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new seed nursery
« on: February 20, 2011, 19:15 »
 :) hi all , i am new to this forum allthough i have visited it many time , i have an allotment and i need some advice i wopuld like to try a seed nursery but i do not know what can be sown in one that will be ok to lift and replant in its final growing place . can you help please regards mac ::)

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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2011, 22:11 »
Welcome to the site bigmac  :D

I'm not altogether certain about what you mean by a 'seed nursery' - could you explain the phrase, please?  It will help us focus on answering your question.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2011, 22:18 »
I think maybe you mean a seed bed?
 Somewhere you can start off your seedlings before transplanting them?
 Firstly set aside a piece of ground and thouroughly weed it and remove stones. Create a really fine tilth. Then sow any seed which it says can be transplanted on the packet. Not root veg though!

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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2011, 22:20 »
 Snap Totty.
I think he means a nursery bed, You start your cabbage etc close together in the soil, until they need transplanting into final positions.

Cabbages and leeks, are the only things I can think of at the mo  :unsure: goes off to Google...............

this explains it better than I can :)
http://www.howto.co.uk/learning/garden-food/june_2nd_week/#vegetable-snippets-nursery-beds

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Re: new seed nursery
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 17:48 »
 :)hi all , thanks for your input , you are both right , what i am after is a bed to start seeds of in and when the plants are ready to place in there growing area then i can transplant them , i know root veg wont be any good for this , but what about  onions or peas ect, any ideas?

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 20:12 »
I wouldn't do it with onions as I suspect the root disturbance in digging them up might trigger premature bolting, you might be OK with peas and similar plants though.

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Re: new seed nursery
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 20:37 »
I can't think of much of an advantage in starting peas in one outdoor place and then moving them to another. Whilst not as bad a sweetcorn, transplanting of peas is usually done without too much root disturbance, e.g. guttering, good root ball in pots etc..
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?


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