Early this morning I woke to sun streaming through the window, squinting my eyes to adjust to the light the warmth on my face felt good. I stood at the window for a while, taking in energy from the sun as I viewed our garden from above.
I made a mug of tea and checked on the seed trays (as you do). Tomato seedlings are growing strong and I could just make out signs of life pushing through the soil in the chilli tray. I’m pleased to have tomatoes and chillies on the grow but I will wait a couple of weeks at least before sowing anything else, the weather is set to turn colder.
A sullen wintry sky returned by early afternoon, along with the promise of heavy rain, gales and sleet for the weekend.
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It’s such fun to see those little seedlings just popping up out of the soil! My tomatoes and peppers should be coming up any day now. We’ve been having some nasty cold weather here too. I hope we have some warm days soon!
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I love watching seedlings appear. As a child I planted apple pips and patiently waited for them to show – I haven’t changed very much!
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Awwww, they’re so cute. I hope the weather gets better where you live, here in southwest Texas the weather is reaaaaaally warming up, like really hot and it is barely March! I Hope your seedlings grow strong and healthy :)
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Please send us some Texas sunshine!
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I sowed my tomato seeds three weeks ago and still no sign. Im suspect the seeds were no longer viable as they were a few yrs old but I just love having a go to see if any germinate.
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Lovely to see some signs of spring, despite the distinctly unspring-like weather. It is exciting every year to see those first few seedlings!
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My tomatoes are the only seedlings up too. Just like you I haven’t started anything else off. It all seems too risky doesn’t it.
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Good to see signs of life, I’ve been away for the last month so only planted my chilli seeds today. Hopefully they will be happy and germinate quickly in my heated propagator!
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Hi Sophie, I also keep old seed! I sow them into recycled fruit punnets for windowsill salads. Sunflower (seedlings are great in salads), radish, peas, brassicas and of course old salad leaf are all worth a go.
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Hi Annie, it’s so cold out there but lovely to see the first seedlings, the start of the growing year ahead!
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Hi Malc
I didn’t bother with getting broad beans in early either, I think I’ll wait till it’s drier. They’ll catch up.
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They should do well in a heated propagator, happy checking them ;)
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I love this!
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My best summers are when I can get enough time in the spring to propogate from seed. I really enjoyed your photos.
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I always feel a sense of relief when seedlings appear and start growing. xx
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Many thanks Charlie!
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You painted a lovely early morning gardening scene. My chillies have yet to germinate but I’ll be keeping an eye on them too.
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how do you start your seeds, I am having some problems with dampening off. Also, How many seeds do you normally put in each container..? So you take them out and replace the seeds which germinated or?
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Hi Meir G, I use seed compost and usually sow a couple of seeds per cell in a cell tray or I spread a good amount around in a large seed tray, allowing each seed some space. Here’s a useful link about dampening off http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=151
Onions from seed are usually a problem for me, so I grow them from sets (tiny onions) instead.
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Super photos!
and a gentle reminder, maybe when the snow has gone – good luck with these of course.
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Your patience is commendable! I keep hoping that I will wake up one morning and Spring will have arrived, but no luck so far. Ah well, we’re all in the same boat. Here’s hoping summer is as warm as March has been cold!
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They look good healthy seedlings! It’s such a joy to see them popping through isn’t it. I look at my chilies every day and smile, it’s a lovely feeling seeing nature in action!! : )
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Hurray for new growth! x
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