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    hi everyone

    im starting fresh this year after taking up gardening last summer and everything going wrong.

    after spending all winter reading magazines and speaking to the bloke at work who has grown for years im raring to go.

    only trouble is i think ive become impatient and started trying to to sow loads all ready

    ive done

    7 chilli plants now into bigger pots on south facing window sill
    12 all the year round lettuce plants
    1 sweet pepper plant potted on californian wonder
    2 ambassidor courgettes
    12 tomato potted on gardeners delight
    a tray of strawberry plants from my uncle
    2 kelveldon wonder peas in a large pot growing up
    rocket
    parsley


    is this to much will they all die

    last nights minimum tempreture outside in ipswich suffolk was 7.8 c and maximum yesterday was 15.6 c

    any advise and help would be appreaciated

  • #2
    You should be OK with that. I would sow more peas though, 2 plants will give you about 1 meal's worth. You will need to provide some protection such as cloches for the courgettes, tomatoes, peppers and chillis as you will have to plant them out before the last frost (end of May).

    Don't forget to sow some more lettuce in about 2-3 weeks time.
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      Hi sounds like a good selection to me. The good thing is as it is still early if anything does fail you still have some time to sow again
      Updated my blog on 13 January

      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra.../blogs/stella/

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post

        last nights minimum tempreture outside in ipswich suffolk was 7.8 c and maximum yesterday was 15.6 c

        any advise and help would be appreaciated


        Do this mean you have sown these seeds outside?
        Last edited by teakdesk; 29-03-2010, 11:21 PM.
        The proof of the growing is in the eating.
        Leave Rotten Fruit.
        Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
        Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
        Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post
          chilli plants now into bigger pots on south facing window sill
          Chillies actually like having their roots constricted a bit: don't pot on until they're desperate

          Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post
          12 all the year round lettuce plants
          a tray of strawberry plants from my uncle
          2 kelveldon wonder peas in a large pot growing up
          rocket
          parsley
          These can all be put outside once they've germinated

          Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post
          1 sweet pepper plant potted on californian wonder
          12 tomato potted on gardeners delight
          These should be indoors for another month

          Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post
          2 ambassidor courgettes
          These should be indoors. You'll find they grow very big very quick: I'm not sowing mine for another 3 weeks or so
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            Where are you planning to grow them to maturity? Do you have a garden, greenhouse, lottment, or what?

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            • #7
              hello thanks for all your help and advise

              7 chilli plants now into bigger pots on south facing window sill
              only potted on when the roots were visable out of the bottom of the pot

              12 all the year round lettuce plants these are in pots in a unheated greenhouse

              1 sweet pepper plant potted on californian wonder this is inside unheated green house

              2 ambassidor courgettes these are outside in my raised bed with clear plastic boxes over but there dying i think

              12 tomato potted on gardeners delight in the unheated greenhouse

              a tray of strawberry plants from my uncle these are out side in a old ammo tray

              2 kelveldon wonder peas in a large pot growing up outsiode in large pot

              rocket
              parsley both outside

              more details there

              the 2 courgettes were only from two seeds i have got plenty more there taking up lots of room so might chuck them and start again when its warmer in buckets leaves room free in my raised bed

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              • #8
                Rocket and parsley would probably appreciate the bottle cloches or being in unheated house....usual tell its time once annual weeds start germinating.

                Toms... I'd still bring those in at night from the unheated house.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Paulottie View Post
                  Toms... I'd still bring those in at night from the unheated house.
                  ok thank you i didnt know that , the temp has droped last few nights

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jimpanzee901 View Post
                    courgettes these are outside in my raised bed with clear plastic boxes over but there dying i think
                    yes, it's much too cold for them outside at the moment. It's usual to sow them in April and plant out in May
                    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                      yes, it's much too cold for them outside at the moment. It's usual to sow them in April and plant out in May

                      ahh well nothing ventured nothing gained

                      experience is just a name we give to our mistakes

                      they grow like mad

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