I sown some chillis (out of a pod from Morrisons!) in late Feb on a
windowcill, and they all germinated...a few weeks after sowing them I sown
many other seeds, tomatoes and marigolds etc, I repotted the Toms and
Chillis about two weeks ago because they were all around the same size,
about 3 inches.
The tomatoes are now 5 inches and the chillis havent done anything, they are
all still in windowcills facing East so they get the morning sun, I do have
a greenhouse but no proper heating - is this what they need? heat or sun or
both?...the GH is hot during the day but goes quite cold on a night, I
planted french beans about a week ago and none of them have come through
yet, do these require heat too? - it's frost free because other seedlings
are doing OK, sprouts, onions etc.

On a related note, my lobelias which I grew from seeds taken from last years
plants have done nothing at all, they all germinated and grew to about an
inch then stopped, they have not done anything for 4 weeks, so I've lobbed
'em...while shopping today I noticed an eight pack of 'mixed' lobelias
(white, pale blue, dark blue and purple) for 99p, I brought them home and
carefully split them up into 26 pots!....yes I'm as tight as a duck's
backside!

I also bought some growing parsley (salmon and cauliflower for tea tomorrow
with cheese sauce :-p), is this stuff hardy? - can I plant some of it
outside, or does it need to go in pots in the GH?

--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we."
- George W. Bush, 5.8.2004

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Phil L wrote:
I sown some chillis (out of a pod from Morrisons!) in late Feb on a
windowcill, and they all germinated...a few weeks after sowing them I sown
many other seeds, tomatoes and marigolds etc, I repotted the Toms and
Chillis about two weeks ago because they were all around the same size,
about 3 inches.
The tomatoes are now 5 inches and the chillis havent done anything, they are
all still in windowcills facing East so they get the morning sun, I do have
a greenhouse but no proper heating - is this what they need? heat or sun or
both?

Both.

I also bought some growing parsley (salmon and cauliflower for tea tomorrow
with cheese sauce :-p), is this stuff hardy? - can I plant some of it
outside, or does it need to go in pots in the GH?

It's hardy.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:16:36 GMT, Phil L wrote:

I sown some chillis (out of a pod from Morrisons!) in late Feb on a
windowcill, and they all germinated...a few weeks after sowing them I sown
many other seeds, tomatoes and marigolds etc, I repotted the Toms and
Chillis about two weeks ago because they were all around the same size,
about 3 inches.
The tomatoes are now 5 inches and the chillis havent done anything, they are
all still in windowcills facing East so they get the morning sun, I do have
a greenhouse but no proper heating - is this what they need? heat or sun or
both?...the GH is hot during the day but goes quite cold on a night, I
planted french beans about a week ago and none of them have come through
yet, do these require heat too? - it's frost free because other seedlings
are doing OK, sprouts, onions etc.

The cold nights will set the chillies back and their growth will slow.
They need both light *and* warmth. They are slower growers than tomatoes
anyway, so don't expect them to keep up. I find they often pause for a
while after the first pair or true leaves emerge, then start growing again.
--
Tim C.

I also bought some growing parsley (salmon and cauliflower for tea
tomorrow
with cheese sauce :-p), is this stuff hardy? - can I plant some of it
outside, or does it need to go in pots in the GH?


If it's the parsley in pots you get at the supermarket, it doesn't usually
last very long because it's overcrowded. One of the gardening presenters on
TV said the other week that if you split one of these pots of herbs into
three or four parts, it will last much longer. I haven't tried this yet, but
certainly know from experience that just planting out a supermarket pot of
herbs is a recipe for disaster.

I have planted out many 'supermarket herbs after I have hardened them off
they always seem to do well on our sandy loam soil.....
But the best thing I ever did with supermarket 'plants' was buy a bag of
'eating' watercress and grow it on in our ntf tanks with our tomatoes.- it
grew all season, producing loads of good tasting foliage - only ended in
november when I emptied the tank.

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I also bought some growing parsley (salmon and cauliflower for tea
tomorrow
with cheese sauce :-p), is this stuff hardy? - can I plant some of it
outside, or does it need to go in pots in the GH?


If it's the parsley in pots you get at the supermarket, it doesn't usually
last very long because it's overcrowded. One of the gardening presenters
on TV said the other week that if you split one of these pots of herbs
into three or four parts, it will last much longer. I haven't tried this
yet, but certainly know from experience that just planting out a
supermarket pot of herbs is a recipe for disaster.

Phil L wrote:

Cheers all, I've been away for the weekend but before I left I put a dozen
of the chillis in the GH with a heatmat under them and a plastic propogator
over them to keep in moisture, I'll check them tomorrow.

The parsley seems to have yellowed a tad but it's been in the kitchen
window, I'm going to thin it out tomorrow and put a few clumps into pots in
the unheated GH and then outside after a week or two.

The twenty-odd lobelias which I split from a pack of eight are now all
perked up and growing well in their new spacious 3" pots! - not bad for 99p!


--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we."
- George W. Bush, 5.8.2004