David, sorry I missed that last post of yours on here. I have seedlings in the garage at the moment and I have all those seeds from the place you recommended waiting to be sown, I was hoping the GH would be up and was going to put them in there as there is no room in the garage now.
The dining room doesn't get too much sun as it is at the front of the house and north facing, if I turn the radiators off it is quite cool so think I may sow some and put them in there. The seedling seem happy in the garage at the moment and are growing but slowly.
doing mine this week whenever can get babysitters tp be here for couple of hours, can i ask a stupid question..i don't need to put crocks in bottom of seed pots do i? can't remember from last year ( i was pregnant so had baby brain.. still have!)
thanks both, 1 more thiong, last year used normal compost general purpose, this have bought seed compost which do you think beat, sorry if all this info is in your posts david, i only get chance to skim read! tracy glad i'm not the only one!
Hi again, Louise.....yes, I did recommend using John Innes 'seed' compost in the opening post of this thread (and many times since) although any compost specifically produced for sowing seed will do. This information was given for autumn sown seed as it contains less nutrients than others, hence helps prevent the seedlings making too much growth over winter.
Of course, it's worth noting that if you're sowing your seed now, multi-purpose compost will be just fine, as you will be encouraging growth from now on.
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I'm in the North West David, I will probably put them inside this weekend but in a different room than the others where it is cool.
Is this your seedlings or seeds you intend to sow, Tracy?
David, sorry I missed that last post of yours on here. I have seedlings in the garage at the moment and I have all those seeds from the place you recommended waiting to be sown, I was hoping the GH would be up and was going to put them in there as there is no room in the garage now.
The dining room doesn't get too much sun as it is at the front of the house and north facing, if I turn the radiators off it is quite cool so think I may sow some and put them in there. The seedling seem happy in the garage at the moment and are growing but slowly.
doing mine this week whenever can get babysitters tp be here for couple of hours, can i ask a stupid question..i don't need to put crocks in bottom of seed pots do i? can't remember from last year ( i was pregnant so had baby brain.. still have!)
I hate to tell you Louise but that baby brain never goes....mine are 15 and 12 and there is no sign of it returning to normal
I don't put crocks in the bottom of seed pots just in the big pots when planting out.
Louise - Tracy is right, no need to crock seed pots...good luck with them.
thanks both, 1 more thiong, last year used normal compost general purpose, this have bought seed compost which do you think beat, sorry if all this info is in your posts david, i only get chance to skim read! tracy glad i'm not the only one!
I bought JI seed compost Louise, never used it before though but they seem to be doing really well. I'm going to use it for all my seeds this year
Hi again, Louise.....yes, I did recommend using John Innes 'seed' compost in the opening post of this thread (and many times since) although any compost specifically produced for sowing seed will do. This information was given for autumn sown seed as it contains less nutrients than others, hence helps prevent the seedlings making too much growth over winter.
Of course, it's worth noting that if you're sowing your seed now, multi-purpose compost will be just fine, as you will be encouraging growth from now on.
Hope that makes sense!
yes thanks both, i think i may try half in each and let you know!