February in the greenhouse

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February in the greenhouse

Yesterday (15th Feb) I had everything I needed so my Green & Red Peppers have finally been sown! At the same time I sowed some of the tomato seeds she brought me back as well as some Water Melon seeds. These last were sown in small individual black pots, two to a pot, 16 fit in a standard seedtray. The rest of the seeds were sown in seedtrays & even labelled! The pencil supplied with the labels is practically useless, you can’t see what you are trying to write on them! So I wrote on them with a black marker pen I had in the greenhouse. Should try to remember to take a finer one down just for label writing.

There are two different types of Red Peppers here:

These are the others:

They are seeds my wife brought me back from her trip to Spain last September. I was surprised when I opened the packets to find that the seed inside is loose & not in little foil envelopes! The whole pkt is one big foil envelope! When I looked a little more closely at the front of the pkt I saw there are 5gm of seeds in each pkt!!! Hundreds of seeds in each one!!!

Tomatoes:

Water Melons:

Here is a Crocus flowing in a pot of my Fuchsias in the GH on the plot. If the day hadn’t been warm I might have missed it! I turned it around to get a better look & to take a photo of it!

Back next week with another blog to kick off the allotment season 2011! :)

16 Feb, 2011
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Red_aly

Good luck with your seeds! You will have quite a harvest. :-)

16 Feb, 2011

Joanella

Hi Balcony,just caught your blog before going off to bed, great to see you have started your planting ,is your greenhouse heated ? good luck with your seeds,i planted beans & peas in the cold greenhouse todayi hope they will come up..almost everything i have planted so far has died ( in spare bedroom ) so have to start again with them..tomato,courgetts,onion i have melon need re-potting but frightened they will die if i do so..i agree with you about the pencil with labels.. useless..i use C.D.marker pens for mine..doesnt wash off or fade & pretty fine nibs for writing with ( £1 shops)..look forward to your next pics..:o)

16 Feb, 2011

Shirley_tulip

Well done on getting the seeds sown. I bought a 'Garden Marker' pen in a stationery shop, made by Artline, costs about 79p I think. Says it's for outdoor use and is alcohol based ink, water & fade resistant. Only time will tell! lol

16 Feb, 2011

Lincslass

Getting busy again Balcony,wish our seed packets held as many as the ones your wife brought back, I use a marker pen in my greenhouse as well, nothing worse than not knowing whats in the trays,lol.....

17 Feb, 2011

Nariz

I've been amazed at the number of seeds I get in packets here. Spaniards never do things by half - except Sweetcorn! 30 seeds in a packet!!!!! Probably only half will germinate - if I'm lucky! But I could grow several hundred chive plants. :o))

17 Feb, 2011

Littlelegs

good luck with the seeds Balcony, the great feeling you get when they pop their heads up is fantastic.

17 Feb, 2011

Hollyeves

Nice to see youve got started with your seeds.... good luck with them all.........

17 Feb, 2011

Mrsmelon

Great to see someone has started,
Good Luck with them all.
It has given me the kick up the back side to sew some now.(tomorrow it will be )
I just feel so deflated at the minute due to the strong winds a couple of weeks ago, my greenhouse got damaged and i need to replace a few of the 4mm polycarbonate panels costing about £60 but they out of stock too at the minute. Will start my seeds off in the Heated propagators in the house for now.

17 Feb, 2011

Littlelegs

Cor blimey, they are expensive Mrs. M., I had to replace two 24''x 20'' glass panes a couple of weeks back, I got 4 panes for £15 .

17 Feb, 2011

Hywel

I remember loose seeds in packs. It's how they always used to be. Those little foil things are a 'recent' invention. I actually find them a nuisance.
Good luck with your sewings. I'm looking foeward to hearing about their progress :o)

18 Feb, 2011

Balcony

Thank you all for your lovely comments & best wishes! :))

The greenhouse is unheated but it is covered in bubblewrap inside - fortunately because there is still one pane of glass missing!

The pkts of seed have so many seeds in them I don't know what to do with them! Fortunately the packets themselves are made of foil but printed, they look, & even feel, like the normal paper packets we get here, only much thicker.

As I've so many seeds if anybody would like some just sent me a PM with your details & I'll post you off a small packet of seeds.

18 Feb, 2011

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