Red cabbage
Posted by: Small chilli - 02-04-2021, 08:04 AM - Replies (9)

Firstly apologies this is a ridiculous question    Blush .

Can I save seeds from this red drumhead cabbage?

   

2 reasons for the stupid question.
 1 the flowers are more like side shoots coming from the neck rather than a flower spike coming from the centre of the head.
 2 real seeds on there seed saving page say save from 20 different individuals! I don’t have space to grow 20 red cabbage just for seed saving!

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  Spotted in the woods!
Posted by: Vinny - 01-04-2021, 09:19 PM - Replies (9)

You expect to find the odd daffodil and snowdrop whilst walking in the woods with the dog, but I was surprised to see a tulip as well today. Well off the beaten track so no idea how it got there. It looked so incongruous, I had to take a photo (not a very good one I'm afraid). Smile



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  Over wintered Chilli
Posted by: Scarlet - 01-04-2021, 06:16 PM - Replies (1)

I just had to share....sons chillies growing in his student house. The ones with fruits was left to its own devices over xmas Big Grin

You may be able to spy his new ones started off in a broken kettle Big Grin to the left? 

Well on his way to having green fingers. #proud Mum
   

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  Root Trainers / Beans
Posted by: Broadway - 01-04-2021, 10:19 AM - Replies (1)

Morning Folks

Has anyone sown 2 seeds per cell?

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  What a wonderful idea!
Posted by: Veggie - 01-04-2021, 09:15 AM - Replies (8)

Real Seeds have just posted on FB:-

NEWS RELEASE  We are proud to announce our "SeedID" plugin for Google Lens that allows anyone with a smartphone to identify vegetable seeds. Using an algorithm developed by professor T. Sing-Yu of the Prophytobotanical Institute, this heuristically matches images to variety names , & it allows us to offer for the first time mixed packets of seeds. Just whip out your phone, start Google Lens, point it at the seeds, and the neurally-trained cloud-computing recognition system does the rest.

          

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  Edible Lupins
Posted by: Veggie - 31-03-2021, 10:37 PM - Replies (2)

Didn't know whether to post this in Veg or Flowers but, we're here now.Wink

Many years ago, on Madeira island, I ate some lupini (lupin seeds). It was a festival of some sort, and the celebrants were giving handfuls of these seeds to all and sundry (including me). I didn't have a clue what they were and it took a bit of research to find out.!
Last year, when I saw that Real Seeds were selling them, I bought a packet. https://www.realseeds.co.uk/lupins.html
Didn't get round to sowing them then but, they're staring at me now. However, having had a DuckDuck, I'm not quite so enthusiastic. Garden Organic are a bit underwhelmed by them. https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/edible-lupins

Has anyone tried these things? All contributions welcome.Smile

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  So proud
Posted by: Small chilli - 31-03-2021, 10:28 PM - Replies (9)

My little 1 year old asparagus are doing so well. Even though they’re still very small and 2 or 3 years from harvest. They’re producing better then my 5 year olds .

               


Last photo focused on the back ones but you get the idea.

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  Creating a barrier
Posted by: Spec - 31-03-2021, 06:30 PM - Replies (2)

I want to plant some onions but apart from planting where I have leeks at present, the only other bed I have is where I will be growing peas and beans which apparently are not compatible together, if I split my bed into three section  by growing brasicas in the middle section would that act as a barrier between the onions and the legumes, the bed is 10feet long by 9feet wide and not walked on,  so no need for paths

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  Sizes
Posted by: Small chilli - 31-03-2021, 04:43 PM - Replies (19)

Whenever I make a cake. Which isn’t that often. I never have the right size tin, not ever! It’s infuriating. 
Anyone suffer from this?

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  Last frosts
Posted by: JJB - 31-03-2021, 09:44 AM - Replies (16)

I was looking for the predicted last frost date in our area and found this site

Interactive map of  last frost dates

I was really surprised at the differences in areas.  I'm always amazed at how Veggie can transplant tenders well before me, now I know why, her area is a month different to mine.  It's not fairSmile

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