Not carrots at a £1 a piece – but the big ol’ Sankey propagator . With no on- switch to flick, I just jammed the plug into a socket and a few minutes later, laid a hand on the utilitarian black plastic to feel the gentle warmth coming off the bottom tray.
Into its marquee capaciousness went 10cm pots containing 3 seeds a piece and 7.6cm pots with a seed each. I guess if 10cm can take 3 then 7.6cm could take 2 but something to do with the pull of symmetry and placement wouldn’t allow that arrangement.
In the propagator are Ferline, Floridity, Lemon Tree, Rosada and Snowberry.
And…..in each pot a jaunty tag , recording variety and sowing date. After last year’s cavalier and confusion causing approach to labelling , this time around I’ve approached the task as if scribing not a sliver of plastic but the precious vellum of an illuminated manuscript.
