Early February - Blustery & Grey

Early February - Blustery & Grey
Newly dug over square beds 07/02/11
Showing posts with label Witkiem Manita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Witkiem Manita. Show all posts

Monday, 14 February 2011

Q: What are long, green, scaly, have lots of teeth and used on stage by actors?

A: Propagators


The seeds we planted a fortnight ago - Witkiem Manita broad beans, Kelvedon Wonder peas, Percy Thrower and Spencer Special Mix sweetpeas, Little Gem, Saladin and Marvel of Four Season lettuces - have been doing great guns in our windowsill propagators. Photo of the peas and Little Gems shows the progress they've made.

Thing is, I don't really know what to do next and when. Is it safe for me to put some of these little chaps outside in my unheated mini greenhouse? Do I leave them in the propagator with or without the lid on? How big do the plants need to get before I get start transferring them elsewhere or putting them in the ground?

This is the problem with being a novice...