On having a walk around my garden this afternoon, I noticed that there is some new life in my garden. Some of this is from freshly sown seeds, including my little onion experiment, while some is unexpected.
Over the last weekend, I sowed two lots of seeds, one for inside and one for outside. I sowed two different types of onion seeds- Onion ‘Red Marksman’ and Spring Onion ‘Evergreen Trident’. I had ordered some fresh seeds as I was struggling to grow those of both types from packets I already had at home.
When I got the fresh seeds, I decided that I would sow some of the old as well as the new of both seed varieties. I also wanted to see whether seed germination would be better indoors by the window, or the outside.
The progress so far is interesting, at least for me. I’ll start with the seeds indoors. With my old seeds, there is no sign of any germination at all. With the new seeds, my spring onions are so far showing no germination. The ‘Red Marksman’ onion seeds have started to germinate, which is really good to see.
With my outdoor seeds, the ‘Red Marksman’ onions haven’t germinated yet, but my spring onions have started to germinate, even if it is only one! There is no sign of life with my old seeds outdoors either.
I’ll keep you updated with seedling progress as I see anything new.
Elsewhere in my garden, my cauliflower seeds have germinated too. My spout and broccoli seedlings are still happy in their new pots and I have plenty of growth of peas and beans.
It is interesting though, because the unexpected new life is in the form of a potato plant. I did have a go at growing potatoes over the summer, which produced the tiniest potatoes I’ve ever seen. You can go to this post to see how small they were if you are interested. I must have missed some of these spuds because there is I fresh potato plant growing in my potato grow bags. I didn’t bother changing the potting mix before sowing my peas in there as I can’t stand waste (I mixed in a bit of fresh potting mix and some organic fertiliser before sowing the seeds). I think my main problem was not giving the potato plants enough water, so I’ll have to try a sure that I do this time around.
This is one reason why I like gardening. Unexpected surprises are often a very nice thing to have, so I’m hoping for a decent crop of spuds as well as peas!
Tomorrow, I will be out doing some more gardening, so I’ll be talking more about what I have done once I have finished.
Until then, happy gardening!