Seed sowing thread 2018

[Artisan]

This week I have sown:-

Watermelon - Sugar Baby
Cauliflower - Igloo
Cabbage - Golden Acre
Pea - Hurst Greenshaft
Brussel Sprout - Evesham Special
Collards - Vates Green
Beetroot - Boltardy

Happy Days!!

[Snoop Puss]

I've got some on the go on my windowsill, now getting about a foot tall and I've noticed the leaves have slightly curled... does anyone know why this could be? Not enough light? Will it be better to harden them off and plant out?

How big are the pots? How long have the plants been in them? They might be keen to get into the ground... Are there roots poking out through the bottom of the pots?

[self-contained]

I have sown some more peas for pea-shoots. I already have a couple of egg-box tops (the 12 egg ones) with good shoots (getting close to first harvest, despite the cold and low light) and another just germinating. I've added new soaked peas into the same trays, in the hope of extending my harvest, though this probably means I will need to make sure I feed them after the first couple of harvests as the compost is mostly old and very shallow.

My successional planting fell apart a bit (by which I mean completely) last year because I ran out of containers. This year, I have a better idea about how my slower crops grow, so where I can add random quick crops without needing dedicated containers for everything. Also, I see no reason not to use things that are going to fall apart (like the egg box tops) when I'm going to be done with a crop two or three months after planting. Hmm, depending on what I feed them with, I can presumably just plonk the spent pea-shoots into my worm bin, container and all (torn up, obviously).

My sowing of a winter lettuce mix from a month ago has come to nothing. Ah well, it was an experiment to see how early I might be able to get a crop. I'll sow some more today and keep them in my sun-room for a while, though it may get warm enough in there for them to bolt if I'm not careful. Also planning to sow my first perpetual spinach of the year, and some more cress and mustard.

[Bren In Pots]

Broad beans, Sprouts, carrots and Sweet peas.

[Jonny.D]

Tomatoes, alpine strawberry, leek, spring onions, sunflowers, basil

[bikermike]

Finally got some planting done!
In the greenhouse
Onion - Bedfordshire Champion
Leeks - Musselbrugh
Oca
in the heated propagator
Nardello Sweet Peppers
Socrates Cucumber
Mixed sweet peppers

With the little one:
sunflowers (x2)
Round carrots
Mustard (which is already germinating)

[Bren In Pots]

Todays sowings. it was a bit cool in the GH so I didn't stay long will sow the rest tomorrow.

Spring onions

Lettuce
All year round
Rocket
Mixed spicy leaves

Toms
San Marzano
Black Cherry
Gardeners Delight
Shirleys

[Scoot]

Just sowed all my tomato seeds today when i got in from work.

12 Sungolds
5 Pink Charmer
1 Ananas Noire

They will go with my 4 Gardeners Delight which i planted a month a go to make sure the seed was still ok.

[bramble]

Sowed Crimson Crush.
Sungold.
Black Russian.
Marmande.

Peppers
Pardon.
Jalapeno.
Hot Wax.

[Tripmeup]

Lots of tomato seeds
Sweet Pea

[Small pumpkin]

2 varieties of coriander
Garlic chives
Borage
Parsley curled & flat leaf
Caraway
Dill
Thyme
Orange scented thyme
9 varieties of basil
Lemon grass
A packet of mixed herbs
Re-sown cabbage red drumhead, Brussels sprout Brest, onion red amposta
And lots of flowers

[bario1]

9 types of basil?

I sowed some Tumbler tomatoes.

[self-contained]

Cress and mustard - not very exciting, but there you go!

[Bren In Pots]

Just kale today.

[Artisan]

Today:-

Tomato - Tumbler
Watermelon - Sugar baby