The first sowing of 2017!

[seasprout]

First sowings of 2017 - probably.

My first sowing will likely be my Chilli peppers & Sweet Peppers followed by my Banana Shallot which I have never grown before (any tips greatly received), I also have a pinch of left over red onion seeds from last year.

I also have 2 varieties of White onion seed which I am intending to grow purely for Pickling.

Bit of an experiment as whatever size they get to, they have to be harvested by 31st of May as the Sweetcorn & squash get planted in the same spot.

[the big lebowski]

just sown 4 of each of my chillis in my super 7 prop ,i keep having a look over every 5 mins to see if they have germinated yet ha ha ,cheers

[Scoot]

How many!!

Anyone else getting twitchy?

Yeah. I'm getting really twitchy now. Need to try and last another month before I sow some leeks.

[Shooter]

Great experience

[happyhumph]

First sowing was chilies - basque red & dedo De mocha, & cutting celery, on 4th Jan, all of which have started sprouting

Peppers and aubergine today, & possibly sweetpeas - need to try out my new root trainers

[Lumpy]

Nope.......nothing......nowt.......I have several dismantled raised beds waiting to be relocated when the rain stops, a 6x4 greenhouse in boxes in the shed, slabs stacked up waiting for the rain to stop and no available window ledges.

In the world of GYO I am a complete dufuss!

[Penellype]

My first sowings of 2017 were winter gem lettuce and Provencale salad mix both on 1st January. The lettuce completely failed to germinate and I'm eating the first few of the Provencale mix as microgreens for lunch today

[Madasafish]

Sown some Kiwi fruit from saved seed in December. Now on two leaves and time to repot...

[MarkPelican]

Sowed my Chilli Peppers yesterday. I'm really cutting back on peppers this year. The problem I have is that even when I grow the same varieties, they seem to come out a different strength every year and it makes them difficult to use. So just two chillis (Jalapeno Traveler and Cayenne) and one basket sweet pepper.

[Ms-T]

Chillis and sweet peppers.

[Molliedollie]

First sowings of 2017

Started 4 trays of onion seed on 8 & 9th January - 2 x Ailsa Craig and 2 x Sturon. Also some garlic Chives and spring onions in small modules.

[Rudi13]

Have only started onion seeds (Alisa Craig) yet. Chillis and Peppers coming soon, Celeriac in February. I learned through trial and error that it is often better to wait and not to sow too early. Plants become leggy and often later sown things do better. I also sometimes had the problem that early sown vegetables grew too well and I had to plant them in increasingly bigger pots before I could finally plant them outside. In my opinion a waste of compost and space.

[jonny the plant pot]

Just started some caralina reeper chillies today and tomorrow will be sowing some sweet giant and sweet diamond peppers.

[seasprout]

My first sowing will likely be my Chilli peppers & Sweet Peppers followed by my Banana Shallot which I have never grown before (any tips greatly received), I also have a pinch of left over red onion seeds from last year.

I also have 2 varieties of White onion seed which I am intending to grow purely for Pickling.


Bit of an experiment as whatever size they get to, they have to be harvested by 31st of May as the Sweetcorn & squash get planted in the same spot.

My Onion & shallot seeds have germinated.