http://cherishourearth.co.uk Hints and Tips on plant and tree growing and many pictures and details of what I grow and how I grow it Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:24:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monkey Puzzle Seed Germination. I have germinated 100's of Monkey Puzzle seeds and have a very high success rate, the reason being is I buy fresh seeds and use a tried and tested method, here are some hints and tips and details about the method I use to germinate my Monkey ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/08/30/how-to-germinate-monkey-puzzle-seeds/ I wanted to monitor the temperature, humidity and light levels inside my greenhouse, in the future I plan to automate the opening and closing of my doors based on the inside temperature but for now I just want to monitor the situation. I soon realised that the easist was of doing ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/07/24/my-tai8515-1-wire-weather-station/ Much to the delight of my better half, I have a small heated propogator on the kitchen windowsill. I have different seeds in here at different times, at the moment it is full of Cactus seeds. I am currently propogating the following seeds: - Ferocacus Carnegia Gigantea Saguaro Cereus Oreocereus Coryphantha Melocactus Rebutia Haageocereus Here is a picture with ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/24/my-heated-propagator/ OK, so I finaly got round to taking some pics of inside my cactus germination growbox today. I'm not very good with the camera so forgive the quality of the images. My dad is going to come round soon and photograph everything in detail so until that happens you will ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/24/in-the-growbox-cactus-germination/ Having recently bought 1000's of Cactus seeds on eBay I realised that I needed somewhere to germinate them. Having researched the topic of Cacti germination on the internet I knew that I had to build a germination box. The box is 4ft x 2ft x 2ft and has around 2 inches ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/23/my-new-growbox-cactus/ Olive trees add Mediterranean flair to any abode. You don't need to live in Southern Europe or California to enjoy the leathery, gray-green leaves of an olive tree. Neither do you need to own a garden for olive trees can be grown on balconies or indoors quite easily. Most nurseries offer ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/21/how-to-grow-an-olive-tree-in-a-container/ Here is one of my favorite trees, A Fig Tree. This one is around 5 years old and has been kept in a pot in my greenhouse since it was very young. I would love to see how this would develop if it had the opportunity to spread it's roots ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/17/my-fig-tree/ Last September I bought around 150 Monkey Puzzle seeds. These were pretty easy to germinate, all I did was:- 1 - soak them in water for 24 hours 2 - Planted them about 1 cm deep in John Innes number 2 soil in 7 cm pots 3 - watered them occasionally Around 140 of them have ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/15/monkey-puzzle-seedlings/ Here is a picture of my Greenhouse: - It is 16x6 foot and has 2 roof vents, a sliding door at each end, this provides excellent ventelation on those hot summer days which we don't seem to get anymore. My Greenhouse is actualy 2 Greenhouses joined together. I bought the first one ... http://cherishourearth.co.uk/2008/06/15/my-greenhouse/