Little runs

[BaddieThePirate]

I did an easy 3km yesterday, and another little 4km today. I’m a fair weather runner. Grateful that despite my laziness I have kept enough fitness to knock out up to a 5km run whenever the sun is shining. Looking forward to the rain next week for my allotment though. I’ve muddled up my broccoli and cauliflower plants. Does anyone know how to tell the difference ?

[Jay66UK Graduate10]

Broccoli is green and cauliflower white. #JayHelps

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to Jay66UK]

😂

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

There’s always one! 🙄😅🤪

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

That doesn't hold true for baby plants. They're all green..

[Sybilw Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

Beat me to it!! Great minds and all that! 🤣

[Grannyhugs Graduate10]

Great runs but oh my, those poor little seedlings 🤣🤣🤣

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Nice that you're enjoying the runs. As a fellow allotmenteer, I would say the seedlings with the leaves which are slightly crinkled are broccoli.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

There’s always someone who knows the answer on this forum. Isn’t it great? 😂😂

[lexi6 Graduate10]

Apparently broccoli “have two defined serrated lobes at the base of the leaves” they would look lovely together in the same row though, as long as they were socially distanced of course.

Lovely runs by the way. 😊

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Mmm I love a broccoli and cauliflower bake with cheese sauce - I’d say just plant them how they come and see what happens.

Great running baddie.

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Nice runs Baddie! Hard to believe we are hoping for rain for our gardens/allotments after such a wet winter doesn’t it? I’m with Dexy5 on this one. Just plant them and see how they grow 😃

[grumpyoldgirl]

Love the casual runs, can't help with veg beyond jay's helpful comment 😂

No allotment, but I've got veg seeds in a propagator and I have no idea what I'm doing! Also the sides of my raised bed collapsed and we haven't got the wood to replace them. So it's now an unraised bed.

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

😂😂

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Pallet tops. Ask around local businesses once we're let out again...

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Thank you baddie. We'll do that. In the meantime, Mr grumpy is scavenging through the pile of "might come in useful" behind the shed and has just this second emerged with a couple of bits of old wood that will hopefully last a couple of months 🤞

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

I’ve got quite a few beds made of those. My faves are Link-a-bord, which I obtained locally from the maker. I don’t think they’re still going now though since the owner died

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Me too! 😩. Oh well, never mind.

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to misswobble]

Oh dear, unraised bed everywhere! 😂

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

I’ve got some timber ones at home that are rotting as well 😩. Even the scaffolding plank ones that I bought from new. The link-a-Bord ones are fine

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to misswobble]

The irony. We'll have our own little raised bed support group shall we? Mine isn't in the best place, but I can't persuade Mr grumpy to let me encroach any further with my attempts at growing my own. Might have to sneak a courgette plant into the main border though.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

Do it.

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to BaddieThePirate]

I will! 🌱☠️ Stealth pirate planting

[Deals1 Graduate10]

I'd say just plant em too

[over61andstilltrying Graduate10]

What sort of broccoli seedlings are they? Purple sprouting or a different type? Well done you, most of my seeds haven't been sown yet! Too many other tasks. Hopefully today will be the big seed sowing day. My cauliflowers last year were next to useless, but we are still eating the purple sprouting broccoli which always seems to do well. 😊 Sorry, can't help with identifying your seedlings. Glad your fitness is holding up. 🏃‍♀️🌸😊🥦

[Raspberrypink Graduate10]

Well done on your runs. Very impressive gardening skills 👍🏼

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Raspberrypink]

I'm a learner. It's my first year. L plates needed.

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

The seed packets will tell you all 😃👍

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

Google, TouTube and the cheeky lad on Project Diaries. I also have 2 gardening books. Next up is practice and trial and error.

[grumpyoldgirl in reply to BaddieThePirate]

I love that project diaries! I'm also learning as I go along, and trying out lots of different seeds. Keeping fingers crossed.

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Although I spend hours in the gardening, it’s my other passion, I don’t grow veg, so I can’t help. I know from flower seedlings that I have to wait a bit before the leaves take proper shape. I have somethings growing in pots that I have no idea what they are. I normally put labels on everything but obviously not this time 🙄 but it’s fun just waiting for them to grow and see what they are.

Yours all look the same to me, perhaps they’re too small to see a significant difference yet. misswobble will probably know, she’s always growing things 🙂

Well done on the runs 🏃‍♀️🙂

[misswobble Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

“True” leaves come after the seed leaves. We transplant our seedlings once we’ve got “true” leaves. Very carefully 😃

I love growing from seed it never fails to please me when I see emerging seedlings 🤗🤗🤗 🌱. I’ve got some tricky ones (cd be old seed) so I’ve tried a second time on damp kitchen paper. I used to use a lidded tobacco tin for the job but OH has taken it for his drill bits ☹️

I sowed courgettes yesterday. OH said, “oh goodie” 😁😁

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Well done Baddie! Yep I agree, run whenever you feel like it, for however long you fancy. That’s me in a nutshell 🥜

As for your seedlings dilemma - no clue (except I’ll happily demolish both in any form.) 😋

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Wait till they grow?! As you can tell, I'm not a gardener!😀

[Annieapple Administrator]

Great runs great gardening! Love the little heart shaped leaves! Definitely want to grow them now 🤣 & wouldn’t mind want they were!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Annieapple]

Do it, grow some. It's fun.

[Annieapple Administrator in reply to BaddieThePirate]

👍

[misswobble Graduate10]

Labelling is so important. Mind you the blackbirds make a mockery of our labels and toss them around with gay abandon. Damn their eyes 😖😤😁

If you surround veg beds with manure the blackbirds love it and tip it about, taking your young plants with it Which is why I do spares 😁

Not been to my plot for ages as I have no car. Hopefully I will have shortly. I am hoping my stuff there will be secure but we have a kleptomaniac near me so I fear the worst.

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

I have the label. I germinated both in the same tray, then transplanted and put 4 in a pot of one, and three to a pot of the other (I was short of pots), but failed to remember which number was which plant, even though I tried really hard. It's mr memory that's going. Weirdly I can't wait for rain coz my clay soil is rock hard currently. Usually I'm waiting for sun so I can run. At least this way I should be happy either weather 😀

[Dee_N]

I look forward to the day that I can knock out a 5k at will. Well done!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10 in reply to Dee_N]

It still amazes me, and coz I haven't done it regularly it is hard every time. Improves if you practice. Good luck with your return to C25K.

[Dee_N in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Yes I can imagine! Thank you!!