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Hi Tina, we think they are still growing, they seem quite a way above the soil line again. Did notice some fungus on one of them's cotyledons the other day, scratched it off and applied some fungicide.

Hello Jon and Suzie,

Glad you have got some good advice form the garden centre and the offer of somewhere for them to go if the need arises.

Are they growing well still?

she said that i can bring my plants to her if i'm in difficulty

Went to garden centre on sunday, it's a little one with a really helpful lady. She basically told us that we'd overwatered and were keeping the seedlings in the wrong place so we've changed that accordingly, Jon and Suzie.

Is that what you do as a job, or are you working in your garden?

Yes taking cuttings looks quite good

We were worried we'd done the seeds a few months too early

Taking cuttings is really exciting... fushias and pelargoniums are probably the easiest to start with and the most successful.

Best get back to work..... planting sugarbeet steckles .

well let us know if you do and what you try and grow. We're liking the idea of taking cuttings to try and get a root, might try it with something unimportant, just to see if we can get it to work

You have started these seeds at just the right time of year. I do hope you have success with them. I might just try it all next year.

Thanks Tina, always appreciate your advice. It was a cheap bag from a small garden centre, might pop back there next weekend and see if they know.

The pear seed i took out the fridge five days ago already looks like a min triffid

Hello Jonathan
Sounds as though they are doing well.

If you have recently transplanted them there should be enough food in the compost for the time being... over feeding at this stage could cause plasmolysis (reverse osmosis) and be disasterous. It might be an idea to check on the compost bag to see what the food ratio is and maybe give it a couple more weeks.

Tina x

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Hi my initial seedling (Trumplee) has pretty much finished it's seed leaves. It's currently in compost, but do i need to start feeding it now?

had a book for christmas, apparently greengage seeds will produce something pretty close to a greengage, but probably not exactly. We will need another plum tree to pollinate it though as they cannot pollinate themselves.

Thanks Tina, yes i've repotted all three recently, but did damage Relumpte's root a bit, which i'm kicking myself about, but it seems ok so far touch wood. The third one we've unofficially named Tempurle. It might be a while before we can get them outside so hope the fungus can be kept in check.

Checked some pear pips we've had in the fridge for a month last night and one has germinated, which came as a surprise. We know it is unlikely to give us anything edible, but we would be really pleased if it can create any fruit for the birds etc. or even if we can just get a tree out of it.

Good luck with the bay tree and your veg.

Anyone else fancy growing something? Our pear pip was just wrapped in a slightly damp sheet of kitchen roll in a plastic bag for a month, really simple.

Hello Jonathon and Suzie,
I hope 'Trumplee and Relumpte' are the ones still going strong... what's the third one's name?

You will find that once you are able to get them outside, the fungus will begin to subside, it might also pay to transplant them into fresh soil.

I haven't been able to grow much this year as we moved last Spring and have major building works to contend with, so the glasshouse is a bit redundant.

I do, however have a bay tree cutting in a propagator at work and will soon start sowing my vegetable seeds. This year will be a better one for me.

I hope your plants go from strength to strength.

All the best.

Tina x

Update,
three stones germinated and are at different development stages, one is leafless, one has a good few leaves now and is standing several inches tall, the other is inbetween the two.

We have a fungicide, which we've used a couple of times (it says to use fortnightly), but the fungus is a real problem, it is all over the soil every few days, we keep stripping it off.

Has anyone else been growing anything?

Jon and Suzie

thanks Tina, we appreciate that, Jon and Suzie

Hello Jonathon,
I am so glad 'Trumplee and Relumpte' are doing well. Hopefully they will continue to go from strength to strength.

Tina x

second seedling now burst through. We've named them Trumplee and Relumpte, part of the family now...

My wife got some fungicide today and had a chat with a lady at the garden centre today. She gave some advice and sold us a couple of extra things. It's complicated this fruit growing. Glad that we have a bit more of an idea what we're doing now.

Hi to update, first plant is about 2½ inches high now with a couple of leaves growing from between cotyledons. Second seed is showing signs of bursting through the compost, the rest are struggling to show any signs of life. The fungus is a major worry, we are hoping to find some fungicide later today if possible.

Is anybody else feeling inclined to try and grow something this way?