The Sun Arrived

A few things to do

The sun came out for the second day and it gave time and momentum to do a few jobs. The greenhouse is quite full so some of the seedings have been moved outside, these are mainly vegetables that would normally be sown direct so they should cope without the pampering.

Seedlings

 

The conservatory was also getting full with the squash and tomatoes. I felt these were strong enough to move to the greenhouse and free up some space.              

Leeks

 

Squash, pumpkins and Courgettes

There is not a lot if anything that can been planted out yet because we are still in April and the last frost in 2017 was April 25th.

One of the main jobs was to transplant the tomatoes to hanging baskets and the main plants to buckets. They are all over 6 inches tall so they should cope with the change.                   

Tumbler Tomatoes

               

Tigerella Tomatoes

Cape Gooseberries were in plugs and would need transplanting when we are away so I completed that and moved them to 3”pots.

               

Cape Gooseberries

The sweet peppers were sown with the tomatoes, they were in cells in the conservatory and have been left behind compared to the tomatoes. The temperature was the main culprit but I have transplanted them to 3” pots and returned them to the conservatory that maintains a more even temperature that the greenhouse.

Peppers

           

Aubergine

       

Parsley and three types of Basil

I thought I was a bit short of courgette plants so i put the last three seeds between wet cloth and placed them in the boiler room. Three days later and they have germinated. They have now been transplanted into 3” pots.

Sunflowers were sown by our grandsons and they have started to put a spurt on.

Sunflowers

I made a mistake when buying french beans. I bought a dwarf variety. I have since bought a climbing variety and they were sown indoors to give them a better start. They are bow just breaking the surface.

Cobra climbing French Beans.

The extra Spring Onions are now showing although the original ones are not standing up as they should.

Spring Onions    

   

Strawberry