What did you sow today?

Bucko starts with ...
This thread is all about what you sowed or planted out today. I'll start so you get the hang of it...

Sowed snow pea, glimbing beans and red papaya seeds.

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Diana says...
On the weekend- spinach, red cabbage and more potatoes. Ate the first strawberry of the season (well, kids did), snowpeas, peas, herbs and raspberries.

What lovely gardening weather we are having.

Diana.

John Mc says...
Ahhh, you don't have a Howard do you Charles cant spell. I have a small Terrior Howard Rotary hoe, I bet it's older than me and still going strong. They have such unbelievable power those old things. If it wasn't so cold and windy I'd go up the back paddock and take a pic of my ol girl. I saved it from going to the scrap mechants. Some people just don't know what they're throwing out sometimes.

Jantina says...
Very inspirational all of you. I've planted out some of my lucuma seedlings to Phil, and to my delight they are still pushing out new growth in spite of the cold.

Phil@Tyalgum says...
R. emarginata is from southern Brazil and Paraguay, reputed to be quite cold hardy. Should do ok in the southern states or even inland areas. I haven't tasted the fruit as yet, will be interesting to see how it goes.

snottiegobble says...
I planted out my baby leeks, mini caulis & perpetual spinach today. I also planted a kaffir lime & seedling nelly kelly passion.I worry that this seedling may not produce as many fruit as the grafted, but at least I wont be troubled by those tiresome undergraft reverts that sprang up everywhere like last time. Anyone have similar probs with grafted passionfruit?

amanda says...
Here comes the rain at last :-) so I went mad! Anyway - I have realised that the green pak choy much better here - as it doesn't race to flowering like bok choy.
Lot's of leafy greens and tonnes more peas....mmm

amanda says...
hey snottiegobble - mine (and my mates down the road) seedling passionfruits out perform our grafteds by far n away ;-)

snottiegobble says...
Thanks ladies! Black walnuts are a great investment if you are reasonably young. When I was a mad trout flyfisher I remember walking through a huge grove of semi-mature black walnuts near a place called "the breakaway" on the Goulbourn river in Vic. This would be 35 years ago so imagine what they are worth now! The timber alone is regarded as priceless!
I couldnt sow anything today, its never stopped raining.

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amanda says...
With only 111mm rain so far this year..I have stopped sowing... I think have the gardening blues now... :-(((

Brendan says...
Put in heaps of Waynes' red shallots.
Planted some Apollo tomato seeds.
Planted some capsicum seeds too.
With some clown in Bowen poisoning 5 million tomato seedlings, 2 million capsicum seedlings and millions of cucumber and rockmelon seedlings, prices of all these will rise soon.

BenW says...
Sure can. No problem unless the root has started to thicken significantly I would say.

In fact, since each 'seed' is actually 4 seeds in a corky matrix, it's almost unavoidable that some be transplanted (or thinned as a salad green).

BenW says...
3cm sounds like a delicious baby beet ready to eat to me ;) Given that it is almost (wishful thinking?) spring and they will want to go to seed in a month or 2, especially if they have been disturbed, I would probably eat them as baby beets. Just thin as you go and leave some properly spaced ones to grow on a bit bigger.

Next time, the best time to transplant is when they have a couple of true leaves.

BenW says...
Sorry vlct, I was being a bit cryptic ;)

Yeah, they go to seed in spring. They take a while to put up their flower stem fully, but once they start the root will get a bit woody.

On the plus side, if you plant more in spring, they will be ready in no time.

BenW says...
I've been told they taste best when they grow fast, so mid spring onwards, when it's a little warmer. I have a cool/mountain climate, so you might be able to plant earlier.

To be honest, I've had success planting them at other times, even when the books say not to. They take longer, aren't quite as tasty and might bolt to seed, but they are still better than shop ones by a mile :)

If you are planting a whole bed, start succession planting now - a couple of rows every few weeks. Then you will know the best time for your area for next year.

Since you are growing them yourself, DO NOT WASTE THE LEAVES :) Fry off some garlic, cumin and onion in a little oil, add a tin of chickpeas to warm, then the beetroot leaves until they wilt. Squeeze in a little lemon juice and you are done. You can stir in a little plain yoghurt at the end, but it will split and go dodgy if you heat it once the yoghurt is in (still tasty though). Maybe try it without the yoghurt first. Takes 5 minutes and filling enough for a main or a great side for lamb or any 'middle eastern' type dish.

BenW says...
Now I feel silly giving recipes to a chef ;)
That looks awesome! I'm a big fan of quail. Never cooked with it though.

Brain says...
Vlct, you can farm quails like you do with chickens. Then your journey will be complete. I'd do it for the quail eggs as opposed to meat.

Back to gardening, i noticed the paris market carrots, how long from seed to harvest? I have read conflicting days from 50/60 to 100/120 days.

vlct says...
Hey has anyone had experience growing celiriac from seed. Id like to giv it a go this spring. Pretty expensive stuff..
Puree's beautiful..

dkatbena says...
Red japanese okra.