More seeds

Over the weekend I started pots of Suncherry Premium at £3.69 for 6 seeds,a rip off if it hadn't of been for the the £5 voucher from T@M,Red Brunswick and Crimson Forest onions,Jumbo Sweet F1 Hybrid peppers and a heirloom mix of tomatoes from the Grow Your Own Seed circle which contain  Maskotka, Vova Yellow, Black Plum, Beijing Yellow, Koralik,Pendula Orange and Maja.
The heated propagator is doing its job and so far the following seeds are up and are currently on the windowsill.
Madame Jardel's Black
Kenilworth St George
Betimes Macbeth
Monkey's Ass
Slovenian Black
Sungella
Sungold
Bishops Children dahlias
Picolino cucumbers
Zinnia Purple Prince,Envy Double and Queen Red Lime.
I think they have a little bit more time until potting on.

Long time no post

It's been a while since my last post due to the fact that the weather has been awful and my illness leaves me very tired.

However April has seen the start of seed planting.

The heated propagator has been switched on and currently has the following tomatoes in it.

Madame Jardel's Black Koralik Kenilworth St.George Betimes Macbeth Monkey's Ass Slovenian Black In an unheated propagator I have started off the following. Bishop's Children Dahlia Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy and Rustic Dwarf Aubergine Black Enorma First In Field and Maskotka tomatoes Sweet Genovese and Red Basil

Seed saving Tomato seeds

A simple guide to saving your own tomato seeds.

Here is Early Tanana,Koralik,Latah and Monkey's Ass in their containers at various stages.

Stage 1 remove seeds from the tomato,I tend to use a penknife.I put them into containers,add water,give them a stir,cover them and leave for 3 days.I label the pots.I stir this smelly mixture on a daily basis.Then I pour off the water and rinse several times in a sieve.I then pour the seeds onto a plate and cover them with kitchen tissue.I then put them somewhere safe and forget about them for a week or two.

After a week the seeds should be dry so I use a pair of tweezers to separate them and place them on a plate.

Then they get bagged up and labelled.I then put them away until required

Weeding.Planting and Harvesting.

A sad morning spent cutting off the haulms of my blighted Pink Fur Apple and Picasso maincrop potatoes.I have now got 5 rows of maincrops left in the soil.i just hope that I have some to store overwinter.

Harvested some more Losetto,Autumn Bliss raspberries,Annabel dwarf french beans,Pink Fur Apple potatoes,my first Gem Squash,Red Sun and Senshyu onions and a Black Beauty courgette.
I also made a new batch of Borage tea which I use as a fertiliser.
I planted up lots of lettuce Verde A Fogglia,Pink lettuce,Brune d'Hiver,Austrian Greenleaf and Rocket to fill up a bit of space.

In the tomato house is a lone Monkey's Ass tomato.I will probably use it to save some seed for next year.

Allotment and Garden update.

Harvesting continues.
Over the last couple of days I have had Pentland Javelin and Charlotte potatoes,French Breakfast radishes,Boltardy and Chioggia beetroots and White Lady runner beans.
I have planted Sparkler and French Breakfast radishes,Samish F1 spinach and little Purple Sprouting broccoli plants that i started earlier in the year.
I have weeded my Onion bed and harvested some Golden Gourmet shallots and Red Baron onions.
I have also made a cane cage for my Autumn Bliss raspberries.
In the conservatory i have made winter plantings of Romanesco cauliflower,Black Tuscany kale,Italian Flat leave parsley,Blue De Solaise leeks,Siberian kale,Durham Early cabbages and Black kale.
I have potted on some Sweet Genovese and Purple basil and some Catmint for the cat.
I have had a reorganisation of the greenhouses and out go Early Tanana to be replaced by Sungella,Monkey's Ass and Losetto tomatoes

Update

With the weather being adequate I havve been able to harvest some Pentland Javelin first earlies,Senshyu Yellow and Electric Red onions,French breakfast radishes and chocolate spotted Aquadulce Broad beans and a rusty garlic or two.
I have moved my brassica cage and have planted up some Falstaff brussel sprouts and Primo cabbage.I have had a good weed around the Sweetcorn bed which appears to be bulking up and tried to weed my carrots when I could find them.Tomatoes have been sideshooted and composted.
Time has been spent potting on Dwarf Mr Snow,Tasmanian Chocolate,Alpatieva 905 and Monkey's Ass tomatoes.
I have started a tray of Borlotto bush beans and Mrs Connell runner beans.
Hopefully the weather will be pleasant this weekend so I can get some serious allotment time in.

Plantings and potting up.

I have been a bit behind with what I have been planting and potting uo so here's an update.
I have started pots of  Painted Lady runner beans,Hungarian Zucchini and Partner Gherkhins.
On the tomato front I have potted up Losetto,Koralik,Sweet Million,Beijing Yellow,San Marzano,Monkey's Ass and Principe Borghese.
Into flower buckets I have potted on Reisentraube,Sungold,Latah.Mortgage Lifter and Slovenian Black tomatoes.
On the peper/chilli front I have potted on Napia Early Pointy Red Pepper,Alberto's Locoto and Black Hungarian Chilli.
I have potted up Marketmore cucumbers,Thai basil,Piccolino cucumbers,Moonlight runner beans,Catmint and some Helianthus Sungold.

March update

All of the chillis and tomatoes are doing well on the windowsill.
The recent weather hasn't enabled me to visit the allotment so I have had to make do with more seed sowing.
In the heated propagator now Aster Chinensis 'Pink tower',Aster Duchess and Gazania Sunshine replacing the Cosmos,Amaranthus and Marigold Galore which are now sunning themselves on the windowsill.
I have planted up some tomatoes Riesentraube,Slovenian Black,Alpatieva 905,Monkey's Ass,Latah and some He-man rootstock.
In the garden I have brutalised my Honeysuckle in the hope of getting a better structure later in the year.