SOWING SEEDS 2019?

I use capillary matting if I ever use the small cells.............

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Perki is correct. Agastache are a member of the Lamiaceae family and all members of this family require good light and thus surface sowing.

 

Yes I have capillary matting in my propagators, sown more agastache seeds and left them on the surface also blown the vermiculite out of the previous ones just hope the seeds are still there

 

I m new here regards growing from seed but I wonder do you have a seed swap .I have far too much of seed of the same plants .last year I got the bug for collecting from my flowers instead of just de-heading i let everything seed. I now have a large collection.

 

I've made a start at sowing this year, onions went in last weekend and are now showing in the prop.
Other than that mostly ornamentals, and not ones I've grown before.
Sideritis cypria
Aeonium simsii
Brugmansia "Orange glory", we will see if that comes true?
Cyperus Alternifolius, grown it years ago, good pond plant.
Bukiniczia Cabulica, sown three weeks ago on the greenhouse bench, no prop, and appearing already.
OH and a few mild chillies.

 

Hi guys my petunia plants are coming along well but it is getting a bit crowded in there now.
do you think there big enough to go into pots yet? trouble is will they survive in a green house as we are bound to have some more cold spells and I don't have enough space to bring them all on indoors.

what do you think??

 

Personally I think they are too small and no I don't think they will survive in an unheated GH.
This is a common problem with starting seed sowing too early....in my opinion that is.

Someone more knowledgeable will probably come to your rescue soon

 

We just sowed round carrots in a washing up bowl, they'll go into the blowaway greenhouse next week if the weather stays so fine. Tried and trusted, this method gives us just the right amount of lunchbox perfect carrots

Do you think I can sow beetroots in the same way already? The plan is to have them in the washing up bowl in the B-A-W greenhouse all the summer, to be harvested when they are very small and nice. I have seeds which promise to be good for "baby" crops.

I know beetroots can be a bit fiddly if sown too early, but would it matter if they are to be grown in the BAW?

Thanks!

 

@lowrider69 Your a bit early with your petunia but it doesn't matter everyone who grows seeds gets overenthusiastic do you have any closer pictures of your petunia so I can see them better? they look ready from a distance I think I can see true leaves . I've just sowed mine this week

Not sure about your beetroot @Selleri but if it works with carrots its probably worth a go with the beetroot, What's to lose a few beetroot seeds ? you can say if it work then

 

yea I thought by reading up they could take a month to germinate so thought it would be march time but they started coming through in 6 days lol

 

Yes they look ready to pot on into Multi Compost , be very gentle pricking them out and always hold the leaf . I would pot them on into 12 cell trays or similar size, when potting on plant them upto the first leaves because some do slightly leggy but nothing to worry about, you will have sturdier plants doing this ( can be done with lots of seedling ) .

And no they are to young to be outside in a greenhouse unless its mild, they can go out during the day and back inside the house at night. When they grow a bit more and temperatures don't drop to much they can stay in the GH , its difficult for me to judge your weather/temperatures its a lot warmer down there than here .

You are going to have to be ruthless with some of the seedling if you can't find room, small weedy ones bin unless they are your expensive seeds . I remember when I had hundreds of petunias I didn't know what to do with them now I just chuck them

When they grow a lot more weeks from now the top can be pinch so you will have bushier / more flowers plants.

 

ok cheers Perki

 

No one else sowing seeds?
This week I've sowed
Cleome, 2 types
Statice
Antirrhinum
Dianthus
Delphinium ( not hopeful)
Agastache ( weird one! Only one germinated last year and turned out to be a lavender )
More chillies
Tomato sungold, sweet million and gardeners delight, seriously cutting down on my toms this year!
Come on people, what are you sowing?

 

Next week for my annual seed planting first batch .

 

I don't really get going until March ,but having said that I do have a few trays on the go.
Antirrhinum( several varieties), Coleus, Dahila, Bidens Ferulifoila and Sweet Peas.

I have the Delphinium over wintering in the cold frame that I sowed last August, Dianthus that was sown last June, Aquilegia plus several other trays that were also sown late summer/ early autumn, but can't remember off hand what they are !!

 

*Updated*

Tomatoes - garten pearl, terenzo, 100s and 1000s, sweet aperitif, sungold, rosella, San marzano, sweet million, ruby f1, black opal, latah, golden nugget, dancing with smurfs.

Peppers - long and tasty mix f1 (sweet) and Anaheim (chilli)

Melons - outdoor wonder f1, sugar baby, Alvaro

Cabbage - (if memory serves.. I chucked the packet and it's more than likely) kilaton

These were what I managed to salvage from my seed box..vermin got in my shed and ate through the seed packets, to say I'm gutted is an understatement. At least I kept my flower seeds at home, eh!