Sunday 24 February 2013

Seeds sown today

I have been quite good today - I sorted out the wormery compost from my wormery - and got that one and 2 others from freecycle up and running - each tray has a starter worm collection, plus browns and greens and loads of scrunched up paper for insulation. 2 will be going to the community garden as soon as the spring hits us.

Mark also emptied the dalek, and put all the good stuff in the compost bin so I harvested hundreds of fresh worms for the wormeries so that's good! Saves buying any.

I've sieved a load of last year's tomato and chilli compost - I have to say that the roots were significantly smaller than in previous years - some they hadn't even reached the sides of the pots.

And I've sown the following:
Onion
De Reboullion
Besancon [HSL]
Batun [HSL]
Up to Date [HSL]
Rouge Pale de Niort [Real Seeds]
Jaune Paille de Vertus [Real Seeds]
Baun [via JayB]
Zebrune Banana Shallot [Real Seeds via VVG]


Leek
Jaune de Poiton
Walton Mammoth [HSL]

Chilli
Gelbe Kirschen
Lemon Drop

Flat leaf parsley
Earliest Cabbage [HSL]
Lanro Kohl Rabi
Crimson Flowered Broad Bean [VVG]
Oldambster Wierboon Broad Bean
Dwarf Grey Mangetout 
Twinkle Pea

Also some random seeds from the random seed experiment - and some other random seeds from the bottom of one of my bags. Can't wait to get sowing my beans though - next stop, writing down all the varieties I have and choosing which to grow out and bulk up. Bring it on!


Saturday 9 February 2013

Tomatoes 2013

Oh dear.

I've just been logging all the tomato seeds that I have in the collection; and not including the 20 off varieties that I have from the non-tomato seed circles.

I have 159 varieties.




Oops. Which to choose?
Abraham Lincoln
African Queen
Alaska
Amish paste
Andrew Rahart's Jumbe Red
Aranyalma
Ararat Flamed
Arkansas Traveller
Atkin's Stuffing
Auntie Madge's
Aurora
Baba
Banana Legs
Beaver Lodge Slicer
Blaby Special
Black and Brown Boar
Black Cherry
Black Plum
Black Russian
Black Truffle
Bloody Butcher
Blue OSU
Brandywine Sudduth
Broad Ripple Yellow Currant
Buissonnante
Burpee's Delicious
Burpee's Jubilee
Cara Turkish
Caspian Pink
Celebrity
Cheetham's Potato Leaf
Chiapis Wild
Chico III
Chocolate Cherokee
Costoluto Fiorentino
Cowlick's Brndywine
Crystal's Plum
Cuore Di Bue
Cyril's Choice
Darby Striped
Dawson's Russina Oxhert
De Colgar
Delicious
Depp's Pink Firefly
Dwarf Wax
Early Tanana
Earlygirl
Fablone Listnyj
Falcon
Falcorosso
Galina
German Lunchbox
Gold Medal
Golden Grape
Golden Jubilee
Golden Sunrise
Goldkrane
Green Tiger
Green Velvet
Grushovka
Hahnstown Yellow
Heinz
Homesweet
Hoy
Hundred's and Thousands
Ildi
Imur Prior Beta
Irish Gardener's Delight
JD's Special C Tex
Jen's Tangerine
Jono's Cherry
JTD Red Campbell's Soup
KBX
Kenilworth St George
KirschKlompen
Kootenai
Koralik
Kumato
Larger Dr Carolyn
Latah
Lenny and Gracie's Kentucky Heirloom
Lime Green Salad
Long Pink Bulgarian
Ludmilla's Yellow Giant
Maja
Marglobe
Marmande VF
Maskotka
Matina
Mexican Hoey
Millefleur
Minibel
Mortgage Lifter
Moskovitch
Moskow ultra Early
Nepal
Noir
Nova Yellow
Olirose
Orange Russian
Oregon Spring
Pantano
Peacevine Cherry
Peiping Chieh
Pendulina
Peter Glazebrooks' Giant
Piccolo
Piglet Willie's French Black
Pink Brandywine
Pink Cherry
Plumpton King
Poire Taune
Polish Linguisa
Ponderosa Pink
Principe Borghese
Purple Cherokee
Purple Russian Plum
Purple Ukraine
Radio
Rambling Gold
Red Cluster pear
Red In Yellow Out
Red Pear
Red Zebra
Riesentraube
Roma VF
Ruby
Rutgers
Sasha's Pride
Scotia
Silach
Silver Fir
Smadar
Snow White
Southern Nights
Spanish Big Globe
Speckled Russian
Srednjevelika
Stonor's No 2
Sugar Plum
Sunbaby
Sungold F1
Sweet Pea Currant
Terhune
Texan Wild
The Amateur
Tiger
Tigerella
TOGI 2nd gen
Togi Bush
True Black Brandywine
Valencia
Violet Jasper
WB
White Oxheart
Wild Tomato Columbian rum
Yellow Cocktail
Yellow Pear
Yellow Perfection            

Whilst I am considering which to grow myself, bearing in mind we've already sown loads for the schools - here's a pic of some Red Pear seedlings...Gonna need alot of pots!!!