Where does everyone keep their newly planted seeds?

MyMFDream

my kitchen window has the worktop underneath it so all stacked along that.

annie123

I have been known to put them on the back shelf of the car and even at the front too. Gives the neighbours something to talk about

Garden's too small for a greenhouse and windows sills are not deep enough for all my seedlings.

DH is failing to overwinter me in the Caribbean and providing me with a large back garden, this is not the lifestyle I wish to become accustomed too, you'd think after 18 years he'd have learned that by now:rotfl:

katholicos

There aren't enough windowsills in my whole house to keep all the seed trays, and i have done this year exactly what i did last year, turfed them out into the 2 x plastic covered upright growhouses. It was a big success last year and everything is germinating and growing just fine. I'm in the midlands and the late frost dates for the area are the beginning of May, but they will stay where they are and i suspect, they will be just fine, just as they were last year.

Just make sure your growhouse is firmly attached to a wall or fence or whatever it is leaning up against, you don't want it all getting blown over and ruined in a sharp gust of wind.

Mado

I have been taking stuff in and out of the "playroom" which isn't very sunny and isn't heated; in fact my tomatoes are only just starting to grow.
I have since noticed that between the window and secondary glazing there is just enough space for a small row of small square pots., but it tends to steam up!:rotfl:
It's beenso warm I've got loads outside and the runner beans and peas are in the ground.
I'm up to my ears in seedlings as I've decided to organise a plant sale for school and have no idea how much poepl will contribute so I'm hoping to have grown enough stuff myself so it doesn't look utterly pityful on the day.

peter_the_piper

I'm lucky, I have a 30' heated mist bench to root/germinate on. Problem is then keeping up with the potting.

hollydays

Rummer wrote: »

I did have every window ledge in the house full of trays and pots however now that the weather is improving I have moved everything out to the greenhouse which is now bursting at the seams!

So,once seeds have germinated they can go into an unheated greenhouse can they? I didnt think you could do this because of frost-confused.

katholicos

hollydays wrote: »

So,once seeds have germinated they can go into an unheated greenhouse can they? I didnt think you could do this because of frost-confused.

If you have some bubble wrap or horticultural fleece (the fleece can be brought for £1 from the, erm, pound shop) you can cover all your seedlings on the shelves of your upright placky greenhouse until the forst dates for your area have passed, or until you judge the weather significantly less likely to turn foul (as in frost or snow).

Lotus-eater

hollydays wrote: »

So,once seeds have germinated they can go into an unheated greenhouse can they? I didnt think you could do this because of frost-confused.

It so much depends on your area and localised temps.
Not to mention the weather.

Normally I have all tomatoes on a long tray in front of all the windows. I have all the windows on the south side full up with toms, tomatillios, sweetcorn and chillies.
On warm days they get put outside if it's exceptional, or in the unheated greenhouse.

Everything else, if it's needed they get germinated inside and then put into the GH, or stuck outside on staging for the hardier plants. (if it's warm enough)

This year I have nothing on windowsills, it's been so hot, everything has been in the GH for a couple of weeks, although on cold nights I bring them into the back porch.

I've got some test tomatoes which have stayed in the GH even on the cold nights, down to about 0c so far. They seem to be OK, I'm waiting to see what happens with them.


Oh yes, with cucurbits, I germinate on a heated propagator and then they shuffle between the GH and the back porch.
French Beans germinate inside (or a warm place) then the same.

But I'm ready at any time to bring whatever is needed into the house, in the event of cold weather. I stick newspaper on the main kitchen table and fill it up.

peter_the_piper

katholicos wrote: »

If you have some bubble wrap or horticultural fleece (the fleece can be brought for £1 from the, erm, pound shop) you can cover all your seedlings on the shelves of your upright placky greenhouse until the forst dates for your area have passed, or until you judge the weather significantly less likely to turn foul (as in frost or snow).

Don't forget also that an icy wind can cause havoc with young tender plants.

hollydays

ok,sorry to be thick,so anything can go in an unheated greenhouse,as long as covered by horticultural fleece at night.