Brussels sprouts for 7 months!

[veggiechicken]

Is that the mixed seeds or the lack of rows, Deano.................or both

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Firstly! I can't abide with mixed seed, as I want to know "Whats, what"

Even with flower seed!

And unruly rows would just cause me "Convulsions" .................

[veggiechicken]

I like mixed seed because of the surprise element. The pleasure of identifying the seedlings as they emerge. Even if they were all, say, sprouts, it wouldn't matter as you pick them when they're ready, not because the packet says "harvest in December" or summat. Same with leeks, cabbage etc - you judge when to pick them from their appearance.
Its more difficult with something like mixed carrots because you can't see what's below ground, but that's the same whether you have a row of identical ones or a scattered bed of mixed ones.

I have tried to plant in rows ...........but failed. They start out straight but after a few feet the rows veers off to the right or left and looks more peculiar than if I just bob them in anywhere..

[Cadalot]

I have tried to plant in rows ...........but failed. They start out straight but after a few feet the rows veers off to the right or left and looks more peculiar than if I just bob them in anywhere..

VC invest in a string line there are plenty out there, mine is two short lengths of bamboo and a string 1.2m or a bed width wide



or I use a roofing batten marked up with spacing centres, or a seed sowing rule here is one I made from a strip of plastic and the trusty soldering iron

[Snoop Puss]

Quite like the seed sowing rule, Cadalot. I shall have to see about making one or, more likely, getting one made by Mr Snoop.

That said, I can't imagine VC using one. Just tell us you broadcast sow, VC, and that'll make it all right for the straight rowers.

[veggiechicken]

I already have string on proper wooden sticks - gathering dust in the shed. Too much faff to find it, set it out, avoid stepping or kneeling on it, wind it up again afterwards and bung it back in the shed.
Sometimes, please sit down, I plant out in a straightish line as I walk along a plank to do it. Truth is, I rarely sow veggies direct, usually start them in modules and plant them out later.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Yeah! Must admit to sowing indoors or undercover rather than sowing direct which I much prefer!

Each to there own VC, each to there own!