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Post by ziggy on Dec 10, 2016 7:49:03 GMT
Is the whitebeam seed the dark blob with a cream line sticking out towards the bottom of the pile in the middle of the photo ziggy ? I was never any good at those 'magic eye' pictures either years ago!  I've got lots of acorns waiting to germinate around our garden - I keep finding them buried by the squirrel! You seem to be having a lot of success with your seeds, you'll soon have a thriving tree nursery. That's the one SueA! You spotted it. What type of acorns do you have? I'm currently trying to grow pin oak, turkey oak, cork oak, holm oak, English oak and red oak.  |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 10, 2016 7:50:38 GMT
that's what I thought as well SueAI love the idea of growing all those trees from seed ziggy wouldn't be any good for me, by the time they looked like trees, I'd be compost Lol. You can't be that old grindle. I am 40 now though so I wish I had been able to start growing trees long before now... :/ |
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Post by grindle on Dec 10, 2016 8:32:57 GMT
 yep past the age of no return
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Post by SueA on Dec 10, 2016 9:36:25 GMT
I'm not sure which oak we have I've always just assumed it's English oak, the tree isn't in our garden it's in the field behind us but I think it might be enclosed in one of the neighbours' gardens, it's massive & was here before the houses were built around 55 years ago so is probably a lot older than that. I'm always worried someone will cut it down, they're very fond of chainsaws around here & every time I hear one I rush to the window to make sure it's safe! I have a few 'baby' oak trees in pots from the squirrel but I pull out the ones in the border if I see them as our garden is quite small, maybe I should leave one or two because as grindle says I'll be long gone before they get big enough to cause trouble! |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 10, 2016 11:09:18 GMT
Wow, you are so lucky. There are no oaks at all in our fields or garden. I gather that in Ireland a lot of the oaks were cut down at a certain time to use as timber (I think?) so there are nowhere near as many as there used to be... I am hoping to change that around here, . I read that the oak tree can sustain a huge number of species of insect and wildlife so I would love to see a couple out there (although I have more than a couple of seedlings currently growing...). It probably is an English oak by you. I'm hoping to grow a few species here to see which ones do best. |
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Post by SueA on Dec 10, 2016 21:50:59 GMT
That will be a lovely legacy to leave there ziggy, I hope they all grow for you. The oak tree here brings in woodpeckers, jays & grey squirrels when the acorns appear & everything from crows, magpies, woodpigeons, collared doves, blackbirds, starlings & finches to the local cats taunted by the magpies to step out onto the outermost branches to try & catch them! |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 11, 2016 8:38:14 GMT
That will be a lovely legacy to leave there ziggy, I hope they all grow for you. The oak tree here brings in woodpeckers, jays & grey squirrels when the acorns appear & everything from crows, magpies, woodpigeons, collared doves, blackbirds, starlings & finches to the local cats taunted by the magpies to step out onto the outermost branches to try & catch them! Fingers crossed SueA. I wonder if squirrels will come along. I have never seen any around here. |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 12, 2016 12:40:46 GMT
So here is a photo of my garlic bed (for progress comparison later..). I just noticed today that 2 or 3 more rows of garlic are popping up. I wrote down the varieties planted in a little green notebook but I don't know where I have put it! Will update when O find it lol.  |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 18, 2016 14:11:28 GMT
First attempt at winter sowing. I saw this method online and thought I would give it a go... No idea if any will germinate. Some of them are old seeds anyway but I thought it would be fun to try.  My whitebeam seeds are doing ok but are understandably leggy right now. I'm hoping they will survive the winter.  |
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Post by SueA on Dec 18, 2016 20:46:52 GMT
How do you get the seedlings out of the bottles ziggy, do you just cut the top half off? I've not come across that method before other than for people growing carrots in bottles, will the seedlings get enough light or do you just get them out as soon as they've germinated so they don't stretch up too much? |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 19, 2016 13:55:32 GMT
How do you get the seedlings out of the bottles ziggy, do you just cut the top half off? I've not come across that method before other than for people growing carrots in bottles, will the seedlings get enough light or do you just get them out as soon as they've germinated so they don't stretch up too much? Yes SueA, I already cut the tops off the bottles and they are just taped back on there for now. I just sowed seeds in the bottles and if they germinate I will open up the tops for them then and eventually snip them off entirely. Apparently it's a pretty hassle free way of growing things that need some period of cold stratification. We shall see... |
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Post by SueA on Dec 19, 2016 22:12:48 GMT
I see now ziggy , I thought the tape was just holding the labels on. Good idea to grow some seeds for very little cost. |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 15:09:37 GMT
Even more juniper! It looks like these seeds have been germinating like mad! They are almost as eager as birch...  |
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Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 15:29:00 GMT
Wow. I just potted on at least 63 juniper seedlings... lol.
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Post by grindle on Dec 24, 2016 6:37:39 GMT
That is a lot of trees ziggy you'll have your forest in no time |
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yep past the age of no return 
