Thanks bro. Early night for me as I'm a right fuckin girl. A glass of lambrini and an application of Anusol to sooth my ringsting = bedtime for consumer. Enjoy your Saturday everyone.
Ahem...
On a different note, my first 3 autos of the year have now been deployed.
This time, I've planted the seeds directly into the pot without germinating first to minimise any risk of accidents or stressing the seedlings.
Each 20L tub was drilled with numerous 10mm drainage holes in the bottom accounting for approximately 50% of the surface area.
A layer of 20 to 30mm diameter pebbles was then placed at the bottom to assist drainage and prevent soil loss.
The tubs were filled to 2/3 capacity with my 'hot mix' of compost, perlite and other organic nutrients.
The remaining 1/3 was filled with a cooler mix of multipurpose compost and perlite.
Finally, in the middle of this top layer, a fibre pot containing John Innes No.1 seed compost was sunk in level with the surface.
A dibber was used to make a hole approx one inch deep in the middle of each fibre pot.
A light sprinkling of mycorrhiza was placed in the bottom of the hole, covered with a layer of No.1 compost, then the seed, then a final layer of compost.
All tubs were given a light watering and placed on bricks in my 'growbag greenhouse'.
Now I sit and wait.
As an experiment, I dug 5 earthworms from my garden and introduced them into one of the tubs to see if they will have a beneficial affect.
At the end of the month, I'll start another 3 plants and probably make some adjustments depending upon how the first lot are doing.