help on bulbs & seeds project please

poppyred

I' m looking at helping out a local charity near me next year and i had an idea of doing a boot sale around Mother's Day and making some filled pots to sell to raise money.

My husband is going to make me 20 wooden pots 12" x 12" as he has loads of spare decking left from the garden and i'll line them out and paint them pretty colours.

What i need help with is something easy to grow and advice on when i should plant the bulbs/seeds (i hope i haven't already missed the deadline :eek:).

I thought with Mothering Sunday being on the 3rd April, i might do the Boot Sale on the Sunday 27th March 2011, I don't want to turn up with 20 pots just filled with soil and nothing sprouted through, but then again i don't want to turn up with them all flowered and dying back !!

I have a very small greenhouse (plastic covered, not glass), when should i plant the bulbs/seeds and what would look nice in pots ?? Any help with this would be great as i'm not green fingered at all !!

Sambucus_Nigra

What are you wanting to plant?

What I would do is some research on what flowers around the start of april, and sow/plant them into modules now and then transplant them around the time.

However - flower-wise I think you are pushing it a bit. Daffs might be ready but would have needed planting a few months back......ditto snowdrops. It's rare to get something planted and flowering in 4 months, even if it wasn't winter in between.

poppyred

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

What are you wanting to plant?

What I would do is some research on what flowers around the start of april, and sow/plant them into modules now and then transplant them around the time.

However - flower-wise I think you are pushing it a bit. Daffs might be ready but would have needed planting a few months back......ditto snowdrops. It's rare to get something planted and flowering in 4 months, even if it wasn't winter in between.

thanks, i might be best doing summer hanging baskets and planters instead and doing the boot sale in may/june, i was thinking of miniture daffs & tulips but i think i might be too late

Sambucus_Nigra

If it were me; I'd sow tomatoes, peppers, basil and pot them all up together and sell them as mixed veg pasta sauce planters. Pop a few spring onions in and you'll be onto a winner. Or hedge your bets and sow a few different things and if any are ready then, you can sell them earlier and leave the others until later.

poppyred

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

If it were me; I'd sow tomatoes, peppers, basil and pot them all up together and sell them as mixed veg pasta sauce planters. Pop a few spring onions in and you'll be onto a winner. Or hedge your bets and sow a few different things and if any are ready then, you can sell them earlier and leave the others until later.

Thanks, that sounds a great idea, i had also thought of hyacinth bulbs if i plant them now in the dark when will they flower ?

wssla00

Or a salad box! That is very easy and will give someone cut and come again leaves for a good wee while