What gender are your seedlings?

[Bigmallly]

All my seedlings are "Kids" except my Toms which are deffo female as they are really leggy..........

[veggiechicken]

That's really sporting of you rinabean, on your first post, to admit to something silly! Welcome on board. I think you'll fit in well and look forward to hearing some more of your funny little habits!!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Mine are just babies, as in 'Hello my little babies'

[veggiechicken]

Have you eaten something indigestible, BigMallly? You seem to be "repeating"!

You did it to me again! Deleted your post just to make me look like a sirry irriot!

[Florence Fennel]

It goes without saying really that yes, of course I talk to my vegetables, but they are "my sweeties", "my dears", "my beauties" or "my dahlings". All titles are prefixed with "Come along now" and you will never hear me using that particular tone of voice at Himself who needs no encouragement

[mothhawk]

Sorry, but I talk to my plants in a non-gender specific way, much as the Pogles (anyone remember them?), with their lovely west country accents, talked to their magic bean plant:

"Morning, plaaants"!

If you remember the Pogles, here's a bit of nostalgia

[chris]

I don't really talk to my seedlings. I did say sorry to a worm that I accidentally chopping in half digging this morning though

[Florence Fennel]

I don't really talk to my seedlings. I did say sorry to a worm that I accidentally chopping in half digging this morning though

You're a big softie really then?

[chris]

Well, little softie, but yep I did feel guilty about it. Then wondered how many other things I kill when digging/walking.

Turned a plank of wood over to be greeted by tens of baby slugs. I did the natural thing and stamped on them. Hard. Then got back to digging.

[donnakebab]

Mine are just babies, as in 'Hello my little babies'

Same here. They are my babies but as soon as they have left the nursery they become individuals in their own right.

[horticultural_hobbit]

me to the long line of garlic on the 'lotment-"C'mon, boys, get growing." Caught myself, just after clapping them along, and burst out laughing.

We did have Gladys the BNS last year, Bruno the Ghost rider, and of course Kevin the Moody Aubergine.

[horticultural_hobbit]

I don't really talk to my seedlings. I did say sorry to a worm that I accidentally chopping in half digging this morning though

I've done that, words to the effect of sorry wiggly woo, now move.

[veggiechicken]

me to the long line of garlic on the 'lotment-"C'mon, boys, get growing." Caught myself, just after clapping them along, and burst out laughing.

We did have Gladys the BNS last year, Bruno the Ghost rider, and of course Kevin the Moody Aubergine.

I knew I could rely on you, HH, to personalise your plants!

[Florence Fennel]

Turned a plank of wood over to be greeted by tens of baby slugs. I did the natural thing and stamped on them. Hard. Then got back to digging.

I too would be hard pressed to find compassion in my heart for a slug, baby or otherwise. In fact there is infinite pleasure to be found in cutting the big ones in half

[horticultural_hobbit]

I knew I could rely on you, HH, to personalise your plants!

I forgot about Claude the courgette! And apparently this year, one of the Aubergines-should it come off- is to be christened Nietzche. I'll be intrigued if anyone who got Bruno babies names 'em