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If you are willing to take some words of 'wisdom' from an allotmenteer with under a months experience under his belt try this....i have had trouble before getting carrots and other small seeds to germinate in poor soil so..... dig out a little trench with the back of the rake, put in about 1" of potting compost to line the trench, sow seeds onto the compost and cover with another 1" of compost. Nice clean, warm and crud-free soil providing them with a cosy place to start life! Idea is that when they hit the soil finally they will be strong enough to cope with it! Tried it already on my plot (stoney, cr@p filled and poor soil in Wiltshire) and they appear to be coming up pretty well!!!
Always do my peas in guttering now Richard, after having them all pinched from the lottie by a mouse bird or whatever! Can also get them to a size that they are more able to fight off slug attacks!! I have trouble growing peppers, chilli peppers fine, but other types, pretty hopeless! Never had luck with carrots, fennel, and spring onions, all of which I of course love :'(