Seed Update
The Excel F1 cabbages are roaring away, coming round the bend and taking the chicanes with panache. This picture was taken ten days ago and I have since potted on thirty of these little seedlings. This is in the context of two weeks of really unpredictable weather with gales that seem to have sucked the panes of glass from two sides of the greenhouse. Running repairs and tending these plants is a bit anxiety provoking. But these plants should be of a size to consider planting out by the Easter weekend.
Also spotted after four weeks are the broad beans which are now beginning to rise to the occasion.
The Annagallis sprouted a while ago and is still coming up strong albeit a little bit leggy looking.
The lesson I'm already learning now is that the end of January may be a bit optimistic for sowing seeds in Glasgow. What it has done is slowed the plan down because I have needed some action from the three packets that I sowed on January 27 before moving onto the next set which I had planned to sow three weeks ago.
4 comments:
Well done, looks like you've made a good start to the year. :)
It's all so exciting at the moment, sowing seeds, excitedly checking for seedlings... 'tis great! :)
I'm just envious that you are planting seeds and we're still buried under snow here.
Your wee problem with ground elder has been much on my mind ... I just left a comment for Earthwoman and mentioned ground elder. Pretty soon, I'll be dreaming about it or would that be, having nightmares about it?
The snow is beginning to addle my brain!
My enthusiasm this time of year has to be curbed because the nights here are still so frosty. You must be several weeks behind us up at your latitude! I usually plant my spuds out on Good Friday. Would that be too early in Scotland?
You should stay with what you know best Matron, all the old timers on my plots say that Good Friday is still too early. However, I am reliably informed by Eileen, horticultural expert from Ayrshire, that the epicure potato is the Ayrshire potato which was normally planted in mid March for sale at the May holiday weekend. So, being a great believer in basic trust, this is exactly what I shall do. And will report to you all with the results in May !!
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