| Seil Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 06:44 pm: |   |
I have 3 rose seedlings now. All from my mystery rose. I hope I get some more soon.
Sorted out my seeds today and started getting stuff ready to do the starter trays. I've got a wide variety of vegetables and flowers thanks to DJ's generosity. My brother saved a bunch of seeds from some jalapeno peppers he wants me to grow for him too. It should be fun and interesting to see what I get.
I checked my bags of tubers too and the dahlias are still firm and dry and the begonias have some eyes starting to pop! I'm going to have to pot those up right away I guess.
Not much else going on. Snow several times this week and now it's going to get really cold. I spend a lot of time on the computer browsing, working jigsaw puzzles and praying for spring to come soon. |
| Flowerfreak Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 03:10 pm: | |
Just dropping in to say hi & Happy Valentines Day  |
| Seil Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 01:46 pm: | |
Thanks, I hope your Valentine's Day was super special too.
We had company for dinner last night. Alan's computer is on the fritz and our cousin Mike is our favorite techie so we had he and his wife Barb over for supper. I made my sister's easy chicken paprikash and we had my cookie for dessert. After we ate the guys started working on the computer so Barb and I decided to go shopping. Wheew, we had a lot of fun. She got a bunch of new blouses and jeans and I got 3 new tops for spring. It felt good to be out and social for a change. I'm getting tired of hibernating.
Not much news on the garden front. I have three rose seedlings now but I haven't started any of my other seeds yet. Need to get on that one asap. |
| Seil Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 04:14 pm: | |
I'm excited! I started lots of seeds today! What fun. I can hardly wait to see what comes up. I had some seeds from last year for some things and I had saved seeds of of my own from plants I bought last year. Plus DJ sent me a whole slew of seeds for all kinds of cool stuff. THANK YOU DJ!
Here's what I started. (You can all tell me what mistakes I made.)
FLOWERS
Baptisia australis False Indigo Wild Blue Indigo
Convolvulus Blue Enchantment (this looked like the really beautiful deep blue one y'all had last year)
Cyoglossum amabile Chinese Forget-Me-Not Firmamment
Evening Stock
Heliotropium arborescens Heliotrope
Tropaeolum Nasturium Glorious Gleam Mix
Nigella Damascena Love-in-a-Mist Persian Jewels
Antirrhinum majus Snapdragon Black Prince
Petunia Multiflora Old Fashioned Vining Petunia
Misc. Petunia seeds collected from many varieties from last year.
I also potted up the 4 big begonia bulbs I bought last year. When I went to take them out of the brown paper bag I had stored them in they were already sprouting so I know they're alive and kicking. I also had several others that I had saved from begonias I bought in baskets last year so I potted those up too. Don't know if they'll do anything but it was worth a try. I did the same with all the dahlia tubers I dug out last fall. They looked very dry and had no buds or anything so I don't know what they'll do either.
There's several others like sunflowers, poppies and hollyhocks and such but I'll wait and sow those right in the ground in the spring.
On to the VEGGIES
Cucumber Bush Champion
Cantaloupe Hales Best Jumbo
Watermelon Congo
Pumpkin Jack-O-Lanatern
Pumpkin Unknown seeds given to me by my cousin from the pumpkins she carved at Halloween!
Peppers (tons of peppers, they're Al's favorite) California Wonder, Gallo D' Asti (yellow), Quadrato D' Asti Rosso (red) and then 4 different kinds of seeds we saved from peppers, green, red, yellow, orange and lastly some Jalapeno pepper seeds. Don't know if those will grow but we thought we'd try!
Tomato, 4 kinds, 4th of July, Roma VF,Super Marmande and Rutgers Select
Corn Hopi Blue Flour Corn that DJ sent me.
Plus there will be various beans, peas, radish, carrots, onions and lettuces that I'll just sow in the ground.
And after all that I have a list of other seeds we want to get besides. He wants some other kind of hot peppers and a sweet corn of some kind and I didn't have any impatient seeds left (kept an empty packet, duh!) and who knows what else we'll pick up.
I have 10 rose seedlings now too. I've already had to pot up 4 of them as they got too big for the seed starter tray. They are all from 2 varieties both of which are mystery roses. Oh well, as seedlings they'll be a mystery anyway. |
| Growit Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 04:41 pm: | |
HAHA! Not me Seil. I just came to peek at what you would grow. A lot of my faves in there but I rarely grow from seed for my own garden as it is only small and is very full already!
You definitely do things differently across the pond. Far more from seed than most people do here and your own collected seed as well. Not a lot of that goes on in England. I think most people do not have the patience. It is also interesting checking up on some of the stuff you grow. I have never heard of Cyoglossum amabile, also the common name you use may not be the same as here so I may know what it is.
All I do know for sure is with all that growin' and a plantin' goin' on you are going to be one very busy lady lol! |
With all that work to do, I'm glad it's you and not me, Seil! HAHAHA! It sounds like you are going to have a lovely and scrumptious garden this year. Mmmmm.  I cannot wait to see pics of everything.  |
| Bluewillow Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 08:09 am: | |
Seil....you have definitely been busy, and it looks like you are way ahead of the game. LOL |
| Seil Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 10:33 pm: | |
Moira, I decided I spend way too much money on buying annuals each spring so I'm trying to start my own instead to cut some of the costs. Besides it gives me something to do through the winter when I'm itching for spring and a chance to get out in the garden. Some of the seeds DJ sent me (did I tell you thanks, DJ!) I had never heard of before either but I'm always willing to try something new and I like surprises. The convolvulus might be a mistake for me (I'm very leary of vines of any kind) but I've lived through other mistakes before so what the heck.
Oh right, DJ, like your seed list isn't as long as your arm! (oh, BTW, Thank YOu!)
Thanks, Mick. It keeps me out of trouble this time of year when it's way too early to touch anything outside. We have a good 4 to 6 more weeks before I can work outside.
We went to get more potting soil and supplies yesterday. Came home with more seeds too. I got two kinds of Impatiens, English Daisy, African Daisy,Columbine, Dahlia (I didn't know you could grow them from seeds but I guess that would make sense), and Carnations. We also got some sweet corn that's supposed to only be 62 days which is good for here and Al found these radishes called watermelon. He doesn't even eat radishes but they look cool so he wanted them. Got more seed to start, bye! |
Ummm, yeah, I think so. LOL! You are most welcome, Seil.
LOL! Despite having given lots of things away, I can still look over my list and say my arm must be as long as a giraffe's leg. LOL!
HAHAHA!!! |
| Seil Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 06:43 pm: | |
Yippee! I got sprouts! Lots of them. I'm really surprised at how quickly some of them germinated. The veggies and some of the flowers were started last weekend but eve some of the flowers I just started on Wednesday have sprouted. It must be spring. Even the seeds are eager to grow.
These are the seeds I planted on Wednesday.
Just a couple pictures of my rose seedlings.
And some shamrocks just because of St. Pat's Day
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| Seil Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 03:59 pm: | |
I got CORN! One of the blue corns sprouted over night! Alan asked if I was going to be able to transplant corn seedlings come spring. I reminded him that I bought corn plant starters at the nursery last spring at an outrageous price of like $2 apiece. He said, "Oh, OK, this is cheaper then."
He brought home more seeds too! Cabbage and more beans (wax beans, his favorite) and more corn. I told him he has to stop buying seeds now but he said they were only .25 cents a pack. How could he resist. I'm going to have a whole farm growing in my basement soon and heaven only knows where I'm going to plant all this stuff come spring. |
| Drhavanger Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 09:39 pm: | |
Your plants are looking good Seil! |
Hi, Seil! I've sent you an email... |
| Seil Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 02:17 pm: | |
Thanks, Doc.
Got it, DJ, thanks! |
| Seil Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 03:50 pm: | |
Haven't posted in a while. I've been trying to keep up with my seedlings. It's a jungle down there! You can all take a look at these and laugh now.
I started some things too early I guess. I never can time these things very well and I'm always over eager but who knew every seed would germinate. Last year I think I only got about half of them too. Must be DJ's seeds are super powered or something. Oh well, I am having fun!
My basement is a total mess right now because my brother started to put in a bathroom down there last winter. Yep, and it's still all in pieces, some assembly required, strewn all over the place. I did clear off one of the big tables and I think I'm going to start moving things over to that instead of on the floor.
I sure hope spring comes soon so I can get these guys outside! |
| Jak3 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 07:49 pm: | |
Haha, but I'm not really laughing....I did the same thing last year - started my tomatoes and many other things in February. By the time I could put them outside in May, they were monsters! But I must admit I had a wonderful crop!
Adrian and I are going to start our seeds tomorrow - it's March Break for him this week. |
Ugh! Well, I am glad that you are having fun because that does not look like fun. LOL! You know, when May rolls around, you might want to contact the guys who lifted our barn off its foundation and have them move your house off its foundation. Then you could just leave the plants where they are instead of hauling them outside to transplant them. LOL!  |
| Seil Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:55 pm: | |
Well I am hoping for a bumper crop, Julie. We have actually had tomatos for 4th of July! You can never get fresh home grown tomatos too soon. Let us know how you do and good luck with your seeds.
Good idea, DJ, who needs a house anyway, LOL. |
| Flowerfreak Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 10:21 am: | |
Seil, I am in the same boat! I am having fun too, and at the time, I think that is all that matters!
Do you have drain holes in your plastic cups? I tried those one year, but didn't have very much luck. Not many things that I planted seemed to do well in them.
In your 3rd last picture, I noticed you still have a bunch of plants in 1 cell. When do you normally cut them back & leave just one...or don't you? |
| Seil Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 12:55 pm: | |
Lisa, I do punch holes in the bottoms of the cups for drainage. I use the cups because I can get them in bulk at Costco cheap. There's no way I could afford to buy pots for all of this stuff. I like the clear plastic ones best but we got the red ones for the corn because they were much bigger cups. 20oz. I think. I always plant more than one seed per cell in the hope that at least one will come up. This time I think they all decided to come up. It wasn't hard to get the beans or cukes to separate but those ones you see in that picture are petunias and they're so tiny I don't think I'll be able to tease them apart. I know you're supposed to thin them out but I have a terrible time doing that. I can't bring myself to kill some. They're still too small to pot so we'll see what happens. I may just plant them as a clump. I've done that before and amazingly they don't seem to mind it at all. I put them in the cups when they start to hit the seed tray covers. The beans actually grew so fast that they picked the cover right up off the tray! |
