Aww thankyou artjak Don't worry, you'll probably be bombarded by questions from me and youll regret you said that haha!
Because of this thread, I decided to count all my seeds and whoops, it took me an hour to sort through and count and I have 437 packets! That's not even silly, that's just ridiculous
OMG 437 packets, and I thought I had a lot. Most of mine I don't know what to do with and the ones that I want I don't have (sweet peas!). I got most of mine free with another magazine that I used to get.
That one I can answer Patsy (I think it's the first question I have been able to answer), my mum gave me a load of seeds a few years ago and they were out of date, had no success at all and I don't think it was my lack of skills as new seeds grew. Eg sunflowers, 2 types, one out of date and one in date and only the in date ones grew.
My MIL gave me loads of loose seeds year ago, all the ones that had escaped into the box she kept them in. Some were very old, lots of different ones. All I germinated was hundreds of radishes.
I still haven't sown my 'sow in January' collection for this year, or been out and bought the seed compost..
LOL Patsy. You can tell I'm a newbie, only 44 PACKETS of flower seeds and 8 vegetable. Most of the flowers are Poppys or sunflowers and quite a few I've never heard if and don't know what to do with. I'm going to plant some direct into containers like I did last year.
Asters, Echinacea, Delphinium, Verbena and Rudbeckia. Oh and my OH said he would like Nigella in the garden, although I'm not convinced he meant the plant for which I have seeds!!!
Poppies I think are easy and the Cornflowers, I am going to put them in my front garden in front of a hedge I have bordering the road so they grow like wild flowers there.
I'm prepared to be confused and have my notebook ready!!
Delphinium, Verbena (bonariensis?) rudbeckias and echinaceas can be sown in a cold GH or frame now, They do well with a bit of a chill to get them started. They don't need heat. Sow them in pots and top the pots with some grit to keep the moisture in. Keep the slugs off, especially the delphiniums.
I think echinaceas might need light, ie surface sow them, but I may be wrong there.
The nigella can be sown directly into the ground in a couple of months.
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Bob thats not silly. It's silly if you live in a flat with no garden LOL
Ryan, all the best good luck with opening a nursery; any help and advice just ask us, go for it
Verdun, of course you are a sillee billee; that is why we like you
I shall be sowing seed later in the week, so I also am a sillee billee
Aww thankyou artjak
Don't worry, you'll probably be bombarded by questions from me and youll regret you said that haha!
Because of this thread, I decided to count all my seeds and whoops, it took me an hour to sort through and count and I have 437 packets! That's not even silly, that's just ridiculous
I'm going to count my seeds now.
My MIL gave me loads of loose seeds year ago, all the ones that had escaped into the box she kept them in. Some were very old, lots of different ones. All I germinated was hundreds of radishes.
I still haven't sown my 'sow in January' collection for this year, or been out and bought the seed compost..
In the sticks near Peterborough
If you don't know what to do with them feel free to ask. We'll be here to confuse you even more
In the sticks near Peterborough
Asters, Echinacea, Delphinium, Verbena and Rudbeckia. Oh and my OH said he would like Nigella in the garden, although I'm not convinced he meant the plant for which I have seeds!!!
Poppies I think are easy and the Cornflowers, I am going to put them in my front garden in front of a hedge I have bordering the road so they grow like wild flowers there.
I'm prepared to be confused and have my notebook ready!!
Delphinium, Verbena (bonariensis?) rudbeckias and echinaceas can be sown in a cold GH or frame now, They do well with a bit of a chill to get them started. They don't need heat. Sow them in pots and top the pots with some grit to keep the moisture in. Keep the slugs off, especially the delphiniums.
I think echinaceas might need light, ie surface sow them, but I may be wrong there.
The nigella can be sown directly into the ground in a couple of months.
In the sticks near Peterborough