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just thought i`d share a little success story with you all. As you may know i joined this forum late last summer at a point where i was starting to become interested in this grow-your-own business.
Well, this year im going about things in a more serious manner than before, having aquired a greenhouse and a shed over winter, and discovering that the wild bushes that make up the final 10 feet of garden actually contain no less than 7 plum trees! Needless to say i`ve cleared the other bushes but left the trees in - my own mini orchard!
However what i`m proudest of is my own saved seeds - french climbing beans and "tesco finest" chillies!. I grew the beans last year (variety unknown - they cost £1.29 from wilko is all i remember) and managed to save a few seed pods for this year and they`ve germinated well. The Chilli seeds came from a random-variety-from-the-green-counter-at-tesco chilli. I scraped the seeds out before cooking the chilli and dried them for 2 days on kitchen paper on the window sill before potting them in compost in the greenhouse. Taken 3 weeks to germinate but they`re going strong.
Now, question time, anyone like to hazard a guess what varieties these seedlings will be?
just thought i`d share a little success story with you all. As you may know i joined this forum late last summer at a point where i was starting to become interested in this grow-your-own business.
Well, this year im going about things in a more serious manner than before, having aquired a greenhouse and a shed over winter, and discovering that the wild bushes that make up the final 10 feet of garden actually contain no less than 7 plum trees! Needless to say i`ve cleared the other bushes but left the trees in - my own mini orchard!
However what i`m proudest of is my own saved seeds - french climbing beans and "tesco finest" chillies!. I grew the beans last year (variety unknown - they cost £1.29 from wilko is all i remember) and managed to save a few seed pods for this year and they`ve germinated well. The Chilli seeds came from a random-variety-from-the-green-counter-at-tesco chilli. I scraped the seeds out before cooking the chilli and dried them for 2 days on kitchen paper on the window sill before potting them in compost in the greenhouse. Taken 3 weeks to germinate but they`re going strong.
Now, question time, anyone like to hazard a guess what varieties these seedlings will be?
and they're great for birds. Only time will tell what your mystery plums will produce, a mixture would be nice 
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