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starting seedlings,

caroline roses cartercaroline roses carter Posts: 230
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hi iam really wanting to get seedlings going,i'am chomping at the bit,got so many i want to grow,but i will have to rein my self in,any of you started yet.do tell.image

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I started in September

    Then another lot in a couple of weeks ago

    But we're probably not talking about the same seedsimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I sowed some that need the winter frost to germinate but apart from that there is no point in starting now, by the time you can plant them out, which will be end of May or even June,depending on where you live,  they will be leggy, need repotting a few times, have you got a warm place with lots of space, to keep them when they are all in big pots.

    Most of mine will be sown in mid March, with the exception of Lobelia which I do in mid Feb, the cosmos even later, nearer to end of March and even sowed some in June for late flowering.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    I'll start next month snapdragons, laurentia,chillies, parsnips.The parsnips I start in kitchen roll tubes then plant them out and put a 4pt milk container over them.image
  • caroline roses cartercaroline roses carter Posts: 230

    thanks for your advice,every one,logan,how do deep do you plant the parsnips,then,and how do you start them off exactly i would like to grow some,imagelyn i will wait,but its damm frustrating,lolimage

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    I won't start sowing till March and have made a monthly sowing guide for veg, GH, flowers and herbs in the hope that will stop me sowing stuff too early, will be starting with dwarf broad beans, pea's, chillies, peppers and aubergines in March. The first flowers and herbs won't be sown until April.

     

  • caroline roses cartercaroline roses carter Posts: 230

    thanks zoomer44,for your advice,are peppers easy to grow,i have some seeds.image

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    Caroline I get kitchen roll tubes fill them with compost put 3 seeds in water put them in a container that will keep them standing up cover them with cling film until they come up put in conservatory no heat.When the roots have reached the bottom plant them outimage
  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    Caroline plant them as deep as the tubesimage
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