Sunday was a little better in that at least the temperature managed to reach the expected average. If April carries on at this rate it will turn out to be colder than March!
It might turn out to be a mistake but I decided that our antirrhinums, celery and celeriac needed to be moved from under the grow light and transplanted. Unfortunately for them this means a move from the relative comfort of the spare room into our cold greenhouse. It's been living up to this reputation too with temperatures down to almost freezing some night last week. Hopefully some fleece will keep the worst of the weather off if frost threatens again next week.
Both the celery and celeriac had produced masses of fibrous roots and separating out individual seedlings without damaging the roots wasn't possible. I’m banking on these plants recovering from this set back and going on to produce our first ever celery crop.
Our antirrhinums were just about right for transplanting. There was a marked variation in sizes of seedlings but they were all transplanted large and small, enough to fill 2 trays each holding 24 plants.
Now we just need the weather to cooperate a little better.
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my celeriac is far to small do anything with at present its by far the smallest seed i have sown and the seedling is only about 1/2 cm tall i sowed them over 4 weeks ago now and they have really taken there time.
ReplyDeleteI am sure your celery will bounce back its such a hardly little plant.
Hi Stacy
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe how much root such small plants had made.