Starting from scratch

[Bohobumble]

Excellent point, I think we all to some extent get "sucked in" by the pictures on the packets, followed quickly by the "I gotta grow them" mindset

Yep, that's me

[Gema13]

Hello and welcome. We're abouts in Scotland are you? We are Perthshire. If you store seeds well, in a cold and dark area they tend to grow well past there date.

[Scottishnewbie]

thanks everybody. lots of good tips and advice. I will, of course, try and germinate what I have, but hubby (for reasons best known tohimself) left ALL my seeds on the conservatory windowsill...hence my belief they may not germinate too well

we also don't have a Wilko (few and far between in Scotland), but we do have LIDL and £shop, so I shall start there.

[Nicos]

Let us know how you get on!

[NatalieCooke]

I was in poundland today. They had a 3 packs for different tomato seeds. Didn't look at the variety but looked quite a good mix from the front of the pack

[NatalieCooke]

Scottishnewbie

This might be a good deal.

FREE* Potato growing kit + veg seed - worth £24.00 - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine offers - Thompson & Morgan

[connie04]

Hi everyone hope you don't mind but I need some help and was wondering if you lovely people could help
Although officially a complete newbie I have literally have to start a new I have had three lots of greenhouses completely destroyed by winds in the last two years and have lost everything all my seeds plants the lot I have been heartbroken by it all and last year I have been to ill to even contemplate starting again but this weekend my husband has just bought me a new greenhouse and positioning it in a different place the thing is I have no seeds at all have anyone got any they do not want or need please so I can get going again can not afford any thing until end of month and I really want to get going whilst weather is good hubby has spent our last bit of money on the greenhouse and has said that I will have to wait a few months until we can buy anything and frankly everything in the garden has gone to pot my veg patch has over grown and I have managed to dig over half of it hubby has a bad back so left to me feeling over whelmed at the moment but miss pottering about in my greenhouse if anyone can help it would be more than gratefully received and when I am established again I will pass on any seeds etc just feeling so lost and gutted about all of the seeds and plants I lost if none of you can help thank you anyway for taking the time to read ❤️

[veggiechicken]

Hello Connie, I'm sorry to hear about your problems. I hope your new greenhouse is well fixed down. Was it a glass one or, what we call, a blowaway plastic one?
Could I ask you to read the Seed Swap rules at http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nce_76437.html Whether you're swapping seeds or for a stamped addressed envelope the same rules apply - that is, you need to have made 50 posts or more.
To be honest, by the time you've paid for the stamps, you may as well go to Aldi/Lidl or a £shop and buy a few packets of your choice. You can see from earlier posts how cheap they are.

[Moopmoop]

I will, of course, try and germinate what I have, but hubby (for reasons best known tohimself) left ALL my seeds on the conservatory windowsill...hence my belief they may not germinate too well

What seeds do you already have, I believe some seeds are better at surviving less than ideal conditions than others. I have seeds from 2010 that were in a skip and I've no idea how they were stored, they germinated fine last year and I hope will do so again this year.