The Seed Sowing Thread 2015

[marcofez]

Just wondering if people have a preference for certain makes of seeds.
Have always done well with Suttons while other well know brands were poor. Thought I would try Aldi,s seeds so that I could try a bigger variety of flowers and veg. At 5 packets for £2 upwards not much to lose. Germination almost 100% over all. Surprised. Has anyone else used Aldi or Lidles seeds.
Bob

I have used "Lidl" seeds and they have been very good so far. Like yourself, germination pretty impressive!

[kris1960]

Golden beetroot down the middle of seed bed so they can stay in place when others move on. Potatos but not sure if they count on this thread.

[veggiechicken]

^^^ Seed potatoes - of course they count
I sowed Bijou mangetout, Colossal peas and Russian Purple flowered peas - all in modules in the GH. Hope the mice don't find them tonight

[kris1960]

Tithonia(greenhouse).
Chioggi and red beetroot,calendula, peas, poached egg plant(new bed)
Edible seaweed, lupins,cosmos,tatsoi(using potato ridges as seed bed)
Phalcelia in recently cleared strip of nettles.

[Monster]

I planted my onion sets ('Snowball' white and some unnamed red ones from Lidl) and 3 types of radish - white (Hailstone), yellow (Zlata) and the good old French Breakfast 3.
In pots, some parsley, dill, cutting celery, and sunflowers.

[sparrow100]

DFB Amythest and Minidor, rosa bianca aubergine (dratted fungus gnats did for the others). Need to sow carrots and prep compost-filled holes for parsnips & salsify in my clay beds.

[kris1960]

Chervil, borage and larkspur.

[marcofez]

Sowed six, 8ft rows of parsnips. I station sowed 3-6 seeds and hopefully when all have germinated, I will thin out to the strongest one and be left with 120 parsnips to grow on.
Potted on loads of tomatoes!!!

[Martin H]

Sowed 3 4-foot rows of maincrop carrots and 2 4-foot rows of radishes.

[Jungle Jane]

Yesterday sowed a tray of French marigolds - bonita.
2 Potato bags of vales emerald seed potato
2 potato bags of Nicola seed potato
2 potato bags of Arron pilot seed potato
3 potato bags of red duke of York seed potato
Marigolds around the potatoes will hopefully keep aphids & whitefly away

[Martin H]

Today I sowed:

Pumpkin "Atlantic Giant" in the propagator
a big pot of radishes "Ilka" for the cold greenhouse
More brassicas in small pots:
- Cauli "All The Year Round" in succession
- Romanesco cauli
- Late summer cabbage "Attraction F1"
- Early winter cabbage "Nantais Hatif"
- Winter cabbage "January King 3"

[Dorothy rouse]

I've just sown a few rows of salady stuff, mixed leaf, rocket, radish's,spring onion, out on the plot, in full sun, so a 'warm' bed.

Do you think I should cover with fleece?

[sparrow100]

Sowed purple kolrabi, red sprouts, squashes, african horned melon, and planted some spuds in bags for growing on in the greenhouse. Can't find the tiger nuts to sow them...Must be in the flat SOMEWHERE!

[glyn]

sown runner beans ,dwarf french,climbing french,cress,rocket and spicy salad leaves today ,all in the GH

[kris1960]

Yesterday- Snowball turnips, radish,american cress in rows between cauliflower.