Sergei Slovenija
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It is necessary to stratify 100 small seeds, the size of a hungry louse. Hard labor!
The cherry tree planted last year has blossom.
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I sprinkled my tiny celery seeds on top of sieved growth medium, cling filmed it over ,then put them in the freezer for two days , then the fridge for 24 hrs. , then removed the film , gave a misting spray and put them on a bright but not sunny window cill with perforated film & half a sheet of white paper over them . Checking daily and as soon as I saw evidence of sprouting removed the film & paper then grew them on to an inch or so long before individually potting them upIt is necessary to stratify 100 small seeds, the size of a hungry louse. Hard labor!
Gutted, I took 3 banana plants in from the garden last autumn and have been keeping them growing in the house overwinter, they have been doing great. They went back out to the garden last week, still in pots, no frosts were forecast but we got one. Half the leaves now killed off. Very peed off with myself.
Have you got any photos of these tubes in use?I suspect we will have late May frosts this year if the four week delay in planting / sowing weather is any thing to go by . I'd hang on to chitted spuds in the glasshouse too for another week before planting in slightly deeper than usual trenches . The spuds being in a bit deeper will help as well if we get a scorcher later on , they will soon catch up as will kost other crops .
I'm thinking of setting up 130 of my bottomless seed growing tubes and starting my flyaway carrots off..... one seed per tube in the glasshouse as they don't germinate well if the soil is much below 12 oC last years carrot crop was terrible , over half were sown direct at normal time and the remainder were sown a fortnight later the earlier sowings failed dismally .