| #622 |
I'm shattered.
I've done lots and lots of potting on. I find it very hard to compost a viable seedling, so I definitely need to find some people nearby who may take some plants off my hands! Sadly, I probably won't be able to find room
in my own garden for 24 Asturian tree cabbages (I only sowed into two modules!)
I will be composting some of my squash seedlings though. I sowed some seed from a Lidl winter squash that I enjoyed in 2019 (I have no recollection of what it looked like or how big it was and they often have a tray with multiple different squash in the Autumn, so it could be anything). I suspected it wouldn't germinate well, so I sowed it quite densely. Well, every seed in the pot decided it was thrilled to have the chance to live rather than having been dumped in some Grimsby dustbin, so they all blooming germinated! Alas, I know I can't foist my mystery squash off onto people as it may not be true to type or could be completely inedible. So I have potted on five, and will condemn the rest to a pitiful end. Obviously, I can't grow five of them either, so I will have to discard more later. Poor seedlings. It would be so much fun to have a huge garden so I could have an entire field of squash for experiments!
The worst bit was shifting all the pots around at the end. I've moved all the potted on tomatoes to the greenhouse and will just have to cross my fingers they are okay in there. It's a long walk up the garden when you are carrying lots of things and making repeated trips! Some things have come back indoors, but the upstairs things haven't made it further than the hall yet. I'll take a tray each time I go upstairs, honest!
Finally, I have done some watering and surveyed my garden. I have been a bit suspicious about the honeyberry my parents returned to me a few weeks ago, as I was sure it should be leafy and even flowering by now and I was wondering what my parents had done to it while it was under their care. Well, it has leaves now... Leaves that look a lot like a currant! Whoops.
I've done lots and lots of potting on. I find it very hard to compost a viable seedling, so I definitely need to find some people nearby who may take some plants off my hands! Sadly, I probably won't be able to find room
in my own garden for 24 Asturian tree cabbages (I only sowed into two modules!)
I will be composting some of my squash seedlings though. I sowed some seed from a Lidl winter squash that I enjoyed in 2019 (I have no recollection of what it looked like or how big it was and they often have a tray with multiple different squash in the Autumn, so it could be anything). I suspected it wouldn't germinate well, so I sowed it quite densely. Well, every seed in the pot decided it was thrilled to have the chance to live rather than having been dumped in some Grimsby dustbin, so they all blooming germinated! Alas, I know I can't foist my mystery squash off onto people as it may not be true to type or could be completely inedible. So I have potted on five, and will condemn the rest to a pitiful end. Obviously, I can't grow five of them either, so I will have to discard more later. Poor seedlings. It would be so much fun to have a huge garden so I could have an entire field of squash for experiments!
The worst bit was shifting all the pots around at the end. I've moved all the potted on tomatoes to the greenhouse and will just have to cross my fingers they are okay in there. It's a long walk up the garden when you are carrying lots of things and making repeated trips! Some things have come back indoors, but the upstairs things haven't made it further than the hall yet. I'll take a tray each time I go upstairs, honest!
Finally, I have done some watering and surveyed my garden. I have been a bit suspicious about the honeyberry my parents returned to me a few weeks ago, as I was sure it should be leafy and even flowering by now and I was wondering what my parents had done to it while it was under their care. Well, it has leaves now... Leaves that look a lot like a currant! Whoops.
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!
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