The seed sowing thread 2014!!

[Bigmallly]

one thing is for sure,they are straight,not bent,

Ooh, I say, there's no answer to that darling..............

[Bigmallly]

Phew!.........Have just finished sowing:

Cabbage - Negra
Cabbage - Primo
Cabbage - April
Cabbage - Hispi

1 row of each in a half tray, now in a ziplock bag in unheated prop.

Calabrese - Autumn
Sprouts - Falstaff
Calabrese - Marathon
Savoy - January King 3

Also 1 row of each in a half tray, now in a ziplock bag in unheated prop.

[lottie dolly]

Ooh, I say, there's no answer to that darling..............

I seem to have the knack for saying the wrong thing hehe,the plant stems are not leaning over towards the window,they also get wafted to help strengthen them

[Bigmallly]

I seem to have the knack for saying the wrong thing hehe,the plant stems are not leaning over towards the window,they also get wafted to help strengthen them

Not at all Lottie, I have a knack for reading the wrong things................

[lottie dolly]

Not at all Lottie, I have a knack for reading the wrong things................

whats life if we cannot have a laugh eh lad,

[Tee Gee]

Seeing as this thread has a 'sticky' I thought the following 'blogs' I did on the subject might be helpful to some of you;

Sowing Dust sized seeds;

Sowing Small seeds;

Sowing many varieties of one seed genus

[veggiechicken]

Today I sowed:-
Spring Onion - Apache
Beetroot - Dobbies Purple
In teeny weeny modules - now in the propagator

[Bigmallly]

Sowed some French Marigold in modules.........needed to sow something to keep the Toms happy.........

[cptncrackoff]

Marigolds for me too!
Nicotiana
cauliflower -mayflower
onion seed - bedford' champ.
leeks - various
lettuce - all year round
sweet peppers - bullhorn

starting to get there!

[CDave]

Seeing as this thread has a 'sticky' I thought the following 'blogs' I did on the subject might be helpful to some of you;

Sowing Dust sized seeds;

Sowing Small seeds;

Sowing many varieties of one seed genus

Thanks for that - really interesting.

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

I've got a lot of small seedlings lining the kitchen window sill from an initial bout of enthusiasm (toms/peppers/chilli/aubs/erbs). Outside, I (over the last couple of weeks) have sown broad beans, peas, onion sets (a few in modules) in the unheated gh.

Am hopeful for more time to work through my few packs of seeds that I've got kicking about.

Aren't Strawberry seedlings teeny. 6 of my 10 Sarian are up - you need a magnifying glass to see them, but they are there - I assure you.

[AllInContainers]

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

[veggiechicken]

Sowed today:-
Strawberry - Florian in modules
Sweet pea - Romeo in Ziplock bags. This method of starting large seeds is working well as I can pick out the germinating seeds and pot them up leaving the rest to germinate later. I'm using the same compost over and over again so its economical too.

[Jakejakeyjakejake]

First seed sowing of the year for me, all in windowsill propagators ...

6 cells of dhalia yams
6 cells of inca berries
6 cells of wonderberry
6 cells of golden pearls
3 pots of ornamental grasses
10 cells of black strawberries
10 cells of yellow strawberries
10 cells of blue strawberries
10 cells of giant red strawberries
72 cells of wild white strawberries

Yes that does say seventy two wild white's - I need a total of 80 viable strawberry plants, with at least 60% of them shade tolerant

That's pretty much all my early sowing done, so unless I have a change of heart about anything, no more sowing for about 6 to 8 weeks now

Sounds like some fantastic selections going to try some " exotic " stuff this yr


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[AllInContainers]

Sounds like some fantastic selections going to try some " exotic " stuff this yr


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Cheers Jake (I'm assuming your name is Jake )

I have more "exotic" stuff already out in the garden (tubers, trees and bushes), plus more on the way and more seeds waiting for their turn later in the year too. I got a bit bored looking at carrot tops, tomato plants and curly kale last year while sat out having a beer, plus I figured everything I was growing was cheap to buy. 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

There's more info about what I'm growing this year (and why) on my blog (link in my sig line)