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What can I start sowing now in an unheated greenhouse
Susan 17
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Is there anything hardy that I can start from seed in feb in an unheated greenhouse inside I have bought one of those little plastic ones with a zip up front for extra protection
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http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/seeds/seeds-to-sow-now/february.html
The above is a helpful website - if you click on the plant you're interested in growing it will tell you whether it needs heat and/or frost protection etc.
And of course, the What to do now section of this site (link at the top of this page) will have some ideas for you too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Loads of hardy perennials can be sown in winter. They don't need heat. I'm beginning to worry that some of mine won't get the necessary chill.
Check out the germination pages here http://theseedsite.co.uk/
In the sticks near Peterborough
Great I feel a little retail therapy might be in order. Luckily for my husband it is just packets of seeds and plant pots he doesnt know how lucky he is
Onion seeds, sweet pea seeds, broad bean seeds.
Much depends where you live, and although I am starting with sweet peas etc., we should remember winter is yet to come - plenty can, and possibly will yet, arrive.
I am with nutty cutlet and that some hardy plants might not get their necessary winter cold. Many gardeners get seed from the hardy plant society, alpine garden society, Scottish rock garden society and many of the seeds can be sown in a cold greenhouse on arrival. Things like hardy cyclamen and hellebores need that chill!
When seed germinates in a cold greenhouse with natural sunlight it is rarely 'forced' as is the unhealthy growth in February often suffered by those gardeners who heat their greenhouse.