Pea Update and More

Our pea cups have had a week to grow and there have been some interesting results. The cup in the middle picture below was kept on someone’s windowsill. It was watered every couple of days just enough to keep the paper damp. It had light (but not direct sunlight) and moisture (but not too much). The cup on the right was in the bread box greenhouse. It was watered too but we’re wondering if it was maybe watered too well, because it seems to have drowned – perhaps we should have put drainage holes in the bottom of our cups.

When the peas (or at least the ones that are growing!) have developed a few more leaves, we’ll plant them into pots.

We were busy around the garden doing lots of other things too. One gardener noticed the basil had gone to seed and asked if she could collect and plant some of the seeds. What a great idea! If the plants grow well maybe we’ll even be able to sell some basil plants at our plant stall later in the year.

Other things we got up to today:

– We transferred some other pea seedlings that had been growing in little pots into the planter box. We’re getting really good at getting the seedlings out of the pots and securely into the ground, our practice last week has really paid off.

– The seeds we planted two weeks ago for our planned garden stall next term have all germinated and are growing nicely. We have had some really dedicated gardeners coming to keep these seedlings watered through the week and their work has paid off.

– Lisa and Ali brought some tomato plants from their gardens to transplant into our new greenhouse garden. Tomatoes are a summer crop, and if left outside over winter the plants will die in the cold conditions. But how will they get on in our toasty greenhouse? Will they survive? Will they flower and make tomatoes? We hope to find out over the next few months.

– A couple of weeks ago Lisa brought along a piece of sugar cane and put the end in a jar of water. She checked today and the stump has sprouted roots. Hopefully it will continue to grow and we’ll be able to plant some sugar cane in the school garden. A couple of our gardeners families grow it in their gardens at home.