I know, I know, feel free to laugh, apart from some sparse veggies it's not the best time to start planting anything down. However, hear me out! :p
I have had a lot of conflicting information so I will just note down what I am looking for and hope you can help point me in the right direction:-
I am looking for 2 Christmas presents (I always hand make) these being:-
1. one as a (preferably) fruit (bramble) which I can sow anytime from now to before Christmas. I have some sources saying I can, some saying I can't. On that note does anyone know where I can find cuttings? (I would love natural as possible but stores will be okay if I can't) and if not, can I seed something in a pot and keep in a green house until Christmas
2. looking to give herbs/vegs and basically; will it be okay to keep sown vegetables in a pot for first few months, again until Christmas, or even better any veg which can be kept in a large pot?
Cheers for helping again, feeling rather silly with this question!
Well, fruit bushes are at that time of year where they're stopping putting any energy into growing and are going dormant for winter, so whilst you could plant the seeds in pots, they're not likely to do anything until next year, unless you create artificial conditions to make it seem like spring already (cold first to make the seed appear to have gone through winter, then warmth and increasing prologed light).
The problem with things that will germinate is stopping the frost getting to them and giving them enough light to grow, so a lot of things you'll be hard pushed to get growing at this time of year. There are of course some specific winter things like winter lettuce etc. and not forgetting that onions and garlic need to be planted now before the winter as they require the cold spell to make them split grow properly when the better weather comes (if you don't put garlic through winter conditions then it doesn't split into cloves or grow properly)
Apart from that I'd have to consult the Oracle (the other half), but that would be later 😉
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Thank you!
I had heard one place mention this artificial process and had considered. I realise it won't particularly germinate in this period and I'm not too concerned about that (forgot to mention that much :o) but more if I were in theory to plant now in a large pot would it just kill the seeds or would they remain dormant in say, a greenhouse and then start to germinate by Spring?
I'm very, very new to this all! haha
Hi for personal use I have dwarf tomato plants (I like red robin plant grows few inches tall but is very productive with cherry sized red tomatoes also orangerie compact plant with small orange tomatoes, both sweet varieites x 2 and chilli plants on the kitchen windowsill over the winter months so I have a year round supply.
For customers (besides doing holistic therapy work I am also a plant grower/seller) and I have already had orders in for chillis plug plants/plants as Christmas presents. 56 orders came in last month for chillis orders to be dispatched in December, so good news for me. for the people whose presents they are - are you sending by mail or seeing them? Christmas cactus is a nice house plant
waw that's really encouraging to hear :). I will be seeing them on Christmas Day and so have materials and plants etc for all the stuff sent to me before so I can prepare everything. Especially after last years fiasco as well, looking to get things to me sent as soon as I can so that's why I'm asking about caring for and what I can/can't do etc etc in order to keep them until Christmas