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Talkback: Sowing seeds indoors

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Every year I have veg seeds leftover from the season and I store them in a tin box, saying that I will use them next year. Then Spring the following year comes, and I start to worry about viability, and I buy all new packets! Which veg seeds are worth saving, and which are you better replacing each year? I'd love some practical guidelines!
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I've sown veg seeds from packets I opened 2 yrs ago and prob get about a 60% germination rate. Best bet is to sow 3-4 seeds per cell.... egde your bets
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    Ive just sown my peas and tomatoes indoors (The tomatoes from the new BBc's dig in campain). Everything is starting to look good now, hopefully by next week the shoots will have started to apear.
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    does anyone know if i can sow sweet corn in the cold frame now .
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    iwas repotting my grape vines in one i found about 50 vine weevle grubs.i picked them out by hand washed roots then put in fresh compost then took great plesure feeding grubs to birds ,hope this dosent make me a bad person ,can any one tell me why one vine has weevle the other none thay are kept on sam part off garden .stephen
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    What else can i sow, i have gone a bit more adventurous this year and rather then the norm i have sown some artichokes and some kale- is there anything else which is rather easy to grow but a bit more unusual then tomatoes and lettuce i feel like going wild xx
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    my dwarf french beans are 6 inche now in my make shift green house i made from a family members fish tank and some insulation i got off my brother in law that does demolition i just filled some old tiolet roll holders with a mix of compost and grow bag its brill because i dont have to take them out the pot because the cardboard will rot down i put brussels sprouts 2 weeks ago looking good
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    This is my forst year with an allotment and I was wondering if anyone could tell me a few good vegetables that I could grow. I have started off by growing potatoes as I heared that they are a good first crop as they add nutrients into the soil. But after I have earthed them up later in the year I will have an empty vegetable bed to grow what ever I like in. Could someone give me a few ideas please.
    Thankyou, James
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    Whatis damping off and how do I avoid it please
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    a soil-bourne fungus desease. So sterile new compost, clean tools -dibbers, labels, and of course wash out seed trays before reusing. A solution of Milton is good general purpose sterilizer. I wonder about the saved water in my 8 water barrels, but not had any trouble from that source yet!
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    James, beatroot is so tasty when home grown, can be used cooked or raw greated in salad, the leaves are great cooked as a veg or raw in salad, and Nigella does a great cake with cranberries and greated raw beatroot.the receipy in the book for christmas cookery.Oh! and don't forget you can pickle it lovely in corned beef sandwiches.
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