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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 6, 2011 17:46:44 GMT
My OH and son laid the brick edging of the flower bed yesterday...there are quite a few perennials just starting into growth but it really looks very bare atm...blank canvas    in the conservatory...I have my propagating area... some jade plant cuttings, a few poorly succulents being given tlc and a fuchsia whip for training into a standard  seedlings   |
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Post by lesley on Mar 6, 2011 17:57:35 GMT
Looking good CPB, it's great to see all the seedlings coming up, are they cucumbers in the forth picture ??
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Post by peony on Mar 6, 2011 18:09:55 GMT
Have you decided what plants to put in your flowerbed yet CPB? Nice to have a blank canvas  Your seedlings and cuttings are all looking very healthy |
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Post by steve on Mar 6, 2011 18:11:43 GMT
Looking good CPB, it's great to see all the seedlings coming up, are they cucumbers in the forth picture ?? I think they are the castor oil plant seedlings |
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Post by grindle on Mar 6, 2011 18:17:39 GMT
it's all looking good, I like your potting area ;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 6, 2011 18:47:36 GMT
thanks, they're caster oil plants Lesley...I haven't sown my cucumbers yet...tend not to start them until the end of March. I have lots of ideas...the far corner gets the most sun...so that will be my 'hot area' already have knopfias and heleniums in that bit...but tbh I tend to get over excited and stuff things in as and when...there will definitely be french marigolds (golden gate, Queen Sophie, Romeo, bi-colour honeycomb....I could go on), tagettes (starfire), veronicas, helianthis (Tiffany), verbena bonariensis, dahlias, sweet peas, mina lobata, lupins, cosmos, heliotrope, gazanias, stocks, nasturtiums, nicotiana kirengeshoma, baslam, scabious...erm....I do have another strip to plant up...plus a large pot in the front garden, and I grow flowers for my Dad's garden as well...(he's 89 and registered blind...has a tiny bit of vision so contrasts and scent are important) |
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Post by peony on Mar 6, 2011 18:51:51 GMT
Its going to be bursting at the seams CPB  ;D |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 6, 2011 19:00:19 GMT
I have quite a few large pots to plant up. I generally pop french marigolds in the GH border and around the veg plot... I'm all excited now...I need a cold shower! |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 6, 2011 19:01:57 GMT
I do that kind of planting. It helps to keep weeds down for a start! How long did your Castor oil plants take to germinate? |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 6, 2011 20:06:33 GMT
The ricinus communis impala are all through and took 5-7 days to germinate, the New Zealand Purple are still germinating. I soaked the seed for 24 hours in tepid water (in a heated propagator) before sowing. Close planting....survival of the fittest... |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 6, 2011 20:45:57 GMT
Oh dear - mine have been planted longer than that.  I do hope they're going to appear! |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 7, 2011 21:00:52 GMT
Don't give up sweetie...if they don't appear give me a shout and I'll send you some of my spare seed. |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 7, 2011 21:04:20 GMT
I tipped a pot out to see what the seed was doing - and it hasn't even started to germinate!  That's very kind of you. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 7, 2011 21:06:48 GMT
No problem, do you have yours in a heated propagator?
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Post by floydie on Mar 8, 2011 10:11:33 GMT
I tipped a pot out to see what the seed was doing - and it hasn't even started to germinate! That's very kind of you. Don't think mine are either... they've been sowen ages too but yours longer than mine . |
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Your seedlings and cuttings are all looking very healthy 
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