The Seed Sowing Thread 2015

[TheChemist]

Purple sprouting broccoli
Foxglove
Sweet peas
Comfrey root

[Bigmallly]

As it's chuckling it down, I've just sown 4 each of the following Toms:

Depp's Pink Firefly
Burgess Mammoth
Black Plum
Tumbler F1
Polish Linguisa

[mrswadders]

yesterday -
3 module trays broadies (2 dreadnought one crimson flowering)
5 half trays hurst greenshaft peas
2 module trays choggia beetroot
1 module tray golden beetroot
1 tray zinnias
1 tray poached egg plants
1 tray various sunflowers
2 pots greyhound cabbage
and potted on 6 cavelo nero and 6 calabrese
planted in greenhouse border - pak choi and winter greens

[sparrow100]

There have been some changes from what I said I was growing, but...here come the tommies!
- 100s & 1000s (cherry tumbler)
- Black cherry
- Black Russian (beefsteak)
- Blush (elongated cherry)
- Ildi (yellow cherry)
- Katja (beef)
- Orange Banana (paste)
- Purple Ukraine (early plum)
- Red Zebra (normal toms)
- Rosella (cherry)
- Sandpoint (normal toms)
- Sweet Million F1 (cherry)

Plus cape gooseberries again, some spinach beet, pink cosmos and glaskins perpetual seeds. If all these germinate the secondary windowsill shelf is coming back out. Might not warn OH...

[Bren In Pots]

Finally got around to sowing my tomatoes :-

Black cherry
Shirleys
Gardeners delight
San Marzano
Lemon tree

then some Basil, sunflowers and more mixed lettuce.

[Florence Fennel]

Me too Bren - in sync again!

Black Cherry
San Marzano
Red Pear
Tigerella
Alicante
Black Crim (BB)
Golden Sunrise

I promised myself I wouldn't grow as many this year

[Florence Fennel]

Sowed peas Kelvedon Wonder and runner beans Scarlet Emperor

[sparrow100]

Just to put a little more pressure on myself, I've thrown my growing plan to the many winds and sown some squashes.

- Baby Blue Hubbard
- Marina di Chioggia
- Potimarron (my seeds and the last of T&M's)
- Shishigatani (HSL seeds - only 3)
- Waltham Butternut
- Genovese courgette (my seeds)

Some in the propagator, some not, just to see the difference in germination.

I might just be regretting putting slightly leggy spuds out on a 3rd floor balcony in gale force winds. Hopefully the stems will grow back...

[Martin H]

Today I direct-sowed some carrots (Early Nantes 2). I'm trying a new technique (for me) this year: make slits in my stony clay by rocking a spade back and forward, fill with used multi-purpose from last year's tomatoes and sow into that. Here's hoping that I can get some decent straight carrots for the virtual show!



Also sowed three kinds of lettuce seeds and a row of mizuna in the normal way and planted out 36 tubers of maincrop potatoes "Cara". It feels like Spring...

[bramble]

As the weather has been so wet the whole week i decided to pot on all my tomatoes.
After finding my tin of seeds that got mislaid about 5 years ago i found it and decided to throw caution to the wind and sow the seeds, not really thinking they would germinate.
Well to date I have, Black Krim, Black Prince, Black Mauri, Prudence Purple, Dubrava, Peremoga, Moskvich, Belerusian Early, Indian Stripe, Kimberley, Stupice, Nyagous, Giraffe, Blondkofpchen and a few others.
While they have germinated some are very far from turning tomato plants, but I will wait and see.

[goosander]

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

[Bigmallly]

I have bought Aldi & Lidl seeds & have had no problems. For cheap seeds online I use Moreveg sow grow eat and enjoy. Quality vegetable and herb seeds.

[Florence Fennel]

Carrottes Chantenay a Coeur Rouge 2 sont en, merci beacoup Nicos

[Florence Fennel]

Wilkinson's seeds are good too Bob and I use MoreVeg a lot too Mally

[mothhawk]

Today I direct-sowed some carrots (Early Nantes 2). I'm trying a new technique (for me) this year: make slits in my stony clay by rocking a spade back and forward, fill with used multi-purpose from last year's tomatoes and sow into that. Here's hoping that I can get some decent straight carrots for the virtual show!

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Good grief, Martin - I had no idea that your stony ground would look like that. Getting anything to grow must be a major challenge. You could do with one of these...