some of you may remember that i got all keen back in august when we had that warm snap, and planted a whole lot of summer veg (see here and here).
well, i seem to have successfully killed them all!
only two lettuce plants and a tomato actually germinated and then they pegged. i am not going to beat myself up about it. how was i to know we were about to have one of the coldest, wettest Septembers in living memory?!
and i am trying again. when i was replanting them now, i noticed some of the beans had mould on.
i have replanted into the same toilet roll seed starters i was using before (see photo below). for those of you who missed the post, i have done this because it allows me to carefully monitor what grows and what doesn;t, and how much water i am giving them. but best of all, it allows me to plant the little seedlings straight into the pots/ground – no need for messy transplanting which risks damaging their little roots. the toilet roll disintergrates into the soil and the seed grows. well, this is the theory, still keen to see it work.
and this is what i have planted:
- tomatoes (which need at least 16 degrees to germinate)
- beans (which need 10 degrees)
- lettuce (which needs 18 degrees)
- onions (which need a temp over freezing)
i can’t quite understand why the lettuce was the most prolific germinator since it needs the highest temps to germinate, but am going to continue plodding forward until i get stuff to grow. i really want to produce my own veggies. let’s hold thumbs that the warmer weather holds!
