How do I fight the urge to sow?!!

[robfosters]

Thought I was done. But after reading another thread where it says it's a good time to sow courgettes outside, I want to sow some more. I've already got 3 plants nicely on the go, that will provide bundles. We're only a family of 3.

Do you ever have to tell yourself, No! I've got enough!.

[binley100]

quite simply ...........no

[endymion]

No! There's always something to sow, even if it's only radish or some more lettuce.

[zazen999]

Sow - then give the plants away.

I bought yes bought more runner bean seeds yesterday - we don't grow them usually; and Mr Z has 6 on the go at the lottie; but for a late harvest I bought some seeds and will sow at the weekend.

Plus there is more winter lettuce, dwarf French beans, a late batch of beetroot, kohl rabi - and whatever else I can squeeze out of my seed bag yet to be sown.

[Florence Fennel]

Why resist? Just go with the flow!

[CaroltheCarrot]

Resistence is fertile! sorry cant help myself its sunny here today

[Jardiniere]

not just sowing but transplanting every single seed that survives...I have about 20 courgette plants at the moment as I cant bear to ditch any that come up...also best part of 50 tomato plants - some are tiny in pots but i cant kill them.....

[LolaLou]

....I've got three measly little chilli plants, that germinated way too late, trying to survive in tiny little pots in the greenhouse - I have the same issue, can't kill 'em off so was hoping nature would do it about two months ago, but apparently not, so now they may get potted on and overwintered....we'll see!!

[gojiberry]

It is worth sowing courgettes now. The ones already on the go will have probably run out of steam by end Aug/ mid Sept. Ones sown now should keep fruiting till the first frost, Nov/Dec. Same with runner beans.

Ian

[Rabidbun]

Doh, now I'm tempted too - I usually run right out of them at that time due to mildew getting the plants. I have a spare bed too to put them in...

Wonder if there's anything else I could sow and put in the remaining third.

[dope540]

do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would sell the excess veg to my work mates. get some extra moolah in as well.

[horticultural_hobbit]

I feel like I should be sewing too. I want to sew some greyhound cabbage, snowball turnip and butterhead lettuce, but all my pots are taken. Any more pots, and Pops won't have a garden path to walk down towards his shed. The dirt that had housed the carrots and beetroot got replenished and now has radishes.

Doing bit of an experiment with the radishes, actually. One pot has the freebies that came with the mag, and the other pot has some cheapy long white icicle thingies from Wilkos. As it stands, we've got a dozen of the wilkos seedlings, but only one of the freebies.

So the seeds are getting all pouty in their new seed box thingy that came today, and they aint the only ones.

[JamesM]

yeah go for it, can't do any harm and as said above provide a longer period for harvesting them!

[Jardiniere]

I feel like I should be sewing too. I want to sew some greyhound cabbage, snowball turnip and butterhead lettuce, but all my pots are taken. Any more pots, and Pops won't have a garden path to walk down towards his shed. The dirt that had housed the carrots and beetroot got replenished and now has radishes.

DIRT!!!! DIRT!!!! DIRT?????
Do you mean SOIL??????
or even EARTH??????
It's not dirt...its wonderful lovely clean stuff for growing things in!
Am I now in trouble for all the exclamation marks???!!!!
(As its impossible to show tone of voice on a post - this is not an angry post....or even a cross one just a bemused/amused one)

[horticultural_hobbit]

To quote the washing powder advert, Dirt is good!

And yes, dirt, soil, earth, compost. All interchangeable and synonymous lexical semantic field sorta thing.

Am toying with the idea of getting some washing up bowls, filling with soil/earth/compost, and sewing.