Guinea Gardeners: Growing for Piggies

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Congratulations, Joanne! My grass is up too... I must say oat and wheat is much faster than regular grass. The oat is 15 cm after a week, the regular grass is maybe three...
 
I have one shoot in my baby lettuce pot! I planted them on Saturday and i have been looking at it every day and was so happy today when i seen it! :))

I'm still waiting on the parsley, coriander and basil, but i did only plant them on sunday. :)
 
woohoo, my rocket is starting to sprout :))

Got lettuce, basil, corriander, chives, and tomatoes (and rose bushes, couldn't resist, my first roses :))) all planted, but not sprouting just yet.

Got spinach, peas, and peppers still to plant, hoping to get that done over the weekend
 
I'm considering getting shelves for my balcony so that I can grow more stuff. Grass, spinach, parsley and things like that don't need a deep layer of earth so I could grow it in shallow-ish trays and get more out of my little outside space...

Can you tell we finally have + degrees after almost 90 days :) I'm in spring-mode :))!
 
this thread has inspired me to start growing grass! i didn't have enough potting soil so i decided to use my brother's soil he used in his science fairrolleyes (of course with his permission) when i was done pouring all the soil into my cool pot (a tofu box:))) , i told him the grass was for Gilbert:(|) i really think my family thinks I'm crazy..and now I'm getting a scale for him:)) anyways...can't wait for the grass to grow! thanks for the inspiration!:)
 
I planted my grass seed today. Ive done 3 trays for now, i hope they grow quick.

They are on the window sill next to the piggys cage. :)

Still nothing in my herb trays. :(
 
Sorry I've not been on the forum for several weeks and so have only just seen this thread (so apologies if this has already been mentioned). If this is your first year growing veg in the garden and expect to be growing veg in subsequent years too, read-up on crop-rotation; to prevent soil-borne diseases killing off all of your lovely veg in years to come. It's best to do it now, so you can divide your garden up into sections - I didn't do this last year and have got myself into a bit of a mess regarding where I can grow what this year.

For example, if you grow brassicas (kale, cabbage, spring greens, broccoli, purple sprouting, cauliflower) on the same patch for longer than one year, you run serious risk of getting club root in the soil - which means you can't grow any brassicas for 20-years, because that's how long it takes to get rid of the disease.

If you want to grow any brassicas, grow peas in the soil first as they fix nitrogen (add nutrients to the soil), whereas brassicas deplete the soil of nutrients. Here's a useful link:

http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/blog/article/crop-rotation-at-a-glance-bgid26.html

However, this doesn't apply if you're growing plants that aren't susceptible to soil-borne diseases:

Lettuce
Spinach
Sweetcorn
Courgette

Sorry to anybody who's now gone into overwhelm. :(
 
I'm joining the gardeners group!

Today I bought a 4 shelf plastic green house

Seeds:
Brocolli, dandelions, carrots, lettuce, perpetual spinach, all kinds of herbs

Seedlings:
Cucumbers, tomatoes

I am planning on growing lots of veggies in big pots or patio bags this year. I tried carrots before and mine were weeny! I hope to get much better this year and I'm going to plant them next week in the mini greenhouse in the garden. Then when it's nice and warm transfer to big tubs.

I've never been very green fingered so wish me luck!
 
I think it was a bargain. It cost less than twenty pound and it's got 4 shelves. It's not very long and wide but is over about a meter and a half high. I'm putting mine in a place that gets the morning sun so it starts off warm.

B&Q £19.48

They have already started seedlings in our local one at the moment - cucumber and tomatoes (I also got chillis but they are for us) 10 of them for £6! When you consider the price of cucumbers that's pretty good.
 
JoanneG111 said:
Me either, we can have a competition who's will grow first :))!
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When are you going to plant yours?

Ive just planted the 3 trays of grass seeds, but wont be going shopping until next Saturday for the litter tray. :(

Cant wait to see your photo Lisa of your mini green house. :(|)
 
If you soak seeds overnight does that make them grow quicker?///

I could totally be making this up rolleyes!
 
All my grass is up. Must of my lettuce peeping up. Dill is just starting to pop up, one little plant. No word on Cilantro and Parsley. Doesn't surprise me since it takes a while. I gave my girls a little taste of grass so far. Since they don't get grass very off often. They loved it.:<>
 
Anyone know how long until my parsley, basil and coriander seeds should start coming up?
I planted them on the 21st Feb.

Also i planted my baby lettuce seeds and they all have long shoots but now they just seem to be flopping down! Are they supposed to do that?mallethead

Thank you.
 
Joey&Gizmo said:
Anyone know how long until my parsley, basil and coriander seeds should start coming up?
I planted them on the 21st Feb.

Also i planted my baby lettuce seeds and they all have long shoots but now they just seem to be flopping down! Are they supposed to do that?mallethead

Thank you.
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Years :)) xx
 
well... i've got some compost bricks from planet guinea, some orchard grass, plantain, coriander and basil seeds. just need to get the trays... and then i can *try* to grow them all. i'm not holding out much hope because i don't have a clue what i'm doing... but we shall see! rolleyes:))
 
I feel much the same Lea, I intend to sow my other seeds - lettuces, cucumber etc. - soon and feel so novice it's not funny! :))
 
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