In Lieu Of Garden Work...

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  1. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    I am at home again today, so I shall be doing ‘home work’. The list of chores is not long; however there are a couple of things that really must be done:
    Potting some toms on.
    Cleaning and pruning the hedera on the balcony.
    Removing the dead erica and re-filling the root holes with fresh potting soil.
    Feeding those plants outside as well as giving the house plants their annual slow-release feed.

    When it was all done, we cleaned the balcony as well as the bedroom where we do the seeding/potting-up. A quick hoovering was required this time.

    Here are the toms, potted-on into their Clematis pots where they will stay until they go into the greenhouse.
    I clipped off the first leaves the toms had produced, their job being done. Besides, I want the plant-lets to grow tall and even leggy. This has everything to do with my planting style...so, the taller, the better.
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    You can see that they are buried quite deeply. That is to encourage more roots to form along the buried stem portion. I want as many roots as possible.
    Some plants are in regular, square pots. They are my extra’s.

    Here you can see the ravaged root trainers. I took the strongest out of the root trainer cells and then combined the rest.
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    Finally the remaining tray, with the most recently planted plants. If you enlarge, perhaps you can read what is germinating.
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    There are three things that are new for me this year, Crimson Crush toms, Mountain Magic toms and Ring Of Fire peppers ( pre-soaked).

    I am ready for this weather to warm-up a bit now.
     
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  3. mart

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    Looks great ! I pulled a few spring onions and replanted more ! Have never heard of those tomato varieties ! Let us know how they progress !
     
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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Oké Mart. Will do.
    Cheers.
     

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