2021 What I sowed today
Vinny Offline
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#101
I was let down with my Frenchi red torpedo onion seed. They were supposed to be viable to 2022 but nothing has appeared. In desperation I have sown some from another supplier which are out of date.....but we shall see. Smile

I found a packet of unopened leek seeds from 2002 so as an experiment I have sown them. If any do germinate after 19 years I will be very surprised. Rolleyes
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JJB Offline
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#102
(14-02-2021, 04:37 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: Re-sowed  chillies (hot lemon, ancho, fatalii yellow, serrano, habenero maya, cayenne - what a depressing list of failures!) and peppers (long red marconi, asti red, californian gold).
Sowed cabbage earliest of all.

I sowed freebie pepper seeds Long Red Marconi on 24 Jan, had given up and just ignored them,  they have only just popped.  Having given up I sowed 3 more on the surface of a different pot of compost as some pepper instructions say dont exclude light, no show.  I even put some to chit in the airing cupboard on 12 Feb but as yet no sign of life.  Either Long Red Marconi have  temperamental germination or it was a duff pkt.  I might end up with more than necessary. Smile
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Eyren Offline
Hardy perennial
#103
(15-02-2021, 06:37 PM)Mark_Riga Wrote: Sowed 9 different packets of lettuce to see which are still OK. Also 5 different peppers. Not many aubergine seeds so sowed just 3 seeds for now. Do they cross with anything or could I save aubergine seeds without any hassle?

Aubergines are like other Solanaceae, in that they are self-pollinating, and being from the Old World seem unlikely to cross with their New World cousins such as tomatoes or peppers. They will potentially cross-pollinate between varieties, though.

Also you have to leave the fruit until it's overripe and inedible in order for the seeds to develop.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/...gplant.htm
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Broadway Offline
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#104
24 red wilko shallots into modules
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toomanytommytoes Offline
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#105
(17-02-2021, 01:25 PM)JJB Wrote:
(14-02-2021, 04:37 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: Re-sowed  chillies (hot lemon, ancho, fatalii yellow, serrano, habenero maya, cayenne - what a depressing list of failures!) and peppers (long red marconi, asti red, californian gold).
Sowed cabbage earliest of all.

I sowed freebie pepper seeds Long Red Marconi on 24 Jan, had given up and just ignored them,  they have only just popped.  Having given up I sowed 3 more on the surface of a different pot of compost as some pepper instructions say dont exclude light, no show.  I even put some to chit in the airing cupboard on 12 Feb but as yet no sign of life.  Either Long Red Marconi have  temperamental germination or it was a duff pkt.  I might end up with more than necessary. Smile
Last year I had real problems getting Long Red Marconi to germinate. It was a free packet from GrowSeed. Think one out of about twenty seeds came up, so the rest of the packet got chucked into a garden border. Some pepper seeds just seem to be really stubborn, I've got three varieties of sweet pepper refusing to germinate, not old seed and the supplier maintains they have a good germination rate.
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Spec Offline
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#106
Sowed 5 different varieties of tomatoes, 2 with a sow by date of 2018, also some cucumber and courgettes
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PyreneesPlot Offline
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#107
(17-02-2021, 01:25 PM)JJB Wrote:
(14-02-2021, 04:37 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: Re-sowed  chillies (hot lemon, ancho, fatalii yellow, serrano, habenero maya, cayenne - what a depressing list of failures!) and peppers (long red marconi, asti red, californian gold).
Sowed cabbage earliest of all.

I sowed freebie pepper seeds Long Red Marconi on 24 Jan, had given up and just ignored them,  they have only just popped.  Having given up I sowed 3 more on the surface of a different pot of compost as some pepper instructions say dont exclude light, no show.  I even put some to chit in the airing cupboard on 12 Feb but as yet no sign of life.  Either Long Red Marconi have  temperamental germination or it was a duff pkt.  I might end up with more than necessary. Smile

Mine came up fine but I then had a mass damping off event Sad
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JJB Offline
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#108
(17-02-2021, 06:05 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote:
(17-02-2021, 01:25 PM)JJB Wrote:
(14-02-2021, 04:37 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: Re-sowed  chillies (hot lemon, ancho, fatalii yellow, serrano, habenero maya, cayenne - what a depressing list of failures!) and peppers (long red marconi, asti red, californian gold).
Sowed cabbage earliest of all.

I sowed freebie pepper seeds Long Red Marconi on 24 Jan, had given up and just ignored them,  they have only just popped.  Having given up I sowed 3 more on the surface of a different pot of compost as some pepper instructions say dont exclude light, no show.  I even put some to chit in the airing cupboard on 12 Feb but as yet no sign of life.  Either Long Red Marconi have  temperamental germination or it was a duff pkt.  I might end up with more than necessary. Smile
Last year I had real problems getting Long Red Marconi to germinate. It was a free packet from GrowSeed. Think one out of about twenty seeds came up, so the rest of the packet got chucked into a garden border. Some pepper seeds just seem to be really stubborn, I've got three varieties of sweet pepper refusing to germinate, not old seed and the supplier maintains they have a good germination rate.


Are Long Red Marconi  a particularly nice pepper?  I only sowed to have an alternative to orange bell peppers that came up prolifically.
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toomanytommytoes Offline
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#109
I don't know, slugs got into most of them so they were rotting by the time they were picked. Angry They were quite late to ripen.
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Veggie Offline
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#110
Sowed Rainbow Chard, Fordhook Giant Chard, Samish Spinach and Wizard Field beans and Bunyards Exhibition Broad beans.
All in modules - they'll stay indoors at room temp until there are signs of germination.
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