Twelve days after sowing. Tomatoes and cucumbers have full-size cotyledons. First aubergine just seen (pot on right of picture)
Tomatoes and cucumbers
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Greenhouse controls updated. Raspberry pi in a new waterproof box from Timeguard. Added second heater outlet. Second 1200mm propagtor tray. One 120W for germination and peppers and one 60W for aubergines. 120W tray, when covered, keeps 75mm pots 12C above air temperature. Sowed tomatoes gardeners’ delight, aubergines moneymaker, and cucumber baby F1
Pots on propagtor
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Started chitting 32 (10kg) of Charlotte potatoes from the Potato House
Charlotte Potatoes chitting
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First peas and beans just poking through.
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Sowed a row of Kelvedon Wonder peas (about 130), and five short rows of Aquadulce broad beans as well as 18 of own saved garlic cloves. Pinch of Rootgrow in each garlic planting hole.
Peas and beans soaked over night and sprinked with parafin to discourage mice.
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Planted 96 Senshyu onion sets, since they were so successful this year. Planted where potaoes were last year.
This year's onions
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Sweetcorn Swift f1 sown
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About 20 days after sowing. Tomatoes in propagator in greenhouse just showing first true leaves
First true leaves on tomatoes
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About ten days after sowing. Aubergine Moneymaker seedlings are through.
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Tomatoes Gardener’s Delight and Mandarin seedings are through and now under a light. Cucumber Baby F1 seeds sown in propagator
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