seed organisers

[quark1]

I am also known as the Queen of Mean - for outlay purposes only - otherwise I'm a pussycat!

[zazen999]

It's about this time of year that I completely lose track of what I have sown and not sown. I use a 4 section box - and they are split into roots/fruit/flower/leaves, so I know what I want to sow and look for it in its particular section. It also means that if one gets too full, I know I've got too many and either need to get rid of some or sow them!

It was a meant to be a cutlery box but I saw it and wanted it [my OH is a neatness freak and having 3 boxes of seeds spilling out and all over the place wasn't working for him...so I had to get something neat]...so bought it for me from him for a birthday pressie.

[selfraising]

Hi
I got one of those for Christmas. Previously mine were all in a shoe box. I've got quite a large amount of seeds in mine and find that because July-Sept are kept empty I can move the seed dividers along to give more space for the 'busy' months. There is also a slot that runs along the side of the monthly sections (about the length of the tin) which I use for the bulkier seeds like beans.

[miffy]

We got a pack of goodies from Kew at school to do work around Darwin. Included in the pack was a big deep tupperware box with a big silocone gel pack in the bottom, i bagged it straight away as no one else wanted it for my seeds.
Prior to that i used some old c.d cases my mum threw out they are just the right width and length and i put pieces o fcard in between the seeds for the months.
I must admit May/June is looking pretty chunky at the moment, especially as the weather is so carp and i can't plant anything up the lottie!
Save your £20 kidda and look around home i am sure you will be able to convert something you have already got in the best grow your own fashion.

[NOG]

I start off with good intent and it all goes wrong....

I forget who and when i have planted.

[HotStuff]

I start off with good intent and it all goes wrong....

I forget who and when i have planted.

You forget WHO you planted? That's a little scary, you're not a professional hit man are you NOG?

[NOG]

Now that would be telling......people have comented on the size of my grow bags though.

[HotStuff]

Now that would be telling......people have comented on the size of my grow bags though.

Ooooh-err! But 6ft long black grow bags with a zipper down the middle are quite distinctive

[Two_Sheds]

because July-Sept are kept empty

Empty?
Mine are full of chinese veg, biennial flowers (wallflowers, myosotis, foxgloves), successional (early) carrots and salad etc.

[selfraising]

Empty?
Mine are full of chinese veg, biennial flowers (wallflowers, myosotis, foxgloves), successional (early) carrots and salad etc.

Ah yes well I haven't counted the flowers, they are in a seperate container and the successional carrots and salad stuff are grouped together in the month I can first start sowing them.

[taff]

If you're any good at diy, you could make one out of wood, make a lid, add a hinge, bobs your transvestite auntie....

[lez]

I didn't realise I would generate so much interest. Any way a visit to Scotdales garden centre yesterday had me looking around and low and behold the exact same seed box advertised in wiggly wigglers was for sale there at £16.80p. so I had a good look and for the money it is more a thing for the look and the one who has everything (I'm sure we all know one) than pratical. it looked nice but the cards, seed envelopes and pencil were of poor quality. I had spoken to our admin person at work and they gave me an old expanding file like the one in Two sheds picture. so I have set it up and marked the months etc and bobs you auntie.(as someone said) looks like it will work a treat and waterproof. now if only I could remember where I left it thanks to all for all the tips and suggestions.

[bluemoon]

Mine are in a tupperware container, it keeps them nice and fresh. I wouldn't spend £20 on a posh one...... but if someone decided it would make me a suitable birthday pressie I wouldn't send it back!

[Incy]

If you're any good at diy, you could make one out of wood, make a lid, add a hinge, bobs your transvestite auntie....

Mine are currently in a large shoebox (my boy has surprisingly large feet...)
But this has just got me thinking, surely the papers, magazine's etc which currently reside in a lovely wooden wine box (held 6 bottles) brought back from France would be much happier somewhere else.........

[dexterdoglancashire]

I have a plastic box, with home made dividers and the seeds in at the appropriate sowing times. It does need a regular sort out tho!