Seed sowing thread 2020

[elleme]

Radish
Mini sweet peppers, indoors.

[daisy01]

Those planting beetroot and radishes, is that outside with protection (cloches etc), or just outside? I have beetroot (boltardy) and radish (cherry belle) seeds and I'm wondering when to plant them. I also have Hamburg parsley, not sure about that one either.

[Mark_Riga]

I sowed some beetroot yesterday in small pots or modules as, if I plant direct these days, plants that survive are few and far between. I sow 2 seeds to a pot, I've sowed 40 so might end up with 80 small clumps (2 or 3 to a clump) to plant out about 3" apart, so a double 10' row. I would expect to get quite a lot of beetroot from that over a few months.

[annie8]

So do you find that you get decent germination for beetroot in a gh at this time of year? I started some in the gh at the weekend but I'd it would help to get them germinated I could bring the tray inside.

[ghexton]

Sown over the past 2 days ;

Tray.
3x Tomato alicante
3x Melon Delicious
3x Peppers Californian wonder
3x Cucumber marketmore
3x Tomato cherry cascade


Annoyingly the wilko cell trays dont fit in the propagator and the lid is loose.
So cut some toilet rolls up and did as below on the nest set.

Toilet Rolls
3x Kale cottagers
3x kale (cant remember variety - Tand M packet)
3x Sweetcorn earlibird
3x Cucumber (cant remember variety- Tand M packet)
3x French Climbing Bean Blue Lake
3x Broccoli 'Ironman' F1 Hybrid (Calabrese)
3x Broccoli Cardinal


https://ibb.co/5vtk4Wv
https://ibb.co/619mMc7


Scrapped a lot of my last effort, however i still have on the window sill up stairs;
3x Tomato Tiny Tim
3x Tomato Black cherry
6x Tomato Gardeners delight
1x Tomato Money maker
2x Chilli Big Jim
1x Chilli Serrano Hildago

Pics below;
https://ibb.co/82qyBJr
https://ibb.co/fx9H2Ch

the little things on the left are strawberrys, but they have been that small for weeks now, are they dead/ stagnant? they was planted same time as all the above and you can see how much the others have come one.

[veggiechicken]

So do you find that you get decent germination for beetroot in a gh at this time of year? I started some in the gh at the weekend but I'd it would help to get them germinated I could bring the tray inside.

I use the table in this post https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ion_93787.html for a guide on best sowing temperature (I've printed it and stuck it inside my seed cupboard door!).

97% of Beets and Radish seeds germinate at 77F. Lower temperatures give lower germination rates and take longer.

[.commander]

Not a seed but comfrey bocking 14
Kale - (purple kind, forgot the name)
Carrots - red samurai in a bucket!
Spinach - perpetual

[Small pumpkin]

Today’s sowing
Dwarf Malban spinach
Broccoli
Carrots
+ flowers

[Jungle Jane]

Yesterday I sowed French Marigold Naughty Marietta & Sweet Peppers Mavras & Sweet Boneta.

[cptncrackoff]

Sowings from last weekend..

Parsnips - Tozer TZ9043 + TZ9045
Leeks - winner + mammoth
Tomato - Angelle
Cinnamon basil

[ghexton]

Scrapped a lot of my last effort, however i still have on the window sill up stairs;
3x Tomato Tiny Tim
3x Tomato Black cherry
6x Tomato Gardeners delight
1x Tomato Money maker
2x Chilli Big Jim
1x Chilli Serrano Hildago

Pics below;
https://ibb.co/82qyBJr
https://ibb.co/fx9H2Ch

the little things on the left are strawberrys, but they have been that small for weeks now, are they dead/ stagnant? they was planted same time as all the above and you can see how much the others have come on.

p.s can I re pot my Toms and Chills above an put them in the greenhouse yet?, i want to reclaim my propagator and best windowsill for others. Or is it still to cold? Running out of space in my small terrace.

[Small pumpkin]

Sown today
2 varieties of sweet pepper
Parsley curled & flat leave
2 varieties of basil
2 varieties of tomato
Thyme

[Vegi potager]

11/3
welsh onion and bread seed poppy
Ginger root and casablanca potatoes went in as well.

[mcdood]

Leeks, Shallots, Cauli and more toms

[Vegi potager]

sweet aperitif, gold krone, dancing with smurfs, Evergreen, Costoluto Firento, Pink Brandywine, Roughwood golden plum, Summer cider, Pantano, Jersey devil, Super Mama4

that brings the tomato total up to 12 varieties.