The Seed Sowing Thread - 2016

[Lisasbolt]

Finally planted the last of my tomatoes and re did some that did not take (i left in a cold room for 3 days my own fault)

re-did
Red pear
Yellow pear
Money maker
gardeners delight
my awesome self saved yellow
marmande
gold rush current

then new
100´s and 1000´s
dancing with smurfs ( thanks VSP)
Russian lemon (thanks VSP)
golden sunrise
the stripy stuffer
pomodoro ciliegia
big league
firecracker
tigerella


Then as experiments as brassica so not do well in the warm weather, so thought it i sow now they might be ready before the major heat

Broccoli green calabrese
cauliflower snowball and all year round
romanesco
swede helenor
summer sprouting broccoli
golden acre cabbage
sarmash cabbage
purple top milan turnip

Yesterday i did some more basil and red and green salad bowl.

[Scoot]

I planted some peppers and chilli's in december. Most of them are now up and doing OK but some of them have germinated but failed to push the actual seed off the seed leaves and then the whole thing Has fallen off and In turn, has no leaves. Just a little stem left which will die.

Any ideas as to why this happens?

[vixylix]

I've had a quite a few times where the seed case has got stuck, but I usually manage to pull the case off and then they recover no problem. I'm sure there's a thread on here somewhere about this but I can't find it in the search. Maybe one of the magical mods can locate it for you

[starloc]

eventually planted some in the propagator tray today, could have planted earlier but a bit too cold so left till snow melted will do more in a couple of weeks



musselburg leek
roccca onion
lillia onion
Densiti Onion
marigolds-crackerjack mix
pascal celery
red pointy bulgarian sweet pepper
light green pointy bulgarian sweet pepper
Red Califonia wonder sweet pepper
Yellow ""
Razzledazzle chillie
Oxheart tomato
Sweet millions tomato
San Marazeno Tomato
XXL Tomato (2kg tomato from russia)
Black Crim Tomato
Mortgage Lifter Tomato
Alicante Tomato
Longo De Chine Cucumber
Marketmore Cucumber
Wrinkled waltham Butternut squash
Autumn Broccoli

[Scoot]

I've had a quite a few times where the seed case has got stuck, but I usually manage to pull the case off and then they recover no problem. I'm sure there's a thread on here somewhere about this but I can't find it in the search. Maybe one of the magical mods can locate it for you

I tried pulling it off on a few of them but it's no good, they hadn't came off at all so if I pulled it, the whole thing would come off.

Has anyone any ideas where That thread is?

[veggiechicken]

No idea whether this is the thread Vixylix meant but..............
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...light=seedcase
and a couple more.....
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_55309.html
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ngs_46468.html

Other threads are available

[Scarlet]

I planted some peppers and chilli's in december. Most of them are now up and doing OK but some of them have germinated but failed to push the actual seed off the seed leaves and then the whole thing Has fallen off and In turn, has no leaves. Just a little stem left which will die.

Any ideas as to why this happens?

Usually old seed. Try licking you fingers and wetting the seed case. They eventually come off. Don't be impatient, wet it a few times.

[Scoot]

Thanks for those links.

I'll try wetting my finger and basically spitting on them in future.

The seeds were new seeds. Only saved from the back end of last year. Literally only a few months old in some cases.

[Scarlet]

1x Black Naga
1x Tridad 7 pot brain Strain
1 x Trinidad Scorpion Butch
Facing Heaven -approx 10
3x Cape gooseberry
5x Lemon Drop
3 x red Hab
3 x Orange Hab
2 x Padron
Manzano - old seed
2x Satans Kiss
4 x Cayenne
2 x Tromba
6 x Hungarian black wax - old seed
2 x Latah
2 X rambling red stripe
2 x Lucky Leprechaun

[Scarlet]

20 x summer sprouting
9 x Artichoke
15 x helianthus maximillion
Chocolate foxglove
Rudbeckia

#love sowing seeds in the kitchen !

[Alison]

Sowed my first seeds of 2016 today, chillies, sweet peppers and aubergines. They're now nice and cosy in the heated propogator on the utility room window ledge. Was going to do some early peas, mange tout and broad beans which will give me an early crop in the tunnel. It was raining though and I couldn't be bothered to get the trays I wanted from the shed

[Scarlet]

^^^ I sent the OH out to the shed with a torch! You need to train them Alison

[vixylix]

well its officially february so I have lots more things to sow... unfortunately I need to pot on the stuff that's currently in my seed trays and I'm already running out of window sill space!! eek - need to do some planning first.

[Florence Fennel]

Hungarian Black Wax and Lemon Drop chilli, Padron pepper and Banana tomato

[lottie dolly]

Put some parsnip seeds to see what chits,nothing lost if not,got a fresh pkt,lots of other things at the ready,just waiting for me to do them,