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NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4630
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 17 8:24 pm Post subject:
Oh, you're well ahead! I haven't done anything about squashes yet. Also I think we're due a cold snap tonight?

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 17 6:01 am Post subject:
I've a small electric fan heater (with a thermostat) in the greenhouse to keep the cold at bay. I think it was �10 or even less.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 17 9:53 am Post subject:
a very impressive collection of plants i am not going to embarrass myself with a photo of my 2 mini chilli seedlings

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4630
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 17 5:44 pm Post subject:
I've accidentally bought some selling-off-stock fruit trees, which sliiiiightly reduces available growing space :O

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 17 6:34 am Post subject:
How do you 'accidentally' buy fruit trees, or did you take them on out of pity?

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 17 10:09 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

How do you 'accidentally' buy fruit trees

They sometimes just fall in your trolley as you walk past them and you do realise until you're loading them in to the car.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 17 12:59 pm Post subject:
the onion setts have a 95% + sprouting result as i have limited space most are destined for eating as "spring" onions although some will be allowed to grow on to a middling size

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4630
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 17 5:43 pm Post subject:
Suttons are/were selling all sorts for a fiver

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 17 6:58 am Post subject:
I see Sgt. Colon, at least I think I do. Dpack, you have a good sprouting record. Mine are coming up nicely now, but don't think I have that good a performance. There may still be a few to come though.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 17 12:20 pm Post subject:
with peas and beans 24 hrs in tepid water to hydrate them before planting seems to help a lot with germination rates. if you could see my very sorry looking 2 out of 14 result for chilli seeds my overall germination rating might drop quite a bit. spuds are showing first tips above soil

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4630
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 17 2:34 pm Post subject:
Are some "eating" potatoes treated to prevent sprouting? I chucked a couple of "anya" spuds in a pot (too many in bag to eat!) but absolutely nothing yet.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 17 6:01 pm Post subject:
my ones had been scrubbed before packing and seemed very keen on sprouting in the cloth spud bag.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 17 8:32 pm Post subject:
Sprout suppression

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 17 4:58 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

Sprout suppression

I had no idea that there were such things

Can I assume they are used routinely? If so is there any labelling that indicates what has been used?

Would organic spuds not be treated in this way?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 17 7:58 am Post subject:
Some sort of sprout suppression has been used for years. In the late 1950s, when we used to usually grow all out own potatoes in the UK, there was a crop failure and potatoes were allowed to be imported for eating only. All of them were treated to stop them being used as seed to avoid importing pests and diseases.

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