sowing seeds

Hi everyone this is my first post here so be gentle. Ihave been sowing my seeds and all seem to be doing well i still have some more to sow but my problem is i dont have much space left now
I do have a plastic greenhouse that i linned with bubble wrap to insulate it, but is it still too cold to put my seeds out?
I also took a lot of fuchsia cuttings last year that have done great and are starting to get woody can these be left outside in the plastic greenhouse
I have a lot of plants i bought lobelia, geranium,petunia and impatiens as plug plants that have all been potted into 3" pots can i leave these out side or not.i really am stuck for space can any one advice me please thankyou

 

dont all rush i didnt mean for you all to be this gentle lol

 

Hi Maggzy. Sorry no one has answered. I thought someone else would so left it, and I bet everyone else thought the same.

So -

Lobelia should be OK in the plastic.

Geranium - Do you mean true geranium or pelargonium type? The former is fully hardy. Pelargoniums are OK in a cold grrenhouse when larger but if yours are very young then I'd tend to hang on for a few weeks.

Petunia and impatiens should be OK.

The fuchsia has I take it rooted? Of course they have. It really depends on the variety how hardy they are but if you are pushed for space you should be OK now.

You don't say what kinds of seedlings you have so can't say.

 

hi Maggzy
a warm welcome to gardeners corner,sorry we are all a bit slow in getting back to you.
in my opinion i wouldn't put anything out right now,were in for another cold spell in April,up here we had a good February, then the snow and frost came ,disaster everything has shrivelled and and looks dead, its a nightmare,all my clematis, roses,in fact everything is a mess,the poor plants dont know what season it is.hope you enjoy the forum,kathy3 sorry to be doom, and gloom :D

 

Kathy. They are not going out. They are going in a plastic, insulated greenhouse. No problem. :D

 

Oh and the N.east coast of Scotland is usually 5 degrees colder than N. west England.

 

hello all and thank you for your answers the seeds i have sown are geraniums that are doing well aster, cosmos, carnation (peach delight), lobelia,petunia,allysum,sweet peas,symphyandra armena,penstemon(tubular bells) and dianthus.This is my first year growing flowers from seed so all advice is greatly appreciated
keeping my fingers crossed

 

maggzy have you not thought of vegetables?there are a lot that can go in this time of year

 

I dont really have the room for growing vegetables,and i do like flowers and plants,have a rather large yard that i do a lot of container planting and have lots of hanging baskets,but i,m just a beginer, i spent a fortune last year buying garden ready plants so thats why i thought i would have a go at sowing seeds this year.

 

I think you are OK putting them under 'glass' in e couple of weeks maggzy. My sweet peas have been grown with no heating in the greenhouse from Christmas. I take it that the geraniums from seed are true geraniums not pelargoniums so pretty well the whole lot look hardy. If they have been indoors though you don't want to shock them so greenhouse them in April.

Coub, why should someone who wants to grow flowers, grow veg? I grow some salad stuff but don't want to grow bleeding cabbage myself. :D

 

Thanks every one for your advice.

 

Hello Maggzy,
Welcome to GC. Am quite a new gardener myself so can't offer advice but just want to say i was interested to hear about the bubble wrap inside your plastic greenhouse. i have the same sort so i think i'll try the bubble wrap.

Does the sun get through as much with that?

cheers

 

Borrowers. Bubble wrap is the accepted way of keeping your g.house warmer in winter and in summer it filters the strong sun so you don't get leaf scorch. It doesn't matter whether you have a plastic g.house or a Royal Doulton with hand painted periwinkles one. It works. Well done Maggzy.

 

Cheers John, how do you attach it?

 

You can get some special clips for aluminium framed g.houses. For plastic ones I suggest just some of that very sticky brown parcel tape. (Or chewing gum).