and I am VERY proud of this.... I planted out my first seed Spudlinks. These where the spudlinks that I GREW last year, so I am now planting 2nd generation Spudlinks.
I've got three bins... literally kitchen rubbish bins (two big ones, one small one.. photo's to follow) with a bit of gravel in the bottom to help drainage. I'm hoping for a bumper crop this year !
The second milestone was beginning my Soil Reclamation cycle. Soil is a big deal on a rooftop... it doesn't grow on trees, you know ? So each year I have to empty my plantpots, preserving as much soils as possible. The plantpots are washed, disinfected, rinsed, and made ready for re-filling. The soil is put into large plastic crates (from Wilkinsons), dried out, and then mixed with a little fresh compost, and some slow-release food pellets, and then finally put back into the pots ready to receive my baby vegetable plants later in the year.
But until now I couldn't do this. I couldn't dry the soil out; everywhere was damp.
NOW, however, with my toasty-dry (well, ish) Polyballoon, I have finally been able to dry the first few boxes of soil out, and the sequence is in full flow !
To celebrate, I went to Church and bought 5 medium-size green troughs and 3 huge black troughs. I'll be planting onion bulbs into the green troughs over the course of this week.
I'll probably use the huge black ones as holding cells to imprison any visitors that don't sufficiently admire my Spudlink Bins !
Photo's to follow..
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Post by daitheplant on Mar 10, 2015 20:21:39 GMT
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 11, 2015 7:21:33 GMT
SILENCE, worm !
<bangs gavel>
Bailif, take the accused away and lock him up for 3 days in Trough No. #2 !!!!
Recorder, please strike the prisoners comments from the record. Soil does NOT grow on leaves; he probably just planted his trees upside down.
Court is adjourned.
<looks at watch>
ZOUNDS.. I'm late for work.
Where the heck did I put my socks ?
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