As a Native Texan I laughed at "most veg becomes more palatable if you fry it in garlic and butter". 🤣 Honestly, I think that holds true for just about everything. 🤣😂🤣
I am sowing my tomato seeds while watching this so I can really share your enthusiasm for sowing things. I also agree that cucumbers are better sown later, I sowed mine the start of May last year and they were the best cucumber plants I've grown for years. Take care
Wow that some seriously long guttering for your peas. I have two just one metre each. I grew Oregon sugar pod peas last year for the first time and they were fantastic. So many pods and even when they start getting bigger with the peas growing inside they were still really tender. Definitely growing them again this year.
what a lovely day you had JB? I now think sowing is the most enjoyable part of gardening apart from the harvesting and eating your own veg 😀You have done a good job with that staging it is working so well for you. You have reminded me I need to get some Basil sown too! I have a packet with four varieties in including one which has giant leaves - lettuce leaved basil - looks weird but interesting might give that a go.
Hi JB, it so good to see you are enjoying your new staging! The simple things for us gardeners make us so happy! It's all looking really good. It will be interesting to see all those seeds you have sown spring to life & then planting out. Although March is a busy time sowing it's just lovely to get excited for pur growing season. There is plenty of time for tyding, can be done when planting. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
I’ve been sowing up all my old flower seeds as I’ve found my germination patchy too. Figured I may as well try to use up all the old seed and then I have an excuse to buy new seed😅
Hi JB, Alderman: great variety - think those are a good tall variety so bear that in mind for your support structure. Oregon Sugar pod were great for us last year - ate them pretty much raw as salad they were that sweet! Need to get mine sown! Cheers, Andy!
I sowed three soaked pea seeds in each cell of the garland deep root trainers made spectacular plants. Sugar snap and peas to pod much better than gutters!
I'm just getting properly in to growing herbs myself given I now have a small allotment. It's interesting the difference between methods in growing different herbs. I was really pleased with how my flat leaf parsley did last year. Just half a dozen seedlings and I ended up with several huge plants that even survived the winter and are still producing now. Coriander was a different story. All the plants bolted almost immediately. So this year I'm going to try doing it differently. I'm planning to sow quite a lot of seeds successionally and grow loads of small plants. Hopefully I can actually get a steady harvest although germination so far has been patchy. Chives I'm having an issue germinating too - both my onion chives and garlic chives have failed - so have had to buy more seeds and resow. I like how chives are perennial so I'm hoping to just get two or three areas with big chive bushes going on the plot. Great for the bees. Basil I've struggled with a lot in the past when trying to grow outdoors. I have to keep a couple of plants indoors on windowsills to get decent plants.
JB I live in SE Northumberland. We can be pretty cold & wet into late April sometimes. All the seeds catch up. You’ve plenty of time to get everything going from seed
Please send us some of that blue sky here in North Cambs. We've had a little bit, but it's grey, chilly, mizzly and breezy again all this week. Fed up of it now! :(
Well, not sure how it managed it but today ended being really lovely! It was forecast grey and drizzly but had been sunny and fairly warm most of the day in the end, so I spent most of it in the garden potting on and starting to clean my little greenhouse.
This is Tulipa Sylvestris also known as forest tulip, a beautiful tulip variety ideal for naturalising. I have had these in my garden for several years and they are growing in number. The flowers look a bit fragile with those curved stems but are actually very strong.
I grow loads of basil in big pots along with tomatoe pots. Make loads of pesto to last a whole year in the freezer. At the moment garlic is growing in green house in between tomato pots.
I have to tell you about late sowing. In 2020 I was shielding so I planted my borlotti & brauhilde et al end on July. I thought no chance. Great crop just a bit late tbh. I’m no longer hung up on final sowing dates for most crops
JB, whatever happened with the yellow rattle you planted? Thanks for another fun informative video! I, too, am not a fan of standard calabrese broccoli. I'm trying broccoli rapini this year. 🙂
from the moment i started using sylvagrow to start my seeds, germination became very VERY average for me. Some things germinated, but with most march sowings I had limited success. i had great germination in Jan/Feb when using pure coco coir. I think i will go back to coco for germination and then compost for pricking/potting. dont know if its a coincidence but wanted to share my thoughts
That's very interesting! I had no issues last year but one thing sylvagrow did say is the top layer can dry out quite quickly. If your seed is in that top layer and needs moisture it might negatively impact germination. All my chilli's germinated perfectly but they had a propogator lid and lots of TLC.
Hi JB, I like the seedling trays at the beginning of the video. What brand are they? I have several of the newer rootrainers and I love them along with 6 or7 of the original ones. (Haxnicks) I think. If you asked me where to put parsnips I would say anywhere except here! I hate to tell you, but all mice are ninja mice. Cya next time, Steven
With your older seed do you rinse it to see what floats and what sinks? Is an indicator of air having got into the seed itself. It’s not 100% but pretty close in my experience.
Hi JB, did you want more Cowslips? I have literally hundreds i’m digging out as they have self seeded over the entire garden of the house i bought. I can drop them to Liz’s next time i’m at hers if you are planning another visit?
Oh that's so kind of you Tony but don't worry, I'm not sure when I'll be back up in that neck of the woods! I know liz has been planting them like crazy too 😁
Have I told you my foolproof lettuce germination technique? 1) sow the seed 2) put the seed tray in the fridge 3) take the seed tray out of the fridge the following day and put it somewhere cosy. The seed will be up within the week.
Yes you know as I was editing I was really thinking to myself how silly what I was saying was... If I'd spent four years learning flowers then tried to start growing veg it would seem just as tricky I'm sure!
We don't have a committee as such but we have an allotment officer who will send out non cultivation notices and eventually evict people yes! They have to really take the mick with it to actually get kicked off ours though
As a Native Texan I laughed at "most veg becomes more palatable if you fry it in garlic and butter". 🤣
Honestly, I think that holds true for just about everything. 🤣😂🤣
Hahaha absolutely
Your little tulip is a species tulip called Tulip sylvestris, they multiply prolifically
I am sowing my tomato seeds while watching this so I can really share your enthusiasm for sowing things. I also agree that cucumbers are better sown later, I sowed mine the start of May last year and they were the best cucumber plants I've grown for years. Take care
Wow that some seriously long guttering for your peas. I have two just one metre each.
I grew Oregon sugar pod peas last year for the first time and they were fantastic. So many pods and even when they start getting bigger with the peas growing inside they were still really tender. Definitely growing them again this year.
what a lovely day you had JB? I now think sowing is the most enjoyable part of gardening apart from the harvesting and eating your own veg 😀You have done a good job with that staging it is working so well for you. You have reminded me I need to get some Basil sown too! I have a packet with four varieties in including one which has giant leaves - lettuce leaved basil - looks weird but interesting might give that a go.
I've noticed poor germination this year too, mainly onions and spinach, both new seed so I'm not sure what the issue is this year
JB has anyone suggested that you do voice over work? Your tone is really relaxing and you have excellent diction😊
I grow Oregon Sugar Pod every year, spring and fall, and it is delicious!
Great video, would you do a video showing how you cook the purple sprouting broccoli
Always a bummer when a batch of seeds don't germinate. Stay positive and happy gardening
Thanks mate there is about 5 or 6 plots on ours like that and it’s only a 19 plot site
Delikett sugar snap peas are yummy, growing them again this year 🫛
Oooh didn't know they were sugar snaps, nice! Thank you
The yellow flowers are species tulips. They will mulriply and come up every year. happy gardening 🙂
But the most important question is of course: "but is it holy basil?!" 🤪We need some more Ocimum tenuiflorum 😄
Hi JB, it so good to see you are enjoying your new staging! The simple things for us gardeners make us so happy! It's all looking really good. It will be interesting to see all those seeds you have sown spring to life & then planting out. Although March is a busy time sowing it's just lovely to get excited for pur growing season. There is plenty of time for tyding, can be done when planting. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Wow it's looking really fantastic with your new set up and the poly tunnel to boot and good to see you labelling things 👏👏
Alderman get up to 8ft 😊 it’s nice having good areas to sow, makes it enjoyable 😊 great video JB x
I know so many people have bad germination especially on onions and shallots 😢😢. Time to start saving more of our own seed. Great update, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
Re the carrots I am going to try the method just watched - Castle Hill garden. Looks really good. All the best.
I’ve been sowing up all my old flower seeds as I’ve found my germination patchy too. Figured I may as well try to use up all the old seed and then I have an excuse to buy new seed😅
Hi JB, Alderman: great variety - think those are a good tall variety so bear that in mind for your support structure. Oregon Sugar pod were great for us last year - ate them pretty much raw as salad they were that sweet! Need to get mine sown! Cheers, Andy!
the yellow flowers - wild tulip (Tulipa sylvestris)
I sowed three soaked pea seeds in each cell of the garland deep root trainers made spectacular plants. Sugar snap and peas to pod much better than gutters!
Pot marigolds self seed & transplant fine either from the garden space or pots. Same as lupins & borage
I'm just getting properly in to growing herbs myself given I now have a small allotment. It's interesting the difference between methods in growing different herbs. I was really pleased with how my flat leaf parsley did last year. Just half a dozen seedlings and I ended up with several huge plants that even survived the winter and are still producing now.
Coriander was a different story. All the plants bolted almost immediately. So this year I'm going to try doing it differently. I'm planning to sow quite a lot of seeds successionally and grow loads of small plants. Hopefully I can actually get a steady harvest although germination so far has been patchy.
Chives I'm having an issue germinating too - both my onion chives and garlic chives have failed - so have had to buy more seeds and resow. I like how chives are perennial so I'm hoping to just get two or three areas with big chive bushes going on the plot. Great for the bees.
Basil I've struggled with a lot in the past when trying to grow outdoors. I have to keep a couple of plants indoors on windowsills to get decent plants.
JB I live in SE Northumberland. We can be pretty cold & wet into late April sometimes. All the seeds catch up. You’ve plenty of time to get everything going from seed
Pick purple sprouting broccoli often cos they keep throwing sprouts out for ages My favourite vegetable
🐝Thanks for the great video🌻
Please send us some of that blue sky here in North Cambs. We've had a little bit, but it's grey, chilly, mizzly and breezy again all this week. Fed up of it now! :(
Well, not sure how it managed it but today ended being really lovely! It was forecast grey and drizzly but had been sunny and fairly warm most of the day in the end, so I spent most of it in the garden potting on and starting to clean my little greenhouse.
This is Tulipa Sylvestris also known as forest tulip, a beautiful tulip variety ideal for naturalising. I have had these in my garden for several years and they are growing in number. The flowers look a bit fragile with those curved stems but are actually very strong.
So happy to hear this 😁 I do remember picking them up now but hadn't realised this is how they look. Really hope they spread out. Thank you!
thans the video jb the Good vlog Good week fried 🌱🌷🪻👍🌤🍅🥦🥬
I grow loads of basil in big pots along with tomatoe pots. Make loads of pesto to last a whole year in the freezer. At the moment garlic is growing in green house in between tomato pots.
I have to tell you about late sowing. In 2020 I was shielding so I planted my borlotti & brauhilde et al end on July. I thought no chance. Great crop just a bit late tbh. I’m no longer hung up on final sowing dates for most crops
That's wonderful!
What compost did you use for the seeds, regarding patchey germination?
JB, whatever happened with the yellow rattle you planted?
Thanks for another fun informative video!
I, too, am not a fan of standard calabrese broccoli. I'm trying broccoli rapini this year. 🙂
from the moment i started using sylvagrow to start my seeds, germination became very VERY average for me. Some things germinated, but with most march sowings I had limited success. i had great germination in Jan/Feb when using pure coco coir. I think i will go back to coco for germination and then compost for pricking/potting. dont know if its a coincidence but wanted to share my thoughts
That's very interesting! I had no issues last year but one thing sylvagrow did say is the top layer can dry out quite quickly. If your seed is in that top layer and needs moisture it might negatively impact germination.
All my chilli's germinated perfectly but they had a propogator lid and lots of TLC.
Hi JB, I like the seedling trays at the beginning of the video. What brand are they? I have several of the newer rootrainers and I love them along with 6 or7 of the original ones. (Haxnicks) I think. If you asked me where to put parsnips I would say anywhere except here!
I hate to tell you, but all mice are ninja mice. Cya next time, Steven
With your older seed do you rinse it to see what floats and what sinks? Is an indicator of air having got into the seed itself. It’s not 100% but pretty close in my experience.
Hi JB, did you want more Cowslips? I have literally hundreds i’m digging out as they have self seeded over the entire garden of the house i bought. I can drop them to Liz’s next time i’m at hers if you are planning another visit?
Oh that's so kind of you Tony but don't worry, I'm not sure when I'll be back up in that neck of the woods! I know liz has been planting them like crazy too 😁
Have I told you my foolproof lettuce germination technique?
1) sow the seed
2) put the seed tray in the fridge
3) take the seed tray out of the fridge the following day and put it somewhere cosy.
The seed will be up within the week.
Oh, and those small tulips are wild tulips, or Tulip Sylvestras.
Ahh that makes sense!! Thank you
As a grower whose first love is and will always be flowers I think, I find veg a lot more troublesome and fussy than flowers 😂😂😂
Yes you know as I was editing I was really thinking to myself how silly what I was saying was... If I'd spent four years learning flowers then tried to start growing veg it would seem just as tricky I'm sure!
thans for you video JB zaaieleng terug zaaien thé potjes 🍅🌱✔️🌷🌞🍹🚜👍🥦
Hi mate on your plots do you a certain time if the plot has not been worked on do the committee take action
We don't have a committee as such but we have an allotment officer who will send out non cultivation notices and eventually evict people yes! They have to really take the mick with it to actually get kicked off ours though
Those are Tulip sylvestris I think
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To do: …. trim plastic 🤞
You need fresh seed for parsnips apparently. They do not keep.
Yes I did just buy some fresh! Thanks very much
J B the seeds and plants don't read the same instructions as you and I
It must been bad season of failed seeds I used last years seeds I had loads didn't take so I had resow loads ...