This blog posting has taken a few weeks to happen, but at last I can report on a magnificent failure, plus two very satisfactory little successes.
Projectionist! The failure slide first, please...
Here's the punnet of micro radishes, cute and fresh little zingers which are nice tossed into a garden salad. |
Plucked from their punnet they sit in their own little pot of growing medium, which is kind of like compacted cotton wool, sort of. |
However, I didn't collapse into a funk of despondence, because at the same time I was tasting bitter (or, more accurately, peppery) defeat with the radishes, I was also savouring some, well ... savoury success. The coriander and chervil experiments have turned out quite nicely.
At $1.49, my chervil sprouts are cheaper than nursery seedlings. More usually they're $2.98 a pop, which is still OK. |
The potted chervil is belting along, loving the deluge of rain which has soaked all of Sydney to its sandstone bones. |
Ditto, the coriander sprouts, they're doing well too. |
The chervil sprouts look great in the punnet. You can see some long, thin black chervil seeds still attached here and there. |
It's the same story with the coriander. |
It's the same story with the coriander. Just divide the punnet into several clumps, not individual seedlings, then plant them out. Water often, seaweed solution weekly. |
And chervil loves winters here, too. It's also one of the better herbs for growing in part shade or at least gardens that don't get a full day of sunshine (which is the case in many inner-city gardens).
At the prices the supermarket is asking for these mini sprouts, this way of growing them is easier than seed and cheaper than nursery-bought seedlings. Good luck!
That's brilliant! I'll have to work out which supermarket giant you bought them from as I haven't seen them at my one. :)
ReplyDeleteIf ever I see punnets of micro anything I reckon I shall have a go with this idea.
ReplyDeleteWhy on earth did the radishes not grow heads? These micro punnets are a great idea. Thanks Jamie!
ReplyDeleteLanie, my local supermarket giant oligopoloy/retail leviathan is Woolies. I found the micro punnets in the salad section
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ReplyDeleteThanks Jamie. My sorrel, coriander and chervil are going great guns!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it Lanie. Fun, isn't it!
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