Early sowings without a greenhouse

[Piggle]

Lol. Like bearded bloke a have an in un used box room and an understanding husband.


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[Scarlet]

I use my heated prop and my aga to start off my seeds that need the warmth, and then they get moved to windowsills or my mini plastic greenhouse which gets prime spot in the bay window of the dining room. Unlike the others my OH isn't so easy going but I just ignore the moans and groans...

[Scarlet]

Quick pic of my mini greenhouse inside, I can grow on my toms until the last frosts indoors without them getting too leggy.

[sparrow100]

Mine go in a heated propagator, then to the 1 sunny windowsill wearing tin foil collars (as per advice on allotment.org) to give even light. When it gets really crowded I make a second shelf with a plank balanced on books and cross all fingers that I/OH don't knock it over. Hardening off is on a north-facing balcony and if they survive that they go to the plot.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Used to use my classroom window sills. Beyond that, it's a single solitary window sill in the garage now. Might try the Wendy house; but it might be cold for along time yet.


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[MrsCordial]

I'm so jealous of you all as I have nowhere suitable. Windowsills are all wooden and usually wet with condensation, and as we rent we have to be a bit careful. There's nowhere in the house that I can sit a blowaway, and my utility room is the route from outside to inside so has people, children, schoolbags, laundry baskets etc going to and fro constantly - not the place for delicate seedlings. My airing cupboard doubles as DD's wardrobe so that's no good either. The one place in the house that I could risk a table of seedlings is my study, which gets very little sunlight, but at least they'd be warm. I could fit so few in though that I really wonder if it's worth it - might just plant straight into the soil under old milk bottle cloches as usual!

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Two "Super 7" prop's here, which fit the kitchen windowsill perfectly!

And like some others, spare box bedroom, I too have a very understanding OH, well at times Although I do occaisionally have to "Cop a deaf un"!



Makes an whole new meaning to a "Flower Bed"

[vegboi]

Two "Super 7" prop's here, which fit the kitchen windowsill perfectly!

And like some others, spare box bedroom, I too have a very understanding OH, well at times Although I do occaisionally have to "Cop a deaf un"! . Amazing what have you planted ?

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Makes an whole new meaning to a "Flower Bed"

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[polc1410]

Just finished assembling the greenhouse frame today. But also planning to hotbox - will post a thread here when I get round to actually doing it rather than talking about doing it.

[alldigging]

I had considered putting my cold frame inside the greenhouse but it's a bit too big. Instead I've got a polystyrene box and will also try double bagging seed trays to see how that speeds things up.

[plotman]

A different angle to the question. I have two unheated greenhouses on my allotment and find them invaluable. No I dont throw money at my allotment ) Bought an 8 x 6 greenhouse for £25-00 complete and a 10 x 6-6" greenhouse for £60-00. Both complete and local of ebay. Just little effort dismantelling and errecting. I propogate inially in airing cupboard and then to the greenhouses.

[4390evans]

Ive started some things off in the house and put them where ever light hits so the window sills the landing the hall any where I can get them without the baby digging them back out

[Bill HH]

I start my seeds off in a heated prop & last year for the first time tried my hand at home made grow lights..........have to say they did make a difference in stopping seedlings going leggy. Not that I have anything against legs you understand........

Thats interesting, did you start them off as bulbs?