The joy of a warm bottom...
My blog entry for the 19th Feb informs me that I took some cuttings of Anthemis tinctoria 'EC Buxton' (they were actually just the trimmings from a spring haircut). Using the 'warm bottoms, cool tops' tip I picked up from college, I put an inch of wet sand in the electric propagator, took the plastic lid off, laid some shading material over the top instead, and switched it on. Hey presto, visible roots by this morning, a mere 10 days later. That's quick.We got to look round the college greenhouses today. The most impressive sight was the tomatoes, now 3ft high and already flowering, with a small army of bees in attendance. Bear in mind it was 2decC outside. They're being grown hydroponically, in rockwool and perlite. Apparently, they will grow to 30ft and will be untied and laid along the greenhouse floor as they do so, producing a continuous crop until November. Impressive!
posted by Sue Beesley @ 9:55 pm
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