I have sown:
- Cayenne - all come up, despite some of the seeds being very old (6+ years)
- Hopscotch chilli - slower to germinate, took two weeks, but lots have come up
- Tomatoes: Ildi, Red cherry, Gigantomo, Ukrainian purple, Yellow pear, Sweet million, Yellow perfection, Moneymaker - all tomatoes have done very well
- Purple Scarlet kale - all done well
- Borecole kale - Scarlet (they could be the same??) - all done well
- Rossignol kale - not a twitch of germination from any of the modules
- Dwarf curled kale - all done well
- Evesham special brussel sprouts - all done well
- Rubine brussels - one seed has germinated
- Cauliflower All year round - not one seed has germinated
- Monarch celeriac - not one seed has germinated
- Californian Wonder peppers - not one seed has germinated
- Spring onions - not one seed has germinated
- Autumn Mammoth leek - not one seed has germinated
- Ailsa craig onions - all done well
- Kalettes - all done well
- Aubergines - all done well
- Kohl rabi - not one seed has germinated
- Chard - all done well
- Red drumhead cabbage - all done well
- Golden acre primo 2 - all done well
- Lambs lettuce - all done well
- Restina gherkins - all done well
- Lima beans - look like large butten beans. They didn't want to get soaked as they turned to mush, but once I planted them in compost, four out of nine have germinated!
- Echinacea purpurea - tiny little seedlings popping up after a week
- Heliotropium Marine - quite a few have come up
There was still time to do work on the allotment though! I spent one day clearing out the growtunnel that is covered in mesh and topping up the beds with lots of horse manure.
The second day that weekend spent with a good friend of mine who turns out to be very, very hardworking! We managed to clear nearly all the carpet at the start of the plot, shift it all into my van AND get it into the skip at the allotment gates!
Before:
After!
We filled that skip alright!
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