the sowing thread

[Moggle]

Aqui, have moved them to the spare room now, when I put my thermometer in there, it says it's about 16 degrees in there, I hope that will be okay

I will be buying a mini-greenhouse on the weekend (after payday) and they will go in to that once that is assembled.

With the lottie this year, I am trying full scale production - trays of modules rather than pots on windowsils. Trays don't fit on the windowsill too well  :P I knew it was probably too early to sow them, I was just hanging out to get something growing!

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[ina]

Looks like I'm singing to a whole different tune or maybe a couple of beats behind.........just put my seed order in yesterday.

[aquilegia]

Yet more this weekend:

Aubergine mini bambino 2 seeds per mini module x 4 cells
Sweet Pepper Oro (yellow) 2 x 4 seeds again
Sweet Pepper Marconi Red 2 x 4 seeds
Lambs Lettuce/Corn Salad about 5 seeds per medium module x 4
Rocket (4 modules)
Watercress (4)

My chillis are popping up now!

[Kerry]

hurrah! managed to make a start on my sowing today. have been out of action with the flu.

onion ailsa craig and long red florence
chilli winter warmer
brussels red bull and groninger
and lots and lots and lots of tomatoes!

i shall be eagerly awaiting that first sign of green each morning when i check on my 'babies'.

[Moggle]

Today I sowed

Onion - Long Red Florence and Ailsa Craig (same as kerry how odd!)
Leek - Natan
Broad Bean - masterpiece green
Pea - Meteor

And also planted my wilkos strawbs, and chucked a couple of onion sets in pots too.

[aquilegia]

Didn't sow anything new this weekend, but did prick out the chilis that were big enough. Still have a few left in the cells. and also pricked out the lettuces. they are starting to look like proper plants (I think i left them a little bit too long!) Also my aubs, sweet peppers, rocket and watercress are all germinating happily. The aubs are starting to get a bit leggy, so as soon as half of them have germinated, I'll switch off the propagator.

[CotswoldLass]

Envy you guys!

But come the end of the month, when we move....I'll HAVE A GREENHOUSE!!!

YIPPEE!!!!!

CLx

[tim]

Aqui - put a daylight bulb near them??

And Lassie - don't fret - I have never sown stuff for the cold house before mid February and, much more usually, March or early April for mid July first pick. Everything is cleared by October. We lost the lot to frost one year from a May planting.

Set-back from average cold can easily nullify early planting. I reckon.  = Tim

[NattyEm]

Garlic planted out yipee!

Thats it though.  No greenhouse, and no time for planting stuff in amongst all the clearing and digging anyway!

[Kerry]

tomatoes are showing through, first seed up of the season!

[Moggle]

Going to try to revive this thread  :)

Onions, broad beans leeks, and most of the peas that I sowed on the 6th are now up. Had them in the mini-greenhouse to start with, but it's been barely above freezing in there most of the time, so brought them in to the unheated spare room on the floor. Will have to start opening the window soon to start hardening them off.

Also sowed 18 sweet peas in loo rolls and newspaper pots last weekend, still waiting for them to show their heads.

[aquilegia]

I haven't sown anything for weeks. I miss it. But then my windowsills are already full. I was due (written in my diary) to sow leeks last weekend, but it was too cold, and I was too busy. THey probably won't be this weekend either, considering the forecast. ANd I was planning to plant a couple of early spuds in pots this weekend. but not now.

I NEED spring!

[Kerry]

tomatoes showing the beginnings of their first set of 'true' leaves, onions slow but coming up, brussels and cauli likewise. today sowed sow broad beans in pots as cannot get them in the ground and don't envisage doing so for a while yet!
will be thinking about sweet peas soon.

[simon404]

I bought my seed potatoes and onion sets today. I'll start sowing a few things indoors next weekend.

[aquilegia]

Finally made a real dent on my box of seed packets.

Last week I sowed:
french beans (about five varieties)
Peas (six or seven varieties)
tomatoes (six varieties)
Leeks (two varieties)
Onions (red and pickling)
chard
sprouts (two types)
loads of herbs
kale
and planted four charlotte spuds in bags.

At the weekend, a few tomatoes, quite a lot of different basils, and some french beans had germinated.

(at least this time I labelled everything!)

[Svea]

yesterday, i sowed two varieties of tomatoes, celery and celeriac, and a variety of herbs. yes, i do realise some of them say sow outdoors, but i did want to start them off indoors - just have to be careful to not disturb their roots when planting out. also, hopefully this will give me a good germination rate.

the books say not to sow parsnip indoors unless one can transplant them before the tap roots form - does anyone know when that would be?

also, not started on cabbages, broccolli or brussels - should i have?

svea

[Moggle]

Saturday I sowed:
sweetcorn, leeks, asparagus and tomatoes.

[Jesse]

Svea my seed packets on cabbage and broccoli say sow indoors between Feb and late March so you should be alright if you sow them soon.

Aqui, you have been busy!  :)

[aquilegia]

Jesse - it was such a relief to do! I love sowing. Those tiny little brown dried up things are so full of hope and life. I still find it amazing!

This morning my first chick pea had broken the surface and a few more basils and tomatoes too. Also a Lemon Balm.

So exciting!

[wardy]

I got all my seeds out to see what can be sown now and nothing can according to the instructions so I breathed a sigh of relief.  Most stuff says late April or May.  Tomatoes for going outside shouldn't be sown til April according to all the packets so I'm a bit more relaxed now.  I don't have much growing space so whatever I can sow direct is a bonus.  Even the squashes I've got says sow in May so there's no hurry is there?