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this year's challenge - growing from seed

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« on: August 12, 2012, 09:30:40 pm »

Results of growing everything from seed.

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I am blaming the dull summer we had.

In some cases I did get seedlings but I had more complete failures that successes and fungal problems thanks to the dull damp summer killed off much that did germinate. The lack of light seems to have dealt to many of the cauliflower seedings I planted out too, they germinated so late that they were big enough before that part of the veggie patch lost the sun in Autumn.

My tomato crop was pitiful as were my pumpkins. Out of the 6 plants I grew from seed I got one pumpkin and two spaghetti squash.

Out of the 48 pansy seeds sown I got one plant.

However some of the lily seeds I sewed did produce seedings that have survived winter despite Sally lying on them repeatedly and of the 24 purple asparagus seeds I started in a polystyrene box have produced 10 crowns to transplant.

I ended up buying flowering kale and pansies.

I am not entirely put off, I will try again. This time I am commandeering the sunny spot in the lounge widow and starting of in the newly cleaned polystyrene box (to hopefully hold in the heat). Keeping the cats off could be a problem.

I wonder if it is going to be warm enough for capsicums this year?
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