Sow them three to a small pot, then when you plant them out you can do it without disturbing their roots and they'll appreciate it and grow away better than if you separated them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have just set up this propagator in my cellar. At the moment I am concentrating on salad crops which will be sown in succession throughout the season. I have two of those green plastic greenhouses, the smaller one, 2*4 metres, being gas heated and insulated.
While I agree with others above about not starting too early I confess I bought a Sunblaster fluorescent tube (T5 I think) last year, to use above my propagator in an otherwise unheated greenhouse. Fantastic results & not expensive to run. gave me stocky strong seedlings, I only use for an Hour in mornings & evenings just to give the plants a boost. We seem to get so many cloudy dull days & neighbours overgrown hedge not helping. The light in my greenhouse is not good enough till well into April /May when the sun is much higher. Just got March GW and as usual Monty's advice is excellent, more important to keep plants growing strongly & tough so when they are put out they thrive. None of us can predict the weather, so having tender plants ready too early will give you problems later.
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Thanks so much for your help everyone, I have obviously been a bit too keen so I will slow it down for a month or two
If you're desperate to sow something you can sow sweet peas now, as soon as they've germinated they'll be fine in your sold greenhouse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Brilliant, thansk Dovefromabove, I am desperate to sow something so will give them a try
Sow them three to a small pot, then when you plant them out you can do it without disturbing their roots and they'll appreciate it and grow away better than if you separated them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have just set up this propagator in my cellar. At the moment I am concentrating on salad crops which will be sown in succession throughout the season. I have two of those green plastic greenhouses, the smaller one, 2*4 metres, being gas heated and insulated.
Lissa,
While I agree with others above about not starting too early I confess I bought a Sunblaster fluorescent tube (T5 I think) last year, to use above my propagator in an otherwise unheated greenhouse. Fantastic results & not expensive to run. gave me stocky strong seedlings, I only use for an Hour in mornings & evenings just to give the plants a boost. We seem to get so many cloudy dull days & neighbours overgrown hedge not helping. The light in my greenhouse is not good enough till well into April /May when the sun is much higher. Just got March GW and as usual Monty's advice is excellent, more important to keep plants growing strongly & tough so when they are put out they thrive. None of us can predict the weather, so having tender plants ready too early will give you problems later.