Sunday 11 April 2010

Update on the gardens.

This amazing fungus is growing in hotbed 1. Haven't identified it yet but I've been a bit busy.


On to the update. Hotbed 1:

Garden Catmint Nepeta racemosa  Germinated well
English sage Salvia officinalis Germinated well
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum A few germinated
Japanese catmint schizonepesa tenuifolia No sign of germination
Chinese liquorice Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Gan Cao)  No sign of germination (I do have a few plants from last year though)
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium   No sign of germination (But I have more and the ones in the herb garden seem to have germinated)
Russian Tarragon Artemisia dracunculoides Germinated well
Artichoke Imperial Star Cynara scolymus Germinated well Nearly time to put these out. I'll leave them a couple more weeks just in case of frost
Giant cape gooseberry Physalis peruviana Germinated well but most were eaten by a slug or snail
Dwarf cape gooseberry Physalis pruinosa Germinated well
Tomatillo Verde Physalis Ixocarpa A few germinated
Aubergine Snowy F1 (One that slipped through) Solanum melongena A few germinated
East Indian Lemongrass Cymbopogon flexuosus Germinated well but quite a few seem to have been eaten I really need to get some nematodes
West Indian Lemongrass Cymbopogon citratus Germinated well but quite a few seem to have been eaten
Chilli Numex bailey piquin Capsicum annuum A few germinated
Chilli Bhut Jolokia  A few germinated
Pepper Red Cheese  Capsicum annuum A few germinated 
Chinese milk vetch (Huang Qi) Astragalus membranaceus   Germinated well 
Asparagus Conover's collossal  Asparagus officinalis 
Shamanic tobacco Nicotiana Rustica Germinated very well
Tobacco Havana Nicotiana tabacum Germinated very well
Tobacco Virginia Germinated very well
Grain Amaranth No sign of germination.These seeds may have been collected too early I was in a rush to leave my last project. I reseeded with some of the original packet from last year
Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa No sign of germination.These seeds may have been collected too early I was in a rush to leave my last project. I reseeded with some of the original packet from last year
Water melon Blacktail mountain (Got the name wrong in the original post short season) Citrullus lanatus Germinated but got eaten replanted


Hotbed 2
Dyers  greenweed Genista Tinctoria No sign of this but then it was allowed to dry out completely just after planting. I'll try again.
 Peppermint Mentha Piperita  Germinated well
Celery tall Utah  Apium graveolens dulce Germinated well
Pepper Italian pepperoncini Capsicum annuum Germinated well
Tomato box car Willie Lycopersicon esculentum Germinated well
Chilli Navaho  
Chilli Serrano tampequino A few germinated
Aubergine Early long purple 2 Solanum melongena Germinated well
 Indian pot chilli A few germinated
Pepper Santa Fe Grande A few germinated
Tomato Ailsa Craig Germinated well
Chilli Numex Espanhola A few germinated
Chilli Delhi hot A few germinated
Pepper Anaheim A few germinated
Tomatillo purple Physalis ixocarpa  Germinated well
False Saffron Kinko (Safflower) Carthamnus tinctorius Germinated well
Tomato Black Russian  Germinated well
Pepper D-asti Giallo Germinated well
Echinacea angustifolia Germinated well
Cucumber Marketmore Cucumis sativus  Germinated well
Basil Holy, green Ocimum tenuiflorum  Germinated well
Celery Red Soup Germinated well
Lemon Coriander Coriandrum sativum Germinated well
Celery Green soup Germinated well
Okra Hill country heirloom red Abelmoschus esculentus Germinated well
Oysterleaf Mertensia maritima May have germinated (Might be a weed seed can't tell yet never seen this plant before)
passiflora edulis No sign yet
and in the top of the bed in 4 places Melon Collective farm woman  Cucumis melo inodorus Germinated well

None of the pots put outside to stratify have germinated yet. Nor the big pots on the floor in the bender (These may have been eaten by rats we're using eradibait to reduce their numbers. It's a substance made of corn cellulose wheat flower and molasses it coats their gut and prevents the signal that makes them drink from reaching their brain. They die of thirst horrible for the rat but safe for everything else. Unfortunately they are competing for our food and present a risk of disease so they have to go). 

All the plants in trays in the bender have germinated except the papaya but it hasn't been warm enough in here for that one. If I put it in the hotbed it may germinate.

Forgot to say the passiflora caerulea germinated (Two of them)

Pretty much everything in vegetable beds one and two have germinated but in the polytunnel only the thyme, sage and radish have come up. Most of the beetroot seedlings were eaten so I replanted them.

I planted 19 pieces of ginger Zingiber officinale in three rows at the Eastern end of the polytunnel in between the rows of sage and thyme. (They'll be coming out before the ginger gets large)


That's it for the moment The herb beds are germinating but they're a bit small to see what's what yet.