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17-04-2008, 01:23 PM
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 to my suprise and excitement UPDATED hi all i came down this morning to be greeting by wonderful green shoots of turnip and beetroot. i am rather excited by this and a little bit nervous because now i have to nourish them and make sure i look after them. i am rather excited by this as this is my first time ever growing anything from seed! i hope i do well by them whilst they are growing and i hope i manage to get a good crop. pictures below thanks lawrence   Last edited by lawless23456; 18-04-2008 at 10:43 PM.      |
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17-04-2008, 01:30 PM
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| Congratulations. It is exciting isn't it! |
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17-04-2008, 01:32 PM
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| yeah it is very exciting. my fiance thinks im silly for getting so excited about so few shoots but like i said this is all new to me!  |
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17-04-2008, 01:42 PM
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| I've been growing for thirty-something years and I STILL get excited when seeds come through. I would take the lid off them and make sure they don't start to get mouldy. Once they've started coming through they'll be through thick and fast now.
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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17-04-2008, 02:01 PM
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| hey thats ace, this is my second year, and i get very excited when they first come up. You'll be checking them all the time now too  |
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17-04-2008, 02:03 PM
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17-04-2008, 02:10 PM
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| Yes, this very minute! They need some fresh air when they start to come through. Worst case scenario is they start to damp off, go wilty.
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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17-04-2008, 02:24 PM
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17-04-2008, 02:27 PM
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| Excellect work! I love watching Courgette seeds germinate and grow, they're mad! They only take 5-7 days to germinate (which is very satisfying), and then you turn your back for a minute and they've grown an inch with two honkin' big seed leaves!! I love it! Last edited by Pumpkin Becki; 17-04-2008 at 02:27 PM. |
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17-04-2008, 03:24 PM
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| Mine started to come through the other day too. I'm in the same boat as you, first year growing. I have been checking them 3-4 times a day to spot new ones. As Flummery says, they start coming fast now.
__________________ BW James I like to try, might not get far, but I like to try. |
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17-04-2008, 03:32 PM
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17-04-2008, 03:37 PM
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17-04-2008, 03:58 PM
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| By taking the lid off it actually stops the diffused light that comes through the plastic from making your plants go leggy. Congratulations. 
__________________ http://junctionvillage.blogspot.com/ Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. - Mark Twain |
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17-04-2008, 04:39 PM
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| Never thought I would stand in my own greenhouse wanting nothing to do other than gaze at the flower and vegetable shoots coming through. Mad aren't we, but it's just great. I get really impatient after the first one comes through, wondering will this be the only one, or is this a weed and all I will get. Will have to go through my seed packets as I've got a 40 hole tray with something coming up but I can't find the marker. All adds to the wonder and excitement eh! |
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17-04-2008, 06:45 PM
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| Congrats!! Its my first year growing to, I rang up my parents in the UAE to tell them my tomato seedlings had popped up. Very exciting.
__________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! |
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18-04-2008, 10:42 PM
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| just an update for anyone interested. this was the sight i got up to this morning! lawrence   |
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19-04-2008, 10:06 AM
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| I am in exactly the same boat! :-) put my first seeds in ever just over a week ago and Thursday/friday first shoots appeared! I rang my mum so exciting i had managed to keep them alive this long! LOL Cucumbers are now shooting like mad about inch high couple of leaves growing by the hour though, could someone advise at what stage i transfer them to individual pots? my seed trays are exactly the same as lawless above so guessing they cant stay in too long now? should i take the plastic covers off them all now leaves showing? Also beetroot seeds all germinated now still small but getting there. sweetcorn showing aswel just half inch long stems showing at the moment? I wish i had taken this hobby up years ago im loving it! One thing i think i have already learnt i have done wrong is get over excited about the different seeds i had bought and put them all in at same time so if all goes to plan will all arrive in one go!!!! only so many veg a girl can eat in one go! I have since learnt about succesional sowing!! dohhh |
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19-04-2008, 10:41 AM
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| Looking good Take the plastic covers off once they've all popped up. Get some fresh air. |
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19-04-2008, 11:32 AM
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| yup never get bored of seeing new shoots coming through better than sex !!.ok maybe not makes you feel good
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21-04-2008, 11:11 PM
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| Hooray!!! I went to check on the progress in the greenhouse, expecting to find 'no change', but to my surprise I now have 2 more varieties of basil germinating, some sunflowers and... here's the biggie... 3 chilli seedlings. I was so excited I skipped back down the garden, much to the bemusement of my cat!! |
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21-04-2008, 11:46 PM
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| oh no - i didnt know i had to take the cover off the prop once they are through - i am now legging it to the greenhouse in the dark and taking the lid off my beets, cucumbers, etc!!!!! mine are in a mini greenhouse within a greenhouse (only heated when frost is coming) - they all look really really healthy, so hears hoping! My first year too and i nearly wet my pants when my first seeds popped through!! lol. SS :-) |
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22-04-2008, 02:20 PM
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| My first year was last year and it is very exiting checking noe day and seeing that tiny bit of green poking through. It's even better when you taste homegrown veg for the first time.
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22-04-2008, 08:13 PM
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| Oh! Poo! Quote:
 What with it not being ever so warm recently and me trying to keep the temp in the greenhouse up for germinating chillis etc. I haven't been opening up during the day. So I came home this evening after a glorious day weather wise, to find my chilli seedlings dead. Everything else is ok but I felt gutted! However, I think there may have been the teensiest sighting of 3 more coming up. Fingers crossed for them! |
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22-04-2008, 08:36 PM
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| Oh no! Have to say my chillis which are in the house have fared a lot better than those in the greenhouse (mines only been heated at night). Fingers crossed that your new ones will be strong and healthy Have you thought of an automatic window ventilator, they're brilliant? |