anyone else desperate to start sowing?

Margaret54

Hi I too am feeling fed up not being able to start sowing I bought seed potatoes from T &M a while ago and they are sitting in the box chitting like mad but can't put them out yet Oh I wish it was better weather too. Itching to get going now.

annie123

You can grow pea shoots indoors now, makes a nice change from eating lettuce leaves.

alfsmum

Just a few tomatoes, sweet peppers and coriander planted in pots yesterday to go on kitchen windowsill. So exciting now waiting for the first signs of growth

PeteW

I've found the site What can I plant now? quite useful for finding things you can plant early.

1940sGal

I'm itching to start too! Bought some bits and bobs earlier, got a couple of books out of the library, and then low and behold heavy snow again!

Wish it would naff orf!

Blackjack_Davy

tootallulah wrote: »

So it's February, too early for tomato and sweet pea seeds? I just want to start growing something! I can't wait after last year being such a write off.

Far too early for tomatoes, they grow quickly so April is plenty soon enough.

Sweet peas are fine as they're hardy, they'll need to be under glass though it's too cold and wet for outdoors, they'll be fine grown in tubes in a cold frame or greenhouse, pinched out at 2 inches ready to go out in the spring. Hardy annuals can be started off in trays under glass, neither need any extra heat.

Sweet peppers are another you could start now but need a little more heat, a heated propagator or similar if you have one. Geraniums (pelargoniums) too, both are very slow growing so benefit from an early start. Aubergines are somewhere inbetween peppers and tomatoes as regards growth, say March.

geoffky

Just planted my Dalia bulbs in a cold frame....It is good to get going..

Foxy0810

I'm in process of transferring allotments so I'm going concentrate on getting beds ready for next few weeks I did cut some rhubarb off my plant to take to my new allotment I'm hoping it grows strong
I have a fence to make and generally get tidy before I start growing (even though I'm dying to plant) they will soon catch up

esmf73

Have sewn some seeds to be kept on the kitchen window cill until they're strong enough.