Seed sowing thread 2025

[Jungle Jane]

Yesterday I planted up one more bag of Charlotte potatoes & sowed seven Turks turban squash seed.

[Andraste]

Summer Sprouting Broccoli & Celery (Green sleeves) today.

[Nicos]

All our spuds now planted out.
I think it’s a bit earlier than usual for us given our frost dates

[smallblueplanet]

All our spuds now planted out.
I think it’s a bit earlier than usual for us given our frost dates

I always figure that it'll take them a good few weeks to pop their heads up, and even when they do it's possible to fleece them up over night - as long as you've not a field full!

[Nicos]

The area we are using this year is about 5m x5m …more than we were planning but they’ll all get eaten by us at some point.
I actually think we might nip to IKEA and get their cheap netting curtains for later on in the year to use on brassicas… but for now to help insulate the spud caulms once they pop through( with a bit of cardboard etc too!)

[Andraste]

Some Lettuce 'All the Year Round' as the first lot haven't come up for some reason & Climbing French Bean 'Blue Lake' (soaked for a while first).

[Snoop Puss]

Finally, I've got started. Today:
Pantano toms
Rose de Berne toms
Ola Gabriella yellow courgettes
Diamant green courgette
Morada de Amposta onions
Red Creole onions
Lettuce

[Bren In Pots]

Todays sowings.

Black Beauty, Romanesco and Fruit Rond Courgettes.

Beth Alpha cucumbers.

[Snoop Puss]

Caraflax and Golden Acre cabbage
Marathon broccoli
Pionier cauliflower
Summer Purple and Vert Calabrais purple sprouting
Azur Star and Korist kohl rabi

[Peanut]

Yesterday I sowed too many brassicas. Kalettes, early and extra early psb, summer psb, wok broc, collard greens, duncan cabbage, January king cabbage and brodie and red bull sprouts. All old open seed packets so fingers crossed for germination.

[Mark Rand]

Just some chives and garlic chives today. The old seeds in the collection seem to have gone past their effective use by dates, so These are a fresh lot.

[Containergardener]

Ive barely done a thing and my peas haven't come to much, first time soaking them but hardly any have come up.
Have I time to sow more? I have some telephone pea seeds.

Should I start runners now?
Cucumber?

I feel way behind.

[smallblueplanet]

Ive barely done a thing and my peas haven't come to much, first time soaking them but hardly any have come up.
Have I time to sow more? I have some telephone pea seeds.

Should I start runners now?
Cucumber?

I feel way behind.

I think the lovey sunny March/April has conned us all into thinking summer is here!
There's plenty of time for runners and cuke's and courgettes and all things that like warmer soil and weather. We've just sown some more tomato seeds, they'll catch up quickly once the weather is warmer and there's more sunshine. It's not yet May you know.

[mothhawk]

Yesterday I sowed too many brassicas. Kalettes, early and extra early psb, summer psb, wok broc, collard greens, duncan cabbage, January king cabbage and brodie and red bull sprouts. All old open seed packets so fingers crossed for germination.

I bet they all come up - brassica seeds seem to live forever!

[Containergardener]

I think the lovey sunny March/April has conned us all into thinking summer is here!
There's plenty of time for runners and cuke's and courgettes and all things that like warmer soil and weather. We've just sown some more tomato seeds, they'll catch up quickly once the weather is warmer and there's more sunshine. It's not yet May you know.

It's because I have a short growing season, frost came early last year