Planting from seed, anything else?

[denise]

thats good then- happy growing

[Chef_uk]

Health Check time. how are the Broadbeans looking?

I know they are leaning due to phototropism but are they showing any signs of too much/too little watering?
Am I right or wrong that the curling up of the leaves is not enough light?
Is that white stuff good or bad in the last picture?
finally should I be "pruning" anything off them or indeed any other seeds as they grow? I keep reading pinching out but am not totally sure what this means. Is it where one stem should only have a set number of offshoots? Or is that wrong? Cheers all Really appreciate the replies.

[Two_Sheds]

Chef they look OK. Turn them every day if they're leaning to the light. Where are they? Not indoors I hope, they are perfectly suited to be in a coldframe or a cold greenhouse

You don't need to pinch them out until the blackfly appear in May/June. Then you nip all the soft tips off

[Chef_uk]

Bedroom windowsill. Still under 5c in the greenhouse. Would they be ok in that? Thanks for explaining the pinching out

[Two_Sheds]

Mine are all in the cold greenhouse and have been since November - it's only 3c today

[zazen999]

I'd get them outside asap during the day and by the weekend, put them into the greenhouse day and night. If you have windowsill space, there are better plants to put on them - chilis and peppers come to mind.

[Chef_uk]

Brilliant, cheers guys. Will start them off tomorrow morning in the greenhouse and bring them in at night until the weekend

[Chef_uk]

Another query

Can my lettuce and cabbages start off in pots so I can transplant them out to grow under the weed suppressant or am i best to lift of the membrane, hoe the weeds as the come through over the next couple of weeks, then plant seeds direct? I have two 3m polytunnels set aside for them in either case.

[Two_Sheds]

If you have slugs ... sow in modules/pots first, and transplant

[Potstubsdustbins]

I always start my lettuce and cabbage as plug plants, then plant on when they are nice and strong.

Colin

[Chef_uk]

Yep, found some baby slugs as I was lifting the membrane the other day and today. Thanks alot