Wednesday 11 May 2011

Its Bean amazing!

Although we have only had our 'greenhouse' for a few weeks, i think the biggest suprise so far has been our beans, peas and spring onions. All of which we purchased from a local pound shop, and to be perfectly honest we weren't particularly optimistic when we first planted the seeds...it all seemed too good to be true, a good, strong, deep pot. A pack of seeds and a clear (propegator style) lid, and compost all for 100 of the queens finest pennies!
So we planted the seeds on the last bank holiday, and today the pictures speak from themselves,

 the French beans, i think will be readt for re-potting soon, i think there must at least 3 or 4 plants in there at the moment.

The Sugar Snap peas are not far behind either, there are 3 plants that are leading the way, but if we look closely, there are 2 or 3 more on the way.
The Spring Onions are the White Lisbon variety, and although they have sprouted really really well, i am a little perplexed at where we go from from here! The seedlings look like teeny weeny spring onions, but there are lots and lots of them, so obviously they will need planting out soon, but further research is needed because they look so fragile, and we'd hate to lose them, after they have done so well.

Three tomatoes are walking down the street -- a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and squishes him... and says, 'Ketchup.' - Pulp Fiction

Well alongside our ever-growing tomato plant, i suppose these seedings seem a tiny, but if anything i am more proud of them, because we have grown them from scratch, the tomato kit we purchased in week one, had three varieties, Gardeners Delight, Marmande and Moneymaker. We have sucessfully managed to germinate at least two of each in the tray and pellets provided, but the remainder of the seeds i planted up in compost and a tray. So we actually have more than 10 tomato plants than we bargained for that are all doing really well! Keep your fingers crossed.



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