The Seed Sowing Thread 2015

[sparrow100]

Zermatt leeks, ailsa craig onions, Scenic spinach, Giant Prague Improved celeriac, basil, fennel, hurst greenshaft peas, kent blue peas all sown.

Pentland Javelin spuds planted on 26th Feb are showing through the compost and the way they are going will be at the top of the bag be the end of the month.

Need to sort out some beetroot seeds, cape gooseberries, herbs, radishes and kohlrabi, but I'm running out of space.

[bussinspain]

Planted 6 Arran Pilot potatoes in bags in the polytunnel and sowed:

Tomatillo - De Milipa
Cape Gooseberry - Golden Berry
Melon - Melba & Gala
Gherkin - West Indian
Peppers - Peppadew
Tomato - African Queen, Tiger, Marmande, White Beauty, German Lunchbox, Yellow Stuffed & Cuore Di Bug

All above seeds from VSP including a number of tomatoes for viability testing.

I've got a 3m x 2m and a 6m x3m polytunnel and an 8ft x 6ft greenhouse and still wondering how I'm going to find room for them all

What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

A small trough thing with 2 types of Turnip (Golden Globe and Purple Top White Globe), left in the GH until they germinate and then they might get a bit of space in the (sideless) coldframe for a few days.

[Scarlet]

Tomato seeds
Stupice
Black cherry
Black icicle
Black Russian
Black Krim
Yellow pear cocktail
Rough wood golden plum
Principe B
Pantano
White ox heart
Cheethams potato leaf
Latah
Orange banana
Lucky leprechaun ( no guesses where this one came from!)
Dancing with smurfs
Golden queen
Peace vine
New Yorker
Boxcar willie
Tigerella

[Silverwizard]

What I've sown,so far.

Its the start of the Growing year and we're all anxious to start sowing and feel soil beneath our fingernails. So how about telling us which seeds you've sown each day, as a gentle reminder to start rummaging for them in your seed stash

Last year = http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...2014-a-29.html

Just spent a couple of hours in the greenhouse seeding,have put in Cumin,Coriander,Thyme,Basil,Gardener's Delight Tomatoes,Marmande Tomatoes,Courgette,Cucumber,Red Chillis,Broccolli,have more to do tomorrow,I need to get some more Potting Compost.

[spiritPan]

WOW

So many posts on this thread since I last logged on!!

Been busy, few tomato varieties, mixture of sweet peppers and hot chillis in heated propagater, cucumbers, lots of lettuce

When should I plant sunflowers? Wanted to start them in the plastic blowaway outside.

Thanks

[Dorothy rouse]

I sowed 4 different types of toms yesterday

Dancing With Smurfs ( from the Vine)
Tumbler
Yellow Tumbling
And a large type Italian can't remember the name, right now

And I potted up the little Bay tree I bought into a nice large pot, much handier to have bay leaves at home rather than on Plot, when you just want a couple for your casserole.

The toms are outside in unheated propagator, in plastic thingy, do you think they'll be ok? Or should I bring them inside, they are in sheltered position?

[TrysHard]

I am having 2nd thoughts about seed pellets - they are convenient and easy to use but my toms and peppers grown in MPC mix are looking much healthier than those in pellets.

Mine are peat free - I might try peat based ones next year then decide

[Martin H]

Today I made a successional sowing of some kohl rabi "Azure Star" and sowed another pot of radishes, my second this year. This one was "Poloneza", not tried it before.

A radish seedling from the first pot ("Scarlet Globe") had been eaten by a slug or snail. I had a good hunt but couldn't find the culprit so I've put a few pellets down round the edges of the greenhouse to see if I can tempt it out from wherever it's hiding.

[Martin H]

The toms are outside in unheated propagator, in plastic thingy, do you think they'll be ok? Or should I bring them inside, they are in sheltered position?

Dotty, I would say that the nights are too cold for them at the moment. Here in Essex it's going down below 5 degrees, tomatoes will struggle to grow or even germinate at those temperatures. I'd bring them indoors.

[Bacchus]

It was minus 4 here on Thursday night... still to cold to even think of putting anything frost sensitive on the polytunnel.

[marcofez]

A few more seeds sown today

Celery-Del Valarno & Victoria F1
Lettuce-Pinch of Lollo Rosso, Freckles, Winter Density, Mixed.
Spring Onions-White lisbon & Ishikiri
Beetroot-Chioggia & Pablo F1
Sunflowers- Dwarf mixed

[bramble]

Three of my old tomato varieties have germinated. Prudence Purple, Black Krim, Burstyn and a chill pepper, Cayanne i think.

[Seagull]

Tomatoes Latah, Grushovka and Orkado
Cucumber La Diva
PSB Rudolph
Beetroot Chioggia
Beetroot Egyptian Turnip-Rooted
Aubergine Rosa Bianca
Aubergine Long Purple
Cabbage Marner Early Red
Swiss Chard Bright Lights

[Jonny.D]

Asparagus - UC 72
Tomatoes,
Moneymaker
Gardeners delight
Marmanade
Sunbaby