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So I bought..........

Have already been dreading the thought of planting them all out. The cost of pots would be prohibitive & i'd need to hire a rotary hoe for a day or 2 to get through the clayee soil......then i found this link

lookout - i've got a plan :dance:
 
They would be awesome. Breathability, drainability, self compostabilty. All kinds of bilities!

:lol: i'm whacked
 
I really hope it warms up here too very soon. Plants are aching for it!
Got a foot tall mexican tomato already though so it's pointing towards a killer season. :cheers:
 
It is indeed a good thing to have you back Bent!

300 Douglah plants eh? Yep you're back alright. :crazy: Best of luck to you bro, really looking forward to watching your season.
 
Well I think I got the seeds in at the right time. Last 3 days have been drizzling with rain & when the sun breaks through its nice & warm. If seeds can't sprout in this I think I'll give the game away :D

On another note: the hay bale raised beds are off the drawing board. Cheapest I could find was $14 each & thats without trucking them here, so new plan is to rotary hoe down about 1/2 M (about where the clay starts) then use some kind of edging up 1/2 M. Will also half the amount of soil i need to get. Haven't priced up the edging yet...will check out Bunnings next time I'm there
 
Nothing much around here Nova, but good thought. It took Bunnings 4 months to re-open so that gives you an idea of what happened.

Today theres a couple of green shoots popping up - I'm not sure if they're chillis yet (have been fooled before by grass/weed seeds getting in, but thats what you get for sprouting outdoors)

Weather has been perfect with intermittent light drizzle & warm sunshine. I tried to take a pic but too small & blurry :woohoo:


3 hours later & i can say theres 5 evil little douglahs popped up. Only 295 to go :D
 
At dusk its 7 plants above the ground after 8 days of outdoors germination :O

I remember that first seed took 3 weeks!!

Only points to one thing - Neil from thehippyseedcompany is an expert seed handler :cheers:
 
Sweet 300 plants is awesome.

Funnily enough I am expecting my douglahs from thsc in the mail tomorrow. Can't wait.

Will be following your grow with interest. Good luck!
 
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