Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: min200 on April 09, 2009, 16:55
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Ok then I planted my sweetcorn 4 weeks ago now and theres nothing happening? They were in a heated greenhouse in paper pots.
Shall I give up and start again???
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i chit mine on damp kitchen roll in a butty box,give them a couple of days and once they shoot pot them up.empty one out and see if owt is happening.
still not done it yer will do it this weekend
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Does seem a little long winded.
I kept a record of mine last year in a unheated greenhouse,they showed in 7 days.
This year i sowed on 1st April,nothing yet [8 days].
Think I would keep them but do some more.
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I sowed seed three weeks ago and they are up and smiling!
I was a bit worried that I had been a bit previous but very reassured you are all trying too.
I thought i would start a different variety at the end of the month so that my season lasts longer???
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3 weeks here, nothing happening yet.
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First up they send down a massive fast growing tap root ... then they send up a green shoot. So I reckon it is worth checking if there is any sign of the root if no shoot as yet
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I'm usually in a similar postition, sweetcorn-wise. The past 2 years I've had a 50% germination rate. However, this year I followed John's helpful instructions about chitting them in the airing cupboard and have had a 95% success rate.
So I'd say, get some more seeds, chit them and when you've sown the chitted seeds, they should come up within a few days and you'll quickly catch up. Mine were sown just under 3 weeks ago and they're already about 15cm tall.
And thank you John :D!
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I'm not in a big rush, as you've got to keep them inside until all danger of frost is passed. I'm ever mindful of the frost at the end of May last year, that's about another 7 weeks of keeping them inside.
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Right then Ive broken up one of the pots and the seed is just mouldy :ohmy: :ohmy:
I suppose I best be off and buy some more seeds then eh!
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Yup and this time you'll be sowing at about the right time! ;)
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Y'see DD, I have always gone on your advice regarding this, I don't sow anything frost sensitive untill about now, as otherwise I have nowhere to put it, I have a small plastic 3 shelf greenhouse, so really I need to make sure it will be ready to go out. and DD and Richy are right, the later planted stuff does catch up!
And yes, the frosts we had here in Leicester right at the end of May (Around the 25th if I remember) damged alot of eagerly plantedr crops around out lottie. (not on mine!)
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i chit mine on damp kitchen roll in a butty box,give them a couple of days and once they shoot pot them up.
Do you keep the lid sealed to keep the moisure in?
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yes shut the lid and put it somewhere warm and dark(airing cupboard is perfect),in 2-3 days the good seed will have sprouted.
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I got my seeds out today to chit and was surprised by how dried up and hard they are :ohmy: i expected fatter ...like beans...but i suppose they are no worse than wrinkled peas ::)
Are they all like this or are some fatter than others? ???
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Mine were very dry and shrivelled, but they've come up nicely, all of them. I just put them straight into damp compost on 15th March and they germinated in 3 days under a southfacing window. Currently about 3-4 inches tall and looking great; going to put the biodegradable pots into bigger plastic pots and try to keep them going, as I may have sown them too early.
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Do you keep the lid sealed to keep the moisure in?
I don't seal my chitting seeds that tightly 'coz the box gets smelly if I do. Loose lid, and add some water if the kitchen paper looks like drying out. Won;t be a problem for Sweetcorn, they germinate really quickly, but Sweet peas can take a week.
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I sowed a batch a couple of weeks ago, no chitting or bag, but they're on a heated bed in an unheated greenhouse.
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I always sow mine in cell trays placed on the upper shelves in a heated greenhouse and keep watering to the minimum until they've germinated and expect to get around 99% germination, but that's from saved seeds as shop bought ones never seem to do so well for me.
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Right,got fed up waiting and no sign under the surface,so have decided to use the above chitting method.
Is there any other seed that would benifit from this method or any no go seeds for this method.
Think i might experiment,nothing else to do today
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yes shut the lid and put it somewhere warm and dark(airing cupboard is perfect),in 2-3 days the good seed will have sprouted.
Do people still have airing cupboards??
My 'airing cupboard' is just a 'cupboard' without the water tank. Every house I have rented in the past 8+ years has had no tank in a cupboard. :( Used to be the perfect place for keeping towels nice and warm and starting seeds off in.
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Is there any other seed that would benifit from this method or any no go seeds for this method.
I chit Runner and French beans and Sweet peas.
I think useful for any of the larger seeds - two-seeds-per pot seems very wasteful to me to then pull one out ... but putting one-per-pot and having some mis-fires upsets me just as much! although for small seeds like Lettuce with 500 seeds-per-packet (there is NO way that I am eating 500 lettuces!) I am prepared to be the Hangman.
Chiitting solves the problem for larger seeds, for me.
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Am I the only person in the world to not own Kitchen Roll or Cotton Wool?
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Am I the only person in the world to not own Kitchen Roll or Cotton Wool?
Ha Ha, Nooooooo I had go to my daughters house [ 5 mins ] to get two sheets of kitchen roll
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I did my corn about a month ago in root-trainers in my conservatory. It was warm during the day, but chilly at night. I planted 50 in total and 2 didn't come, but one of the cells has two ???plants coming up. So in total I've got 49. Another thing to remember is that they do not like being messed about with, so be careful when you plant them out. Last year, I did them in plastic water cups - large ones. I put 3 in each and I did well. I also did an experient, when I planted them out, I also planted some corn, by planting them straight in the ground, and they actually did better. :D