Growing from seed

[Madasafish]

Warning: don't start too early. You end up with too many trays and unheated greebnhouse is BAD NEWS in March when you get a frost.

My advice: start nothing until mid Feb at earliest.. and then only peppers or tomatoes.

[bramble]

Hi Workhorse, when you are sowing cucumber seeds stand them on their end and dont bury them completely in the soil or they will rot. Don't sow them until next month. Tomatoes are easy to grow. Don't be afraid to experiment. So what if the first few seeds die. just throw them out and start over again. We have all been there at one time or anothwer. Gardening is trial and error a lot of the time and you will only find out what suits you by making your own mistakes,
You could start sweet pea seeds off now in the cold greenhouse.
Good luck and enjoy your hobby.
Go to the library and take all the gardening books home.

[workhorse]

So much good information. My head is reeling, but it sets me in the right direction. Thank you so much.

[susieq100]

This is a really interesting thread. The weather has been so glorious over the weekend that I have been 'itching' to do stuff! I've chitted the early spuds and today could wait no longer and have planted pansy and French marigold seeds and put them in my conservatory (unheated). Now I read that if we get a frost that might put the kibosh on tnder seedlings. I intended to put some tomato seeds in tomorrow and put them in the conservatory too. What do you think? I did not start so early last year, but then last year was my first 'proper' gardening year for a very long time and I'm longing to do stuff!