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(28-04-2022, 11:22 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]

(17-04-2022, 06:01 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Last chance saloon for old courgettes today:-
Black Beauty
Mikinos
Tristan
Defender
Alfresco
Astia

Most packets had 8-10 seeds so I've sown the lot.  With my luck, I'll have 60 courgette plants looking for homes...........or I may have none.

There are stirrings in the  compost............green shoots are appearing - Defender and Mikinos so far. I may have  60 plants after all.

Well you know the ironic proverb 'may you live in interesting times', I think we may have coined  a new one 'may you germinate 60 courgettes'

Mustard Spinach
Spinach Medania
Tree Spinach
Perpetual Spinach
Chard Bright Lights
Chard Fordhook

I keep forgetting about chard. Thanks for the reminder, Danny!

Sowed Yin Yang beans, Jacob's cattle beans, Champion of England peas, sweetcorn Incredible, sweetcorn Fiesta, and... Oops how did this happen? Trombocino

Sowed DFB, I know I said I probably wouldn't, but couldn't resist
Slenderette, a new one to me.
Ferrari
Opera, another new one
Aquilon

Put some sweetcorn to chit in the airing cupboard, Picasso and Swift.

(06-04-2022, 09:47 AM)Broadway Wrote: [ -> ]2 each of......

Courgette - Shooting Star/Zucchini
Cucumber - Bush Champion/Mini Munch
Marrow - Long Green Bush
Squash - Butternut Chieftain/Harlequin/Table King/Uchiki/Tromboncino

And yesterday....

Sowed white lisbon and ishikura spring onions in the yard

Sowed some chantenay carrots at the plot

Resown about 65% of the cucurbits due to poor germination. This time sowed in compost rather than the manure/compost mix!

Also sowed some more white lisbon as none of the ishikura has germinated.

Sowed some giant yellow sunflowers and a mix.
Sowed some acorn squash - Table King, Harlequin F1 and Festival F1.

CFB Cobra
Runners Gigantes/Moonlight
Sweetcorn Earlybird

(28-04-2022, 11:22 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]

(17-04-2022, 06:01 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Last chance saloon for old courgettes today:-
Black Beauty (packed 2014) - 8 seeds sown
Mikinos (sow by 2017) - 8 seeds
Tristan (sow by 2016) - 8 seeds
Defender (sow by 2016) - 10 seeds
Alfresco (packed 2013) - 8 seeds
Astia (sow by 2018) - 6 seeds

Most packets had 8-10 seeds so I've sown the lot.  With my luck, I'll have 48 courgette plants looking for homes...........or I may have none.

There are stirrings in the  compost............green shoots are appearing - Defender and Mikinos so far. I may have  60 plants after all.

Astia, Defender & Mikinos have germinated - 11 little babies so far.  I've added sow by dates and seeds in packet sown out of interest. All seeds deserve a chance.

It was dwarf french bean day here, I sowed a mix of colours indoors -
Cala d'Or (yellow)
Nautica (green)
Purple Teepee (purple!)

I'm also attempting to chit the gigantes beans I found in a supermarket.

I sowed beans today too. Couldn't understand why I hadn't sown some Hunter, Fasold or Marvel of Venice. Couldn't find them anywhere amongst the modules. Scratched my head, shrugged my shoulders and put it down to a blonde moment, so sowed some more. Guess what, found them soon afterwards in some peat pots hiding along with the bedding plants. I may be over beaned.