Queuing Up!

Monday was a pretty poor day with showers throughout the morning and then again late in the afternoon. Not a day for gardening outside. In the end though not a lot of rain with the day's total amounting to 2.8mm.

Whilst gardening outside is on hold due to the poor weather I decided to get more seeds sown in the greenhouse. The only problem is that it's not been that warm overnight in the greenhouse.

For a cold greenhouse I've read that ideally the temperature shouldn't fall below 7°C. So far this month that's not the case as even last night the temperature fell below this value down to 5.6°C.

To get round this I decided seeds needing some warmth to germinate could go under the indoor grow light except that there's no space left. 

To give a few days breathing space I placed the newly sown seeds in a tray next to the grow light reasoning that they didn't need to go under the light until they had started to germinate.

I expected this might give me a week to play with whilst the weather improved but in a good way it's turned out not to be the case. Zinnias and Chrysanthemums germinated quickly and found a space under the grow light when the celery and antirrhinums were transplanted and moved to the greenhouse. Now the dahlias are just starting to germinate some tomatoes or peppers are going to have to move into the greenhouse. I'll just make sure I have plenty of fleece at hand in case some cold nights are forecast.