Flower seed sowing record for 2026

[Andraste]

6 sprouted Fr. Marigolds put in compost today. I emptied the rest of the seed packet in to chit with the first lot as I'd like more than 6.

[Containergardener]

Sowed some old pkts of marigolds ^^^thanks for reminder
Sowed cornflower, night stock old seed, Lobelia, clary sage

[Andraste]

Great minds clearly think alike CG You're growing a lovely selection of flowers this year - lots of my favourites are in your list (I'm a little jealous) x

[Nicos]

Direct sowings of sweet peas a couple of days ago

[mothhawk]

Of the sweet peas I put to chit, all but four chitted and were potted up a week or more ago. The last four are half the size of the chitted ones, and where the others were mostly pale brown, these are dark enough to call black. I looked at them yesterday, and as they were showing no sign of mould or rot I decided to crack the hard shells and give them another couple of days before chucking them. One day later, one has started to chit, and the other three have swelled in preparation.

I checked what I sowed last year, and among the named modern varieties was also a packet of "old fashioned mixed", so I wonder if these were the ones that were smaller seeds and reluctant to come out of their shell.

[Containergardener]

Great minds clearly think alike CG You're growing a lovely selection of flowers this year - lots of my favourites are in your list (I'm a little jealous) x

Problem is I've not sown much to eat 😄

[Andraste]

Problem is I've not sown much to eat 😄

Lol - but your edibles will give you a bountiful crop with all the pollinators & predators you'll attract

[Containergardener]

Hahaha I need to grow things that slugs detest

[Andraste]

Google will tell us such plants do exist I'm sure - if you find some that really work pleeeease share

[mothhawk]

The last 3 sweet peas have chitted, and interestingly their almost black shells have turned the same pale brown as the ones that chitted in a week. I shall definitely nick the shell of any dark SPs in future when chitting them.

[mothhawk]

Hahaha I need to grow things that slugs detest

Slugs don't bother things that grow from bulbs in Spring, do they? I wonder what they have that other flowers don't. Is it the leaf shape, linear like grass? Or are they coarser than our tenderly nurtured flower seedlings so just not as sweet?

[Containergardener]

Err they eat daffs and tulips here

[mothhawk]

Err they eat daffs and tulips here

How strange, I've never had mine touched, obviously my slugs are not as tough as your northern ones.
Or not as hungry.

[Containergardener]

How strange, I've never had mine touched, obviously my slugs are not as tough as your northern ones.
Or not as hungry.

They're massiff wiv huge teeffs

[Containergardener]

Sowed some different varieties of cosmos