The seed sowing thread 2014!!

[Jakejakeyjakejake]

Going to check out your blog now I've get to Lottie plots now and am planning on doing fruit at home in containers and a few more perennials on one of the plots finding it easy to be almost self sufficient on veg but a lot harder in fruit


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[mrswadders]

over thelast few days -
various toms(all have germinated) i've gone and done it again - now wheream I going to put them all?!!
vampire chillis
basil
kale
leeks
chard
sprouting broccoli
peas
sweet peas

making use of the great big light bank we have at work - working in the science department does have some advantages!

[Thelma Sanders]

I've sowed some Long Red Florence onions, 4 seed per module, plus some sweetpeas.
The onions for the window ledge til they're up the sweetpeas into the greenhouse - just before it started persisting down again!

[Bren In Pots]

I've finally made a start today :-

sweet peas
broad beans
leeks
lettuce
carrots in a bucket in GH
a pinch of spring onions

[mothhawk]

The sun came out today, so I took the dill, chives, flat leaf parsley, lettuce, and sweet pea seedlings off the windowsill and put them outside under a cloche. They've got to learn to be little Spartans, and I need the space to start some more seeds, including some flower seeds, at the weekend.

Then, of course, we had a hailstorm

[Bigmallly]

Beware the strong winds tomorrow MH.

[mothhawk]

Beware the strong winds tomorrow MH.

That's taken care of, BM. I've pinned the cloche (it's a 3 ft long plastic one) down with 3 heavy filled tubs. (The other day I came home and it was upside down the other end of the garden )

[AllInContainers]

Woohoo! My Queendsland Arrowroot has now sprouted too.
I thought that one was going to be a bit of a pain to get started

[Bigmallly]

Today I sowed Cabbage - Filderkraut...........so glad I only sowed 20 as they grow to 10lb....................anyone like coleslaw?................

[marcofez]

The scores so far ..

4/6 of the dahlias I'm growing for yams have hatched and will need pricking out soon.
6/6 of the golden huckleberries have started. Too early for transfer though
0/6 of black huckleberries
0/6 Queensland Arrowroot
0/6 Inca Berries
3/10 black strawbs
0/10 blue strawbs
0/10 yellow strawbs
3/10 giant red strawbs
0/72 wild white alpine strawbs

Can you use any Dahlia seeds for yams? I seem to do well with dahlias.

[Scarlet]

This year I'm moving more into fruit, perennials, and foods I've never tasted before. I can buy carrots cheap enough in a shop, and I know what they taste like. Medlar, Jostaberry, Daylillies, Asparagus Peas, and Hyacinth Beans are a different story

I like to get a good return on my efforts, know that I'm half way there to liking it as well as growing something different! vegetables like toms, spuds, cauli you will find in the supermarket everyday but it's the variety that make the difference - black icicle toms, cosse violette beans and salad blues would be difficult to find in the supermarket. Carrots grown at home are worlds apart from the carrot in the shop.

[Scarlet]

My seeds so far..a little later than usual
Red habanero
Lemon drop chilli
Bulgarian carrot chilli

[AllInContainers]

Can you use any Dahlia seeds for yams? I seem to do well with dahlias.

I don't know if it's only certain varieties that are worth growing for yams. These are the James Wong/Sutton Seeds jobbies, and his book says it's the catus dahlias that are the biz, but not sure if that's all or just some of 'em.

I like to get a good return on my efforts, know that I'm half way there to liking it as well as growing something different! vegetables like toms, spuds, cauli you will find in the supermarket everyday but it's the variety that make the difference - black icicle toms, cosse violette beans and salad blues would be difficult to find in the supermarket. Carrots grown at home are worlds apart from the carrot in the shop.

I know what you mean. I had a ball last year growing all sorts of everything, but most of it was "normal-ish". I enjoyed it, but time was against me at a couple of vital times in the season, so I decided to go lower maintenance and focus on new and unknown for all new introductions to the garden. My first batch of carrots was lovely, and my toms, strawbs, snips and corn were great too. For me right now, food is actually kind of a by product to the whole learning and enjoyment rather than primary objective. Once the novely has worn off I might get a little more "serious" about growing food, but realistically my garden isn't the best for serious food provision. I'd rather just enjoy the experience for now, learn what I can, and settle for having a few delicious treats which are either unavailable in the shops, or comparatively costly to buy

[marcofez]

I don't know if it's only certain varieties that are worth growing for yams. These are the James Wong/Sutton Seeds jobbies, and his book says it's the catus dahlias that are the biz, but not sure if that's all or just some or just some of 'em

Thanks for that. I'll have to investigate!

[Bigmallly]

Have just sown 4 Beetroot seeds in DIY tape as an experiment.