Propagator in December
I have a Sankey heated propagator. Can anyone recommend seeds or anything I
could put in it now to get some benefit out of it? mark |
Propagator in December
On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:31:28 -0000, "mark"
wrote: I have a Sankey heated propagator. Can anyone recommend seeds or anything I could put in it now to get some benefit out of it? Onions? www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info |
Propagator in December
On Dec 7, 3:31*pm, "mark" wrote:
I have a Sankey heated propagator. *Can anyone recommend seeds or anything I could put in it now to get some benefit *out of it? mark You need to be thinking where you'll put any plants you get early from your propagator. It's a bit early for most things yet. The main benefit of your propagator is in prolonging the season. I have a big home made propagator that I can keep plants in until they're quite big. The sort of things I do is onions, as said, tomatoes, peppers, french& runner beans. You can gain three weeks or so. But you have to have it planned so that stuff can go to the greenhouse (with heating?) after the propagator. If you have no greenhouse, you will be that much later. You can make a bit of money selling surplus plants too. Don't forget, stuff needs "hardening off". |
Propagator in December
harry wrote:
The sort of things I do is onions, as said, tomatoes, peppers, french& runner beans. You can gain three weeks or so. But you have to have it planned so that stuff can go to the greenhouse (with heating?) after the propagator. When I did tomatoes early last year they were terrible. Suggestion was that they didn't get enough light rather than warmth. |
Propagator in December
On Dec 7, 10:22*pm, wrote:
harry wrote: The sort of things I do is onions, as said, tomatoes, peppers, french& runner beans. You can gain three weeks or so. *But you have to have it planned so that stuff can go to the greenhouse (with heating?) after the propagator. When I did tomatoes early last year they were terrible. *Suggestion was that they didn't get enough light rather than warmth. Any plant that has insufficient light is usually tall &lanky. So it's easy to tell. Normal problem is failing to harden off plants grown in lots of heat. |
Propagator in December
harry wrote:
When I did tomatoes early last year they were terrible. ?Suggestion was that they didn't get enough light rather than warmth. Any plant that has insufficient light is usually tall &lanky. So it's easy to tell. Normal problem is failing to harden off plants grown in lots of heat. My early tomatoes (and aubergines) just didn't thrive. They grew very weedy and never got going, most died off by the time they got to repottable size. The implication to me would be dodgy seed (but later sewings of the same seed produced better results) or dodgy soil (what I put it down to, but when I said that at the time everyone threw their arms in the air, etc :-) |
Propagator in December
wrote in message ... harry wrote: When I did tomatoes early last year they were terrible. ?Suggestion was that they didn't get enough light rather than warmth. Any plant that has insufficient light is usually tall &lanky. So it's easy to tell. Normal problem is failing to harden off plants grown in lots of heat. My early tomatoes (and aubergines) just didn't thrive. They grew very weedy and never got going, most died off by the time they got to repottable size. The implication to me would be dodgy seed (but later sewings of the same seed produced better results) or dodgy soil (what I put it down to, but when I said that at the time everyone threw their arms in the air, etc :-) Propogating Toms in December must be a not starter except for the pro's who create their own little glasshouse world. The plants need continuous good growing conditions - An April start would be optimum in my non-pro, non- heated glass house. Regards Pete(The uncouth) www.thecanalshop.com |
Propagator in December
"mark" wrote in message o.uk... I have a Sankey heated propagator. Can anyone recommend seeds or anything I could put in it now to get some benefit out of it? mark Thanks for the replies peeps. I've decided to hang on for a couple of months. mark |
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