Showing posts with label Broccoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Broccoli. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 February 2016

Pricked out Tomato 'Shirley F1' Seedlings and Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings and Sowed Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli', Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special', Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1', Cabbage 'Derby Day' and Cauliflower 'Snowball F1'

Today I done the following in the unheated Greenhouse:

- Sowed Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
- Sowed Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Cabbage 'Derby Day' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.
 - Sowed Cauliflower 'Snowball A' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has just been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.

Broccoli 'F1 Stromboli'
Brussels Sprout 'Evesham Special'
Brussels Sprout 'Napoleon F1' seeds
Cabbage 'Derby Day'
Cauliflower 'Snowball A'
Westland John Innes Seed Compost
3 inch pot filled with Westland John Innes
Seed Compost


I also did the following:

- Pricked out Tomato 'Shirley F1' seedlings into 6 x 9cm square pots filled with a miture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost and Vermiculite. These have been placed into a tray in the unheated Greenhouse. (Sowed 22/01/2016)
- Pricked out Sweet pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings  into 3 x 9cm square pots filled with a mixture of Westland Jack's Magic Compost and Vermiculite. These have been placed into a tray in the unheated Greenhouse. (Sowed 26/12/2016)

Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seedlings
Tomato 'Shirley F1' seedlings


Thursday, 28 January 2016

Pricked out Shallot 'Simiane F1' and Shallot 'Zebrune' seedlings

Today I went to the Greenhouse and done the following:

- Pricked out 32 x Shallot 'Simiane F1' seedlings into 1 x 24 cell tray and 1/3rd of a 24 tray both filled with a mix of Westland Jack's Magic Multipurpose Compost and vermiculite. These have been put in the unheated greenhouse.

- Pricked out 39 x Shallot 'Zebrune' seedlings into 1 x 24 cell tray and 2/3rds of a 24 tray both filled with a mix of Westland Jack's Magic Multipurpose Compost and vermiculite. These have been put in the unheated greenhouse.

Shallot 'Simiane F1 Hybrid' seedlings in the
foreground and Shallot 'Zebrune' in the background
24 cell tray filled with a mix of Westland Jack's Magic Multi-Purpose
Compost and vermiculite
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Shallot 'Simiane F1 Hybrid' at the front and
Shallot 'Zebrune' at the back
I also noticed that the Cauliflower 'Mayflower', Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' and Celery 'Marine' seeds have all germinated and these have been put into a unheated propagator. I now only have 1 small propagator on.

Cauliflower 'Mayflower' seedlings
Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seedlings

Celery 'Marine' seedlings


Friday, 22 January 2016

Pricked out remaining Onion 'Exhibition', 'Bedfordshire Champion' and 'Ailsa Craig' seedlings, Sowed Pomegranate 'Alhambra', Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' and Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds


Today I went down to the Greenhouse and done the following:

- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (9 plants)
- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (1 plant)
- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Ailsa Craig' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (4 plants)

Onion 'Ailsa Craig', Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' and
Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings (left to right)

- Sowed Pomegranate (Punica) 'Alhambra' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.
- Sowed Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.
- Sowed Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.

Pomegranate 'Alhambra' seeds
Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds
Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds
Pomegranate seeds in a 3 inch round pot
Tomato 'Shirley F1' seed in a 3 inch round
pot
Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds
in a 3 inch round pot
I also noticed that the Cabbage 'Greyhound' seeds (sowed 16.01.2016), Cabbage 'Hispi F1' seeds (sowed 16.01.2016), Cauliflower 'Snowball A' and Calabrese 'Marathon F1' seeds have germinated.

Cabbage 'Greyhound', Cabbage 'Hispi F1', Calabrese 'Marathon F1'
and Cauliflower 'Marathon F1' seedlings
I also switched off the propagators that the Onion seedlings are in and now only have one large heated propagator as well as one small heated propagator.