The seed sowing thread 2014!!

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Well! I actually sowed! (But not for me! My Gardening Buddy still "Wet Behind the Ears!) now his GH up is "Twitching"
Got him an heater, so the world is now his oyster!

Tom "Money Maker" "Lemon Boy"
Chilli "Cayenne" "Caldero" "Hot Scotch"
Sweet pepper "Lany"
n Cuc, "Marketmore"

Who am I to tell him it's still yet far too cold n light deficient!

He'll learn!

[mothhawk]

This week I've sown a few each of dill, chives, flat leaf parsley and arctic gem lettuce. they're all showing except the parsley, which hasn't been six times to the devil yet!

[marcofez]

Seeds sown today:

"Lincoln" peas. 2 modules of 24.

"Snowball A" cauliflower. 3 seeds in each module of six.

"Sweet Basil" in 2 recycled cottage cheese pots with a lid covering them mini propagator style!

All sitting snugly on the shelves of an old mini greenhouse frame.
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[Marie99]

Sowed some Spinach Tirza F1 (my favourite, produces huge leaves) in an 18" square pot in the garage. Also 50 early onward peas in the propagator. Beginning to wonder if I am getting over-enthusiastic with the early sowings.

Hi Penellype, How many Spinach Tirza F1 do you sow in an 18" pot, Iv just sown some yesterday x 5 in a 12" pot (as a newbie to growing wasn't sure how many to sow).

Deano, you made me laugh as I am too in my first year ever and "Twitching" lol Just want the fine weather here Now

I too have started Hot scotch, a few other mixed chilli's and just germinating some cape gooseberry and in my lovely blowaway some Spinach, winter Cos type lettuce, mixed winter lettuce and radish Just couldn't wait! I also keep finding reasons to pop to Wilkos and end up buying pots, seeds ect.......

[PyreneesPlot]

Yesterday sowed:
Aubergines - cima viola, fengyuan and belleza bera
Chillies - jalapeno, fatalii, scotch bonnet, tepin, cayenne, red gambia, passila, serrano and an un-named self saved hopelessly crossed variety.
Peppers - Gaillo d'Asti, marconi rossi, sweet nardello, californian wonder and chocolate

[Ger-annie-um]

So far

shallots in trays
Parsley x 4 pots
Chillies x 12 Cayenne (going to do some more tomorrow but need to buy the seed)
Lettuce x 3 different ones
Broad beans x 4 trays of Bunyards Ex & Masterpiece longpod in modules
Seed onions x 3 pots - Mammoth Red (haven't done very well), Santero and Rijinsburger
Leek x 1 pot Elefant
Statice
Sweet peas
Tagetes

New vitapod prop coming next week, soooooooooooo excited, they'll be no stopping me! Any tips on how to use it wisely much appreciated

[Penellype]

Hi Penellype, How many Spinach Tirza F1 do you sow in an 18" pot, Iv just sown some yesterday x 5 in a 12" pot (as a newbie to growing wasn't sure how many to sow).

I didn't count, I just sprinkled them over the surface so that the seeds fell about an inch apart in all directions, some a bit closer, then I covered them with compost. Last year I sowed them a bit more thickly and they produced a good crop but bolted fairly quickly, which could have been due to them being too close together. I do tend to cram things in rather closer than the recommended planting distances!

[Bigmallly]

Today I sowed:

Sprouts - Evesham Special
Cauliflower - Purple Cape
Sprouts - Long Island Improved
Cauliflower - Snowball

[marcofez]

More seeds sown today.

"Medina" spinach

"Reddy" spinach

"Winter Density" lettuce

A few radishes in the poly border.

[johnjohn]

Well, having had such a poor germination rate from my out of date chillies I managed to get some more into the prop today. Have actually had a bit of a sowing frenzy:

Chillies: Hotscotch, Tokyo Hot & Rokita
Peppers: Topepo Rosso & Giallo, Star mix, Colour Spectrum
Tomatoes: San Marzano Lungo, Country Taste, Brutus, Marmande, Moneymaker & Gardeners Delight
Cucumbers: Beth Alpha, Passandra, Bali & Marketmore
Melons: Antalya & Melba

[Dorothy rouse]

Have sown more sweet peas in individual 3" pots, inside, on windowsill in unheated bedroom, should I cover them? And wud they be best put in airing cupboard until they germinate?

Have read back through this thread, cos I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but can't find it, sorry.

[bramble]

Have sown tomatoes, chillies, celeriac, cauliflower, peas and beans.
The celeriac and cauliflower seed have already germinated after 6 days.
They were sown in a heated propagator in the conservatory.

[lottie dolly]

I have lost the plot a bit with what came up when,anyhow,the trial sowing of beetroot seeds has gone leggy,it's start again another day,only put 1 seed per modul,not sprinkle ready to separate,then forget about,sweet peas are started to show,so is leeks,and more brasicas,plus more potatoes put to chit,the ones i have in side,in front of the mirror are doing ok,although slow,only 1 so far damped off,

[Bigmallly]

plus more potatoes put to chit,the ones i have in side,in front of the mirror are doing ok,although slow

I guess they are the vain variety Lottie..................

[lottie dolly]

I guess they are the vain variety Lottie..................

one thing is for sure,they are straight,not bent,