when to give up and try again?

Ah - great advice peeps. Thank you all.

Cant wait for tomorrow as I am off all day and can potter.

 

I'm glad it's not just me that's exploring the trial and error approach lol. I started sowing some seeds in windowsill propagators in mid feb and have been seeing what grows and what doesn't ever since. Most have now gone on to bigger pots in the unheated greenhouse and seemingly stopped growing altogether, but they're still alive so I hold out hope for when the warmer weather comes.
The only things that seem to have given up have been leeks (which did suffer a greenhouse collapse and got thrown everywhere) and the beetroot which really doesn't seem to want to live any more. Maybe my seeds were suicidal.

The fun part is trying new things and seeing what happens. Just be sure to make notes so you can compare later and look back next year!

 

Good advice. Ta

 

I am pretty new to all this too, I did some very safe veg last year, caugettes and raddish and also managed to grow loads of sweet corn.
This year I am expanding my growing, so far several of my trays have remained empty, a few of them are several weeks old and then finally today I noticed some growth, so just stay with it, some things do take AGES to poke out. Other things like sunflowers seem to come up in a few days.

 

Try some garlic cloves. I've had mine grow shoots nearly 2 inches high in the space of a few days. I'm wondering what's in the water!!

 

There has been a few developments today. The courgette have literally grown in front of my eyes - amazing.

My lettuce leaves are almost touching the top of the plastic lid they are under. Do I need to thin lettuce leaves? How do I know which to select if so? They are in a tray - do I leave the leaves to grow in the tray?

I have wrapped my strawberries, blueberries, pots, beets and carrots up in bubble wrap and fleece. Expecting it down to zero tonight.