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    I read a useful tip about sowing seeds outdoors, when you don't want 100s of seedlings and don't want/need a dedicated seedbed.

    Find a circular pot or bucket and use the rim to mark out a circle in the soil. Rotate the pot several times to create a furrow.

    Sow your seeds into the furrow-circle and put a seed label in the centre.

    Wait for your seeds to grow and thin/plant out or do whatever takes your fancy with them.

    For the random gardener, who can't abide straight lines this could be ideal. A bed of lots of little circles of different plants.

  • #2
    I like that Idea for flower seeds in the front garden

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    • #3
      I think it would work for me on the bare patches in the various beds. Usually, I just scatter some seeds there, but I'm never sure whether what comes up, is what I sowed or a weed. If it was in a circle, it would be more obvious.

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      • #4
        I might just try that with some spring onions

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        • #5
          Just to let you know that it appears that the Vine has been hacked and someone is using VCs login to post sensible ideas.

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          • #6
            I grew parsnips in ever decreasing circles,(four I think?) starting at one metre diameter and finishing at bucket diameter, does that count?
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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            • #7
              That's a big circle for 4 parsnips Snadger

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Greenleaves View Post
                That's a big circle for 4 parsnips Snadger
                We all know about Snadger old seed

                New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle

                �I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
                ― Thomas A. Edison

                �Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
                ― Thomas A. Edison

                - I must be a Nutter,VC says so -

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                  I grew parsnips in ever decreasing circles,(four I think?) starting at one metre diameter and finishing at bucket diameter, does that count?

                  Were they ever decreasing or ever increasing circles?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    Were they ever decreasing or ever increasing circles?
                    Dunno, but I had to use a half-moon hoe to weed them!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      Moon gardening!!

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                      • #12
                        This would be a good way to sow the nursery bed for brassicas as a beds width of sprouts seedlings is far more than I need but a pots circumference should be enough till I transplant them to their final home

                        New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle

                        �I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
                        ― Thomas A. Edison

                        �Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
                        ― Thomas A. Edison

                        - I must be a Nutter,VC says so -

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                        • #13
                          Is this instead of using seed trays and pricking out to their eventual growing bed?
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                          • #14
                            Its for whatever you want it to be.
                            Some seeds are better started in trays than open ground, others don't care. If I sow a circle of seeds it will be to leave them to grow to maturity in that circle.

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