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who is sowing what this spring?
Loganberry Hut
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What seeds do we all have ready in waiting? Especially interested in things that will be sown direct, as thats what most of mine will be... Im having to sit on my hands to stop myself from getting started already!
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LbH, not sowing anything direct quite yet, except for radishes, carrots, red baron onion sets and potatoes in bags, though I started them off in the g/h. Oh, and some spinach which is coming up nicely; 2 or 3 cm high now. Peas and broad beans went in last Autumn, but I have filled in the gaps with more seed.
Flowers; I will enlarge the flower beds a bit and then sow some annuals direct
I made a list on Thursday of what veg I am going to grow, not got the seeds yet though and not sowed anything direct.
I have tomatoes (first seedling peeping through today), cucumbers and aubergines in seed trays on my windowsill (they will be moved to the GH as soon as is it ready).
I have also sown quite a few flower seeds and will be sowing my poppies at weekend now the grass has dried out a bit and I can get to the border they are going in, it's very exciting this year as I have never done so much and am a newbie too
loganb, I have always been told to expect frost up to May18th and then sort of ignore that info except for VERY frost tender plants. So my pelagoniums that have been in the g/h for the winter will go out on April 1st as I need the space in the g/h for seedlings. For sowing seeds directly outside it is a good idea to warm up the soil with cloches/plastic sheeting/old bits of polycarbonate, whatever you have or can get hold of. So warm the soil up for 2 weeks, sow your seeds and have some fleece perhaps to put on top to keep the heat in?
Ditto Mike. Usually giving more away than I use myself
Better to have too many than not enough!
I have only sowed 1 tray of annuals so far, Lobelia,Bidens, Gerberas and some Zinnias which germinated very quickly in the heated propogator. I popped them in the greenhouse today as I dont want them stretching on my windowsill.
I had to smile at your comment scroggin, at the moment my greenhouse is very warm......flat packed in my dining room LOL!! By the time it gets assembled I don't think I will need extra heating
I'm only going for direct sowing this year after a complete disaster with my first years efforts
only 3 actually bothered to poke their heads above soil seed compost 
I don't have much of a plan but was going to sprinkle liberally around the garden to create an 'interesting' hotch potch! Knowing my luck the blighters won't take and it will put me off growing from seed for a while!
Or at least until I get seduced by seed packets again and wanto give it another go 
I've got some poppies, corn flowers and scented night stock (I'm sure I have more but can't remember right now - sorry)
Where to start...
First off I am not growing anything at home, I don't have the ideal situations for seed growing. But at one of my jobs I have access to a massive greenhouse so in there I have;
Tomato (continental seeds - one large fruit and one small fruit)
Leeks
Lettuce
Amaranthus
Poppies x 5
Cornflowers (sowed some direct earlier in the year and the slugs ate them all)
Scabious
Sweet Peas
Teloxys
Quinoa
Electric Daisies
Mignonette
Sunflowers
Osteospermum
Nigella
Tarragon
And I am sure I have missed some, but today I bought;
Peas (slugs are munching through the direct sowing made three weeks ago)
Broad Beans
Aubergine
Sweet Peppers
And I have direct sowed some parsnips, carrots, lettuce and spring onions.
These are not all for me! They will be shared around several jobs that I do.
Happy growing everyone