Topic: Sowing Times

[iain]

Hi mike really good chart I have also saved it as new to allotment gardening.   :)

[petuariapete]

I keep all my seed packets in an old  computer floppy disk box which I rescued from work. It  has a lock on it, which stops any pesky critters helping themseves!

Here is a list, in no particular order, of the seeds I have, with the 'use by' dates in brackets :

Radish - French Breakfast (6/2006)  - in date, so these should be OK
Chilli Peppers (6/2006) - as above
Purple Broccoli (12/2003)
Broccoli - Autumn Calabrese (1/2002) - fingers crossed!
Mint (1/1999)
Mint (1/2000)
Mint (1/2003)
I will sow the mint more in hope than anticipation!
Parsley - Plain Leaved (1/2000)
Parsley - Plain Leaved (1/2002)
Sweet Basil (12/2004)
Pea - Mangetout (12/1999)
Pea - Early Onwards (1/2002)
Runner Bean - Enorma (6/2005) -should be OK
Runner Bean - Enorma (12/2004)
Runner Bean - Streamline (1/2000)
Radish - Scarlett Gold (1/2002)
Swede - Marian (1/2003)
Tomato - Gardeners Delight (12/2006) - in date!!
Tomato - Alacante (6/2006) - another one in date!
Tomato -Moneymaker (1/2002)
Tomato - Moneymaker (6/2006) - in date

I will sow the earliest dated packets first and let you know how they get on.

Martyn.
 :D

[Hyacinth]

Bringing this to the top, cos I followed the link given in The Shed and think it's gonna be sooooooo useful to new members or those, like me, who printed it out first time round - and now can't find it, so thanks Mike for the original work.

I don't have heat in my greenhouse, so outdoor toms, etc. get started off in the house /bout mid-end Feb then grown on in my cold frames/greenhouse until ready to plant out. Stuff like french/runner beans get started off in pots in the cold frame march-time. Too many damned squirrels round here to faff about sowing in the open ground & covering with netting. >:(

Chart says outdoor toms can't be planted directly outdoors, tho? Some of my thinnings - 1st leaves & hair root only,  got thrown with other stuff onto the compost heap or dug into veggie beds - where they grew and grew and fruited beautifully ;D

[MikeB]

You are right A-M outdoor tomatoes can be sown directly outside,  but this really limits their growing season and you usually get a reduced crop especially with indeterminate (vine) it's IMHO  best  to use determinates (bush) for outside growing as they tend to have a shorter growing season and a one flush crop.  For a final answer check with Tim.

[vee]

A really useful chart - I've just printed it out. Thanks very much for posting it. :)

[misterphil]

Thanks for the idea - being a bit geeky, I have gone through my packets and produced a gannt chart for sowing and harvesting for most of my seeds (99 types so far). I haven't added my 30+ tomato varieties - these will all be sown in modules in an unheated greenhouse in april ..., nor my 1 0varieties of potatoes.

I always go over the top with seeds, but this at least tells me what I ought to have planted, if only I had had the time!

It is available for anyone to use, if you can tell me how to post an excel spreadsheet for download ...

cheers

[loulou]

very impresive charts im still doing mine still in draft for ( on paper still ) iv re wrote it about 5 times coz when i put it down it gose missing (kids hide the thing ) so by the time it comes to putting the plants (seeds) in the ground i should know the book (packets ) of by heart i hope lol

[tim]

And Aubergines, Mike?

I know -  "use your nous"??