Sowing the First Seeds of 2023

[BucksDad]

I’m overseeding the lawn this weekend if that counts

 

[flying haggis]

Teddy bear seeds

we need pictures...........

 

[--Tom--]

Am steadily sowing as the weather warms, have some poppies, echinaceas, rudbeckia etc coming through now

Tomatoes from last week aren’t up yet but has been cooler here in cardiff

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Razmatazz chillies and Cayennes (and money plants that just happened to be there). When I had a greenhouse I liked to have the tomatoes in the ground by the end of February. I doubt they came in more than a few days earlier, but it made for much stronger plants.

 

[Cordy]

Planted 4 Casablanca potato seeds on St Patricks Day -- Earlies; in long planter
Today put some Sarpo Mira seed potatoes 2 per 30 litre plastic pot

 

[MikeJhn]

wonderful what you can do with a heated propagator.

 

[Cordy]

Update on seed potatoes

 

[MikeJhn]

All of my cucumber plants have damped off, I have treated the soil with Cinnamon and will try again, all the Tomato plants doing well as are the Courgette's, too many Petunias and Begonias, the Fuchsias look strong, will post pics of the hanging basket progress and the new vegetable frame where I have just planted six Asparagus crowns, two years before I can cut and eat any.

 

[MikeJhn]

Realised that Begonias and Fuchsias are immune to slug attack, the Petunias are another matter, late night sorties with a torch, the only sure way without using chemicals. More Cucumber plants planted out into the Greenhouse boarder, need to keep a close eye on them this time, but much bigger this time to hopefully provide a stronger immune system. Also four Melon Plants that seem to be growing very fast. Courgette plant is enormous will post a pic tomorrow. Oh and the Asparagus spears are now about 600mm high, seem to like where they are.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Two foot high asparagus? Wow!

 

[MikeJhn]

Only because this is the first year and you are not supposed to cut them, but let the ferns develop, second year cut sparingly and then third year cut to eat at about 150mm high.

Courgette plant, seems much bigger this year.

 

[MikeJhn]

Potatoes in their double pots.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Not seeds, houseplants - a young calamondin orange in from of a money plant (newly planted bitter lemon to the left.)

Five buckets of 10p a strip near dead pansies from Wilco.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Notice bottle of Tesco Finest in the background? I thought I'd get my retaliation in first.

 

[treeturner123]

It's not getting the peas to germinate, it's stopping the b**** mice from chewing them, digging them out and generally destroying them!

Phil

 

[MikeJhn]

Anyone having problems getting Carrots to germinate, I have planted four rows over the last month or so and nothing is showing, no sign of anything digging the seeds up and in four different beds so don't think its pest related.

 

[--Tom--]

Had no success with parsley which is same family

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I've the same parsley seed in different containers of the same compost - some pots are thriving, some haven't germinated at all.

 

[MikeJhn]

Seems strange this year, three different varieties of Carrot in different pots in different areas of the garden and none have germinated?

 

[niall Y]

I believe its the cold temperatures we have had this spring that are affecting germination. I've especially noticed, that night-time temperatures are particularly cool. I now tend to start veg seed in pots or containers indoors so I can keep an eye on germination - only then do I plant out. I didn't have to do this when I had an allotment in south east London, but conditions here are a lot harsher.

Of course. some seed has to be directly sown in the beds. And even though I have left things a little late this year, germination has been pretty poor. Some seeds , like parsnip, are not the best of performers, and I often have to reseed these two, or even three, times.