Sea Foam

[Guest]

Aaaah! This is turning into a gardening forum! I have nightmares about the garden......

Good stuff John, look forward to seeing the end result.

[Steve Jones]

Thanks for sharing mate. It's going down a storm. If I look at a plant it dies. That's why I am patioing all my back garden. I'll buy your leftovers:smiling3:

[JR]

Glad to see some interest in this, would be nice to see some photos Mr Benson :thumb2: .
I will give an update on progress soon ..
John.

[JR]

For the green fingered amongst us I have some more photos showing the increase in size since the 28 th May.
These were taken this morning, with the weather being warm and a great spurt has taken place.
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Very little water has been given and only from the base of the saucer. Whats interesting is the left hand pot has had a third germination take place from since the first photo.[ATTACH]303936[/ATTACH]

Those of you that have sown seed keep a close watch , Jim as soon as the germination has started remove that top cover. Keep the surrounding compost dry and water with a puppet at first until the seedlings have gain strength, as you can see in the above photo.

John.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Drum roll please :smiling5: Just germinated today. All advice taken although I am not sure I have a puppet capable of watering the seedlings - may use a pipette instead :thinking:
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Jim

[JR]

Jim :tongue-out: .
Sorry mate , typo, :smiling2: but changed now(. Like that we can do that ).
Compost looks good , nice a gritty, thus allowing good drainage . Don't over water with that Puppet :surprised: a mere spot of water around the the base will do for a couple of days .
John.

[Si Benson]

I just ordered my puppet.....only to read I don’t need it now:smiling5:

Got mine sown on Saturday....keep you posted!!
Si

[JR]

Trust you ! :smiling2: Si .
If you were ordering from the Amazonain people you have several hrs to cancel, if not they send headhunters !
Yours Ivan Thrower

[JR]

Tales from the green house.
Ivan Thrower here , and a good morning .
Today I have potted on 8 of the young plants as they are certainly bigger enough and growing the 2 set of leaves.
I have potted 4 into pots that were first given a light watering, the next , the next 2 pots of 2 have had water put in from the bottom only.
Just want to see if this will show any difference.
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Will check later to see if the two pots on the center and right of the photo has survived.

For those sharp eyed followers ( RON ) those plants in the out side of the green house are not what you might think .:tongue-out3:

[Si Benson]

Coming on nicely John:thumb2:

I have progress....I sowed seeds on Saturday and this is what I saw Tuesday afternoon ...
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A little tricky to photograph as they are very small....but they are on the go now!

Talking garden....strawberries are developing nicely
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Picked a few last night...
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Yummy:smiling4::smiling4:
Si

[JR]

Nice Si, do you get much slug /snail damage on them. We had to grow ours last year in the green house in one of those three tiered tubs .
Your compost looks nice and sharp.As I' ve said watch the watering dry is better than damp.
John .

[Si Benson]

John,
Compost is 50/50 potting compost and washed sharp sand.
Don’t see many slugs or snails on the strawberry’s but the wood lice love em!
Si!

[Jim R]

Hi Mr Thrower
More germination and so far so good.
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Jim

[JR]

Jim .
They look promising.:thumb2:
John

[JR]

To days photos .
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All have survived the transplanting. I will do another 10 /to 20 during the week . Just keeping the soil slightly damp .
John.