The Seed Sowing Thread - 2017

[Florence Fennel]

In the ground ?

Does the soil need warming first, or can I just stick them straight in now ?

I'm waiting until April DM - Bario's soil is warmer than ours

[Bren In Pots]

A bucket of Nantes carrots that I've left in the GH.

[bario1]

What type of Marigolds do you mean?
And disappeared? I've found slugs/snails seem to like Tagetes/French Marigolds.

I think the seeds just rotted away to nothing.

[bario1]

In the ground ?

Does the soil need warming first, or can I just stick them straight in now ?

These are under glass in a little raised bed inside a polytunnel - and still just an early gamble!

[Snoop Puss]

Struth Snoop you make me feel somewhat numbnutish - Good on you!

If anyone's the numbnut round here, it's me! The toms and courgettes will be sleeping in the bedroom next to my chitting potatoes till it's warm enough at night for them to go out. A total nuisance, but if I don't start them now, we'll only have six to eight weeks of toms before the cold finishes them off. At some point, I'll have to start the squash and melons, and goodness only knows where they will go at night. Might have to get some bunk beds in just for plant pots.

[Penellype]

Sowed peas, basil, beetroot, lettuce and calendula and pricked out lettuces and cabbages in the past couple of days. Propagator full, grow light garden full, so I guess I will have to wait until something can go outside or gets eaten now!

[bario1]

More Wizard beans, sunflowers, parsnips.

[Lumpy]

Not out of the packets yet but.......now Gordon (formerly known as Gertie) greenhouse is all up and running I shall be sowing cabbages x 2, various weeds (sorry salad leaves), welsh onions and spring onions etc.

[Scoot]

Going to chit my parsnips seeds tonight.

[Snoop Puss]

All Year Round and Amaze lettuce
Hispi cabbage (haven't had much luck with these in the past couple of years, goodness only knows why I'm persisting with them).

[Snoop Puss]

Gosh, me again... I'm obviously keeping myself busy.

Avon spinach
Marathon broccoli/calabrese

[bario1]

Two types of sunflower, and put some sweetcorn in water to soak.

[Small pumpkin]

10 varieties of tomato
3 varieties of aubergine

[Twynyrodyn]

My peas......are finally........ growing!

[Bren In Pots]

The All year round lettuce I sown on the 10th is a no show so i've sown Rocket and Little Gem lettuce instead.