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(17-05-2025, 10:40 AM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: (17-05-2025, 09:39 AM)JJB Wrote: I resowed yet some more FB that went mushy. Half of my Swift sweetcorn went mushy in the compost, luckily half is enough for what I need. I think the compost was too wet and the nights have been too cool for them to germinate well in the greenhouse. I'm finding my compost is drying out on the surface but is still very moist underneath. I think this is why I have such good success with germinating in coir, it retains moisture very well so I don't usually water it again after sowing until seeds have popped up. Coir also stays very loose and doesn't form a hard cap on the surface. I see a lot of professional peat-free seed composts contain a wetting agent to stop them drying out so quickly. Watering has always been hit nd miss with coir, hasn't it? My mistake might be over watering, or alternatively, underwatering, having overcompensated for the coir looking dry on top and assuming there was dampness underneath when in reality the poor things were gasping for a drink. Like you it's not the end of the world for FB I've far too many for the space I have. I assumed my Swift failures were due to old seed so I've direct sown some new seed into root trainers and I'm hoping for the best, they've not shown their faces yet.
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Sowed Tagetes under the tomatoes in the GH.
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Sowed 2nd row of carrots now the first is showing.
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Bren
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My Bluilhild beans FCB I've left them on a bedroom windowsill.
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Sown rest of packet of borlotto CFB due to poor germination of the first half of the packet.
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I'll have to sow another row of beetroot as the first succumbed to drought. Sowed some old seed of parsley, I don’t have much hope there though.
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More climbing french beans as some had failed and I only sow one bean per root trainer module. Bah!
Ipomoea and Canary Creeper climbers.
Valentine sunflowers.
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Some of my Swift sweetcorn failed so resowed some Lark.
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Sown DFB Atlanta in gaps
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26-05-2025, 11:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 26-05-2025, 08:26 PM by Bren.)
Mixed lettuce leaves, basil, and a couple of spring onions.
A bucket full of chard, it should  be enough for this evenings Saag aloo.
Whoops posted on the wrong thread.
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