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I found nine broad beans of an unknown variety, in a packet labelled 'sow by 2005'
Ever the optimist, I duly put these on damp paper and waited...nine little broadies went to germinate....
1, just fell in half, 2 went fuzzy and fell in half, 3 started to sprout then went fuzzy and fell in half, 4 fell in half when I prodded it, and the other 5...all 5 of these sprouted big, juicy sprouts...from both ends this time...so I potted them all the way home into the modules!
I only watered them in very lightly, when i potted them up, cos I knew a freeze was forecast.....they've been sat for two days, waiting to go in the cold frame, on the same, light window-cill where I sprouted them...
They looked really perky, but today the tip of each top shoot that came out first, has started turning black from the top down....although most of the teeny, new top shoots look quite green and healthy....soooooo
Anyone any idea wassup?
If they were sickly cuttings or perennial plant seed, i'd give them the benefit of the doubt for the winter - but it seems a waste of time, as well as the little soil I have, trying to nurse veg, if they're not gonna produce well....
Red x
Ever the optimist, I duly put these on damp paper and waited...nine little broadies went to germinate....
1, just fell in half, 2 went fuzzy and fell in half, 3 started to sprout then went fuzzy and fell in half, 4 fell in half when I prodded it, and the other 5...all 5 of these sprouted big, juicy sprouts...from both ends this time...so I potted them all the way home into the modules!
I only watered them in very lightly, when i potted them up, cos I knew a freeze was forecast.....they've been sat for two days, waiting to go in the cold frame, on the same, light window-cill where I sprouted them...
They looked really perky, but today the tip of each top shoot that came out first, has started turning black from the top down....although most of the teeny, new top shoots look quite green and healthy....soooooo
Anyone any idea wassup?
If they were sickly cuttings or perennial plant seed, i'd give them the benefit of the doubt for the winter - but it seems a waste of time, as well as the little soil I have, trying to nurse veg, if they're not gonna produce well....
Red x
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