I live in the northeast and will start my 2011 seed sowing next weekend; commencing with leeks, tomatoes and peppers, onions will be late February. Just wondered what people have started to sow in pots since the new year? (Checking I won't be missing anything ;))
Started chitting a couple of tomatoes and peppers last week.
onions, leeks,cauliflower,cabbage ,broccoli, lettuce, second sowing tomatoes, ghost peppers.eggplant
Bugger all. ;D ;D ;D
Started off some broad beans in pots to fill the gaps between the autumn sown ones. Sowed tomatoes and some Durata, Cleome,Dahlias and a few Cobaea (White this year).
Am now going to restrain myself from sowing anything else for a while ;D
tomatoes, peppers, salad leaves. marigolds and sweet peas :)
ive sown leeks and today ive sown some tomatoes. Will do more tomatoes later.
I know some of you put onions in modules, would toilet rolls work and how do you plant them? All the way to the tip?
Quote from: cornykev on February 07, 2011, 05:06:25
Bugger all. ;D ;D ;D
Same here. Just spoken to my potatoes chitting on the bed in the spare bedroom. Hope no one comes to visit without warning.
Onions, leeks, spring onions in modules (don't know about toilet rolls, but don't see why not) and sweet peas.
I'll put the shallots out sometime this month.
I'm leaving tomatoes for now, not enough light I don't think. But maybe in another week or two I'll start a couple off early just to see how they get on.
All the rest in March. March and April will be the big time for me. Usually have trouble coping with it and knowing where to put all the pots!
Onion and caulis (AYR) about 2 weeks ago in a warm greenhouse
Broad bean and elephant garlic 2 weeks ago in a cold greenhouse and Leek yesterday. Bit worried about the bean and garlic as sitting in cold greenhouse so I spent yesterday sealing all the gaps.
Sowing spinach (Grandi, Toscan and Galaxy), detroit white beetroot, brussel and broccoli next weekend.
March will be slightly busier but April is going to be mayhem as I sow two each of 21 varieties of squash, 2 melon and 3 cucumber. Where on earth will I put all those peat pots? May have to get a parafin heater for the greenhouse as there is no way I will be allowed to keep 10% of that in the house. Stay away jack frost
Quote from: jimtheworzel on February 07, 2011, 11:36:17
Quote from: cornykev on February 07, 2011, 05:06:25
Bugger all. ;D ;D ;D
same here....whats the rush ?
Same here too, but that's partly because I tidied up a couple of weeks ago & have managed to put the seed box 'somewhere safe' ::)
I think i've moved it to the garage but risk being blown into the middle of next week if I try & venture out now to find it. Plus I haven't dropped enough hints about how nice it is having a house with lots of windowsills to prepare the other half for the sudden appearance of lots of pots ;D
Sowed far too early last year & had stuff hanging around for far too long. Desperate though I am to start sowing, I'm trying to restrain myself!
nothing yet bought my first early pots yesterday will start chitting them soon got a few herb seeds and new pots for them to grow on the kitchen windowsill but nothing else planned yet
Only Onions
Quote from: brownowl23 on February 07, 2011, 09:35:50
ive sown leeks and today ive sown some tomatoes. Will do more tomatoes later.
I know some of you put onions in modules, would toilet rolls work and how do you plant them? All the way to the tip?
I asked about this a few months ago as I found it did not work well with leeks- the reason being the type of roots which onions and leeks have, they do not branch as much as normal roots and do not work well if planted out in the loo rolls. If you just use them to sow in and then transplant out of the loo rolls it may be ok.
I was sent a good link by David Miller which explained it well, and Robert Brenchley offered advice- maybe if you pm David he may send you the link- I'd rather not without asking first.
Anne x
nothing yet here either. But I do plan to get round to some more Broad Beans, and will start some salads off indoors, but at the rate I'm going it will be late feb by the time I get round to it ::)
Roll on March ;D
Just a few herbs for the kitchen windowsill and some sweet peas- and onion sets, and i only did those this weekend.
Sixty Aquadulce Claudia. I've given up overwintering them because of waterlogging, but I want an early crop to help segregate them from Crimson-Podded Broad Bean, and Red Epicure. I can handle two flowering at once, and get seed off them, by planting them at opposite ends of the plot. I'm not so sure about three.
Did a tray of Aquadulce last week. Today I've done a couple of trays of Purple Broad Beans, plus lettuce, parsley, aubergines & peppers. Tomatoes - just a few early ones for the greenhouse - & sweet peas next. Early potatoes chitting away nicely. (I guessed Kev might have another challenge up his sleeve!)
Quote from: Trevor_D on February 07, 2011, 16:25:07
Early potatoes chitting away nicely. (I guessed Kev might have another challenge up his sleeve!)
aahhhh, so that's what is going on!! better get my act together!!
Apart from onions and sweet peas I'm in the B all brigade.
Another 4-6 weeks yet before I really get going.
Sowed celeriac on 4 January - they are sooo slow and are still only 1/2" high. Also sowed some saved seed busy lizzies last Friday. Am now in the process of list-making for what else I want to grow this year.
Tricia
for me it isn't about rushing more to do with pacing yourself cos so much can be sown in March but there's plenty to sow earlier to give yourself more time later - I've sown salads, sweet peas, basil, onions, salvias, celeriac, asparagus and will be sowing approx 300 peas in the greenhouse tomorrow and will then sow a few other things over the next couple of weeks
Bugger u 2, Kev. ;D ;D OH went to Woolworth, that is now 99p shop and spent at least £9.90 on me with all kinds of wonderful seeds. (Easily pleased from Enfield). I am so lucky. Have sown sweet peas(own seed, have more) outside in a pot, and peppers, tomatoes on the window cill as for 99p and loads of seeds left over can't go wrong. Something else, must get some more labels, I know cauliflowers, 3 coming up also from 99p shop. Should I do broad beans (don't like them) and they get black fly but have some seeds saved so may well do that now.
Hm, just some broad beans so far. Four different varieties, aquadulce outside and three more in loo rolls indoors to be planted out next month.
I've also started off some weeds/flowers for the tortoise to eat once he's out of hibernation next month.
I have resown my sweet peas because the original sowings I made in October succumbed to the very cold weather. I sowed these in the first week of February. I have also sown Ailsa Craig and Bedfordshire Champion onions and some tomatoes.
Later this month, I will be sowing leeks, lettuce and possibly cabbage.
I'm still at the stage of looking at seeds rather than planting them. I'm mainly worrying over the number of things I have to grow out for seed; if I can cope with them all, the rest will follow.
Warmer weather first me thinks.
Then when it picks up, I shall start to sow my seed.
If all goes well there should be another good crop of runners this year for the old folks down the home. They really did like them last year and I think that a few good sized cabbages wouldn't go amiss either.
Yesterday I sown my chillies, Prairie Fire, Thai hot and still undecided if im going to bother with the jalapeno this year
If we're still getting temperatures above ten degrees in a month's time, I'll start a bit of planting, but it'll either be under cover, or at the very least under cloches.
We have sown some chillies in the hope of giving them a long enough growing season this year but had we not had a thermometer on the windowsill I would have left them til March.
Otherwise it's some mizuna and other salady stuff.
Next week it'll be mange tout peas and broad beans.
think i shall sow some tomato seeds today :)
. . . but will probably get carried away & sow other things as well !!
don't want to get stressed out by leaving everything until next month ;D ;D
debs
Couple of days ago I did put some chives and rose seed to germinate in propagator..and they are showing signs of green :o...nature never fail to suprise.
And I'm about to sow today some asparagus, Dutchman's pipe, leeks, onions, peppers; buran, wisconsin lake, palermo and king of north, chillies; big jim, pepperdew, 'bangladeshi', tepin, naga morich, trinidad parfume.
OH..is watching footie so I might as well keep out of way and do something useful ::) Labels and pen are ready, compost mix done and warm, propagator warm,,there is nothing stopping me now ;D..the season has started..ahh loving it ;D
today i have sown leeks, spanish white onion seeds, russian giant, 2 types of leeks, 3 types of summer cabbage & some brussels in seed trays in the greenhouse, tomorrow it is the turn of my tomatoes and peppers (propagator), salad leaves and numerous flowers ;D ;D ;D
sown sweetpea to day, leeks and onions tomorrow then thats it till march.
I've sown;
leeks; Zermatt and Einstein F1.
Onions; Roscoff, Up To Date, Buan, Stamme, Walla Walla, Bassano.
Calabrese; Ironman and Aquiles,
Cauliflower; Graffiti and Avalanche,
Cabbage; Greyhound and Tundra.
My first lot of B beans are just starting through in root trainers in the spare bedroom, Vitelotte and Crimson Flowered.
I started a few different types of aubergines and chillies towards the end of January in a heated propagator and they are looking really good so far, also pepino and coriander.
Last week several varieties of cherry tomatoes for the greenhouse, I'll be sowing some more toms next week, eventually for the polytunnel.
I've also got some January sown sweet peas on the windowsill, waiting to go out
A few other bits and bobs either on the windowsill or Heated prop.
Didn't think I'd sown much but it seems much more when written down! I hope to start some peas and celariac next week :)
Think I am a bit late starting this year. Only done a few onions (failed again), leeks and a couple of toms. Should get my finger out.
I did some walla walla onions too ;)..and cold coin, red piatta, pink torpedo
leeks are; zermatt (snap), monstrueux de carentan
Now I've run out of pots for tonight..so few bits and pieces needs to wait until tomorrow ::)
I've filled some buckets ready for first beans..trying some Molly,should be short and stocky plants and suitable for early sowings..well see..
celeriac going in in the prop tomorrow, radish, round carrots and beetroot in the hot bed on monday :)