What seeds have you sown today?

Since it is getting to sowing seed time I am interested to see what other people are sowing. Just unwrapped my new windowsill heated propagator and it is now housing the following for some colour this summer:

Antirrhinum - Frosty Lavender Bells
Antirrhinum - Tequila Sunrise
Delphinium - Delight mix
Rudbeckia - Purpurea Bravado
Pyrethrum - Superb Mixture
Hollyhock - Bright Pink

And this is only some of the February sowing seeds, I can see my spare room getting very full very quickly!

 

Oh yes LCH, seeds are a-sowing everywhere. Sounds like your garden is going to be full of colour this summer with that lot. Just sown lots of new perennials and the propogator, greenhouse and dining room are full of seed trays, my toms are just coming up and spuds chitting nicely. Just need a bit more sun to stop them all becoming too leggy, this dull weather is a bit depressing...hang on a minute - the sun's just come out! :D

 

I'm just waiting for a decent spell to take my first load of sowings down to the greenhouse to stop them getting too tall..... I listed what I'd done in the thread of a similar title somewhere down the bottom.... but it included antirrhinum, black prince and braun-blanquetii.

Next lot will include some annual climbers, then the tall stuff, and of course, there wil be veg outside in the near future!! :D

 

Sounds great too, my potatoes are next on the "to do" list so that will keep me busy today. I do not have a greenhouse though so am envious, tomatoes will have to wait until it gets warmer for me! The sun has just come out here too so best get busy while it lasts.

 

Can i "pick" your brains Blackthorn? :rolleyes: I did this the other day, And thought,thats good,they`ll be ok.(i`ve not chitted spuds before)Then,next doors allotment holder came into gh and told me,No,they need somewhere dark Elaine??Put them under that desk??I read the book again and it says,A light, not sunny,frost free room for about 6 weeks.So,i`m a bit confused.This man has been gardening since the yr dot.Is he right?

 

i have just finished watering all the seeds i started off last week.

Peas, Broad beans, Sweet peas, Agastache, 150 pelargoniums and not forgetting various hardy geraniums. My windowsills are straining under the weight.

 

Sorry elainefiz, just noticed your question. Your book is correct - light and cool is right for chitting or the growths become to white and leggy..at least that's what I've always done and what all the gardening books tell us.

 

Take a look at your spuds I keep mine in a dark cool place (these are my eaters not seeds) and they are always leggy. So I have put mine (seed potatoes) on a shelf near a window in my shed which gets quite a lot of light.

 

Today I have sown:
alyssum (freebie with gardening news)
tomatoes - golden sunrise
tomatoes - gardeners delight
tomatoes moneymaker
red grape (don't know variety, just trying)
squash
pumpkin
cauliflower
pansies
lobelia
french marigolds
calendula

That is enough for now!!