My very experienced gardener friend came to inspect my greenhouse today, and I was able to show him my poor brown seedlings. He has been gardening many years, and straight away he could tell that they had been scorched by the sun. Not only are the French beans and barlotti beans affected, now my treasured mini red turban and potimarron squashes have suffered too. So much so that I have had to do another whole sowing. They were lovely healthy young seedlings when I took their propagator lid off, and then the next day most of them were withered and beige, their poor leaves sagging on the earth. I felt terrible, as it was clearly my fault. However, I've come to learn that these mistakes are all part of the gardening experience. I've now put a fleece all across the glass on the side nearest the seedlings to diffuse the light (I don't have any shading netting) and have had no more tragedies. I'll be especially vigilant when it's time to take the lids off the next batches though.
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