#137655
February 13th, 2006 at 12:33 AM
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Yesterday, I got another buncha' seeds . . . Canadian Tire had them on at 39 cents a pack! Here's what I've seeded indoors to date: Seeded Jan 15th Green pepperOrange School Stuff Broccoli Parsnip Peas Cucumber Zuccini Jan 27th Cosmos Nasturtium spring onion snapdragon (they take 3 weeks or more) radish Feb 2nd forget-me-nots basil squash Feb 5th Carrots, pepper& Sunflowers Feb 6th Asters & Bachelor buttons Feb 10th Cut flower Mix Cockscombe Garden Beans - 2 kinds Feb 11th Gypsophilia Clarkia Feb 12th Poppy Pink Dianthus (put in one of the big coleus pots) A couple more pots got filled with lavatera allysum candy tuft marigold Enjoying myself? You bet!
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#137656
February 13th, 2006 at 01:06 AM
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Jan 15th Green pepperOrange School Stuff Broccoli Parsnip Peas Cucumber Zuccini Carly..it's not too early for some of these vegetables? I'm in Ontario as well..I'd love to start some now but I think it's too early..tell me I'm wrong so I can start too. Christina
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#137657
February 13th, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Jan 15th Green pepperOrange School Stuff Broccoli Parsnip Peas Cucumber Zuccini hey carly! sounds like you've got a TON done so far! may I ask what orange school stuff is? I've never heard of that
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#137658
February 14th, 2006 at 07:01 AM
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Oh . . . ha ha! I forgot about that - there were some orange flowers growing in the square planters outside the school - I clipped off some of the dried stuff. I don't think it will work, but I put it in with something else.
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#137659
February 14th, 2006 at 07:05 AM
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None of the seeds have been planted outside - they are in boxes on the window sill in the office. Outside? Ha! Even the cat stays indoors most of the day right now. And Skitter is usually out there and at 'em from 8 in the morning till her curfew at 4 in the afternoon. Right now she goes out at sunrise, scoots off 'god-knows-where' then returns to the door about ten minutes later. That act is repeated about 4 times during the day. Come spring she'll be out there at all times and after curfew she'll be at the window snarling at me if I'm outside and she's not.
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#137660
February 14th, 2006 at 07:49 AM
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Hi Carly..you didn't really answer my question. How are you going to keep them strong and healthy until u get them outside? You must have high pressure sodium lights.
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#137661
February 14th, 2006 at 08:04 AM
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Fluorescent in the office and from previous experience the window in there is good for growing seeds. It won't be long till the whole shootin' match gets carried outside to the picnic table outside our apartment window. That reminds me - I have some pictures to download . . . I'll show them soon.
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#137662
February 14th, 2006 at 09:26 AM
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Here are the peas and broccoli pot around the last week of January. Here they are now . . . The Peas Oops! I don't think I took a pic of the broccoli pot - it's still in the window. I can't do any more seeds right now anyway - no room. Besides I'm going out to the west coast soon, so I can't leave too much for Jeff to tend to while I'm gone. There's a few that can go outdoors now - parsnips - if we have a mild day soon, I'll put them out there. Here's the Cosmos and Radish . . . I think radish can go outside too - with the parsnips. The cosmos . . . hmmm . . . not for a while. Looks like they'll be slow anyway.
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#137663
February 14th, 2006 at 09:49 AM
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Looks good Carly. So you've started seeds this early before and you it all went well for you?
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#137664
February 14th, 2006 at 11:40 AM
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Not really - last year I only got a few plants using seeds I saved in the fall. We'll see what happens - like I say, I'm not starting them all - I don't have room for it anyway. I figure I can start putting some things outdoors at the end of March. Some things will have to be hardened off and some will have to wait till last frost which is May 9th here. What do you do?
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#137665
February 14th, 2006 at 11:59 AM
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I wont be starting anything until mid March..last year that even seemed too early 'cuz as you know...we had a cold spring! I didn't get anything planted outside until June. I don't start hardening off 'til temps are about 15C..and still bring them back in during the night until it's warm enough 24 hours a day. I have four 4 foot fluorescents and two 2 foot fluorescents. That was just enough last year...may hafta' invest in more this year. I've never used a sunny window..I've put some herbs that don't need full sun in the window but other than that, I always use the lights. What plants do you plan to put out at the end of March?
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#137666
February 14th, 2006 at 12:15 PM
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Carrots, allysum, poppy, spring onions . . . I might have some more than go out that early - not sure.
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#137667
February 14th, 2006 at 12:21 PM
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I'm just gonna' sow my carrots and onions directly in the ground..I'm not gonna' bother startin' them in the house...no need really. I don't think I'm gonna' start any flowers inside this year. I just have no idea what I want. One of these days (when it's warmer)...I just hafta' pull a chair up infront of my house and sit there and try to visualize what I would like to see in the yard. So far, all I keep seeing is daisies..and I have plenty of them!! Maybe a couple more plants wouldn't hurt.
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#137668
February 14th, 2006 at 12:55 PM
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Oh, I probably won't do half the things I say I'm going to do. Most likely I'll just end up putting everything out on the picnic table as soon as it's warm in April, cover 'em up if it gets cold. We have a big lot (apartment building) and it's enough to just get it all cleaned up. There's pine cones to be gathered, sticks to be picked up, pine needles and left over leaves to rake away. Not to mention the gawd-fearin' grass. I'm usually on weeds for about three weeks. Just clearing weeds out of the grass. I'll have mums to uncover, thin out if they are still alive. March is going to be given over to my trip to the west anyway, so April will probably be dedicated to the cleaning - I'll be nowhere near the point where I'll start putting seeds in. I'll probably just settle for the few things I've started up indoors, have Jeff keep them moist while I'm away and hope for the best. Vegetables will have to be put into large containers - we don't really have the kind of soil or terraine for those. I don't really know where I think I'm going to put this broccoli - it grows two feet I hear - ha ha!
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#137669
February 14th, 2006 at 01:06 PM
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Here are the seed packets I still have left: Endive Tomato Petunia Sweet William Pansies - 3 packs Purple wildflowers Allysum - 2 packs Gypsophilia Thunbergia vine Evening Primrose - 2 Morning glory Chives Sweet Pea Yellow peppersSunflower Beans So if the ones growing in the office aren't successful, I'll have all those.
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#137670
February 14th, 2006 at 01:07 PM
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Where in Ontario do you live, Christina?
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#137671
February 15th, 2006 at 03:51 AM
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I'm in Sarnia...'bout 300km SW of you.
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#137672
February 17th, 2006 at 12:13 PM
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Ahhhhhhh! A stone's throw.
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#137673
February 17th, 2006 at 12:15 PM
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Yep..a hop, skip and a jump.
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#137674
February 18th, 2006 at 02:14 AM
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Hi Carly, i am going to go check out canadian tire, i have gotten alot of my seeds from wal-mart but i had totally forgotten about canadian tire. thanks again for the reminder. happy gardening... penny
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#137675
February 18th, 2006 at 07:21 AM
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I don't know if the sale is still on, Penny - better get up there immediately.
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#137676
February 19th, 2006 at 12:30 AM
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Hi Carly, i did make it there and they had lots, i am not sure if they arent selling that fast because of all of our snow up here, but i splurged and got 40-45 packs of just about everything that i wanted. thanks again.... penny
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#137677
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 AM
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Good stuff - I still have a few packages to plant, but I won't - I'm going away to the west coast on March 4th, so I won't be here to supervise 'em. And there's no more window sill space! :-0
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#137678
March 2nd, 2006 at 01:49 PM
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carly, thanks for the tip,i didn t know canadian tire had their seeds for sale so early,i ll go see tomorrow. Franny
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#137679
March 2nd, 2006 at 02:55 PM
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I've already seen some of them pop, so they must be ok - we'll see if they become actual plants and if they don't we'll be buying our seeds elsewhere next year. I don't know what I think I'm gonna' do with all these seeds anyway - ha ha! I don't really have time to fussbudget with all the stuff I've got now.
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